Glasses or contacts

I have strange eyes...both are different. I also have astigmatism's. My eye doctor claimed that if I was to get glasses my prescriptions and lense thickness would create headaches for me. So, I have been wearing contacts for 20 years, since I was 16. Maybe I will get the Laser surgery someday, but I am grateful that my contacts work as well as they do and will probably just stick with them.

I got glasses in the 5th grade. I hated them. I convinced my mom to get me contacts in the 8th grade I think. I stopped wearing my glasses altogether when I got my contacts. I did not wear glasses again until a few years ago. My contacts have always bothered my eyes, but I liked that more than glasses. I started wearing glasses again when I ripped one of my contacts and did not have money to get a new one. I had gas permiable ones and they were over $100 each. I have thought about getting contacts again, but I am not sure if I really want too. I do need new glasses at least.

This year my eye doctor has banned me from wearing contacts. She says my retinas are in danger of detaching, so no contacts for a year. That was 5 months ago, so I have 7 more months to go. Normally I wear contacts only unless I'm giving my eyes a break. But right now it is just my glasses because my health problems and subsequent medications have dried out my eyes very badly. I also use eye drops constantly, lol.

I was diagnosed as slightly near sighted at age 12, so mom got me glasses. Of course, I kept misplacing them...once my stepdad sat on them and crushed them. Another time they fell off my schoolbooks in the driveway and my stepdad ran them over while pulling in. Basically I only wore them to see the chaulkboard at school. So mom got fed up and allowed me to get contacts too. I wear glasses when I first get up in the morning and in the evening when I'm getting ready to relax before bed. The good thing about contacts is that if worn regularly, they help in keeping your vision the same longer than glasses because you strain your eyes less...like when you look from side to side, etc. My perscription has only fluctuated slightly in the last 29 years. Don't get me wrong, my glasses come in handy when my eyes are tired and my contacts start to irritate my eyes. They don't make disposable soft lenses as good as they used to.

I have worn contacts, but I prefer glasses. I didn't see as well with contacts, and they are so much more expensive. I hated taking them out at night and not being able to see well. I like being able to take my glasses on and off quickly. And frankly, I think I look better in glasses.

even il be given the chance to have my own contact lenses, i wouldnt wear it.. as far as heard from feedbacks, contact lenses are harmful to the eyes specially if worn for a long time.. so to be safe, il use eyeglasses instead of contacts.. im not saying that contacts are not good.. but like me im a careless person so contacts wont suit me..

I wear glasses for driving watching tv and reading. The rest of the time I dont wear them. I would like to get Laser surgery,but it is very expensive.

i wear glasses. i took contact lense in the mean time. but it did not suited my eyes. so i had to discontinue wearing it. now i am with glasses. it is ok with glasses. they are more hassel free.

i don't have problems with my vision so there's no need for me to wear contacts or glasses. but even if i have, i would prefer glasses. i think its safer. i don't want to wear contact and then removing then at night and do the routine everyday. it might hurt my eyes. but i think on special occasions, i would consider wearing contacts. especially on costume parties! LOL

I can't handle the idea of putting anything into my eyes so I just wear glasses. I hate them though!

I tried contacts years ago and loved the way they looked. Still the huge glasses era, friends and family were like - wow - you have cheekbones! They took way too long to get in - and it wasn't because I had a problem touching my eyes because I don't. I just have small eyes and some mornings smaller! I love glasses. I actually like the 'librarian look'. I wear cat eye glasses so I don't overwhelm my face though. I love Neo-styles. Now though, I have to glasses that will stand up to my baby!

I personally prefer glasses as my eyes do not get tired after long hours. I have dry eyes which does not allow me to keep my contact lenses on for too long.

I adore my contacts! I'm blind w/o them though. I have glasses as a backup but dont like wearing them because I feel so ugly. Not everyone who wears glasses is but I personally feel that way about myself.

i prefer to wear contacts. Because i like to wear sunglasses.

I use both. I first started wearing glasses in 1986 and started with contacts in 1996. I actually prefer glasses at home (I can't be bothered to put the contacts in first thing in the morning) and use contacts when I go out. Along with short sight, I have a small problem with astigmatism too. Earlier, we wouldn't get contacts which corrected both...but my astigmatism was less and the doctor said I could use contacts without the astigmatism correction. Frankly, glasses are easier for me...but my toddler keeps pulling at it. I am considering going in for laser surgery soon.

I am nearsighted and I wear glasses. I can't get my mine around glass being that close to my eyes. And besides I only use my glasses about a third of the time, contacts aren't worth it.

I have been wearing glasses since age four -- in 1962. Contacts were not an option back then, and especially after my mother married an army sergeant at nine, 1967. In the meantime I developed the need for bifocals, and the color thing, antagonism, or whatever it's called I've been wearing glasses since age four, 1962. I don't need anything sticking to my eye directly, or have them mutilate my organ with their laser thingamajig ... Just give me the lenses to correct the thing, and I'm happy

I wear glasses and i will recommend to anybody to wear glasses first advantage of wearing glasses is that people think highly of you that one wearing glasses is a literate and knowledgeable person and second its quite comfortable as there is a problem of dryness in you eyes if you wear contacts for very long which causes itching

Well your right glasses can be a fashion statement. I wear glasses right now. But i so much prefer contacts. I just dont have the money to buy them right now. I think i look better wearing contacts. And i just hate going out in the cold and then my glasses fogging up. And i think contacts are totally comfortable to wear.

I have worn glasses since I was 6 years old. At age 62, I decided to try contacts. I have tri..focals....tri. They said that I could wear them They put one of the corrections in one eye, one in the other and suggested that I wear magnifying glasses for reading. What a laugh. I couldn't see the signs on the road then they changed them...then I couldn't see the speedometer...not a good excuse if you get picked up for speeding, I still had to have a pair of glasses hanging around my neck...what did I accomplish. I felt like it was a struggle just to see things that I could see all the time with my regular glasses...I quit wearing them. I will wear my glasses. There are nice frames you can get to make a fashion statement...if that is what a person want to do...I get compliments on my glasses all the time...so I guess they must be alright. I prefer my glasses.