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There is no way I could do the multi focal thing....I need both eyes.

 

So why doesn't everyone wear hard contact lenses? What's the downside of them?

 

Can't speak for others, but I cannot poke myself in the eye. Glasses all the way for me.

 

my opinion:

There is WAYYY more money in selling you soft lenses.

simple as that.

It's akin to SAAS sales.

you have to keep buying them, because you can only use them for a short time.

I spend ~$150 year for gas perm hard lenses.

my kids spend ~$800 a year for soft.


and I have no idea why my kids use soft lenses....I think they were raised wrong.


yes, at first, they are a wee bit uncomfortable. but you acclimate in about 2 weeks.

if you wear soft....please go try hard lenses....and confirm how good you can see with them.


it's like the difference between cheap Bushnell binoculars & a nice set of Swarovski's

 

I wore eye glasses as a kid. Switched to soft contacts at 25. Sucked. Went back to glasses until 2005. My lasik doctor was highly regarded in Denver. Top. I was 49. Best decision I've ever made. Life changing. Glasses suck. Was finally free of them. 69 and 20/15.

 

so, your Rx never changed in all that time?

man, look here.....my Rx changes every year.

I worked up to a -8.5 @ 40yrs old

and every year I'm getting better.

I'm a -6.25 now.

that amount of change is not conducive to Lasik.

 

Everyone is different. Astigmatism or no. I go to the eye doc every year. The only thing that has changed since I got lasik is my reading glasses script. Of my 4 siblings, only myself needed glasses early on. Mild distance correction script. Some people aren't a good candidate for lasik. Luck of the draw.

 

Agreed.

I wish I had a steady Rx.

 

I also can't poke myself in the eye so I make do with glasses.

I doubt I could convince my wife to make the switch.

 

Glasses here too. Just the idea of sticking things on my eyeballs...