I recently got glasses so I'm still in the phase of loving them with a fiery passion (I can finally see properly, it's awesome) I've googled around for contacts (loving the special effects kind, been getting discriminated on my own personal forum for wanting them but who gives a damn I love them)
I think glasses make me look more masculine too (for other FTM's maybe you should consider trying that theory)
I've had glasses since I was 2 years old. Yes, you read that right, two. I don't know what my eyesight is in the american measuraments but in the Europian ones: 0 being "perfect eyesight" I'm -9.5 on one eye and -9.75 on the other. You are considered "blind" at -10.
The negative numbers are nearsighted ofc. My "point of focus" (the farthest from my face I can see in perfect focus) without my glasses is about two inches from my eyes.
I don't get contacts cause I have to order them specially and that costs about twice as much as the regular ones. :/
And glasses are only masculine if you pick masculine frames.
Glasses!! I've worn glasses since 4th grade [9 years old]. Back then, things started looking blurry after about four feet in front of me. Now, things start blurring about six inches away from my face. :-X I don't know what my prescription is, though. I think my left eye is a little worse than my right.
I've never worn contacts. I don't know if I ever will. I like glasses too much. :) I consider them an accessory. :D They can be fashionable if you get the right frames. And these days soooo many people wear contacts instead of glasses.. glasses are unique.
I've had glasses since I was 8 or so. I prefer contacts, but just can't afford them right now. I think I look better without glasses, not that I look horrible with them. Just a personal preference. Contacts are also more... free, I think. I'm constantly readjusting my glasses because they slide, and it's a pain to wear hats at work and headphones for my MP3 player because of them.
I've worn glasses since a kid. I'm at -2.25 now (nearsighted).
When I started getting serious about my looks, I realized that I looked better without glasses.
I got contacts to adjust my vision for distance.
Since I'm old and have presbyopia I need reading glasses for most close tasks.
The good part is that I can pick up reading glasses anywhere very cheaply, between $1 and $20.
I guess I'm a new commer judging by the replies. I started wearing glasses when I turned 40 (I'm now 57). I'd worn them for about 7 to 8 years and found that prudent selection of frames could drastically change ones appearance. However, I now wear contacts and have done for quite a while, and to honest, I do prefer them.
Steph
I have had glasses most of my life, and because I am so nearsighted the lenses are really thick. I now use contacts but I still have to have reading glasses. I think that my glasses are just too masculine looking and I can't afford new ones that are more feminine.
I've worn glasses since 7th grade, when my grades fell and my parents figured out that it was cos I couldnt see the board.
Anyway, when I transitioned, i got a bang out of being able to get women's frames finally. Now i don't think about it, but Panda's comment reminded me what a kick it was to finally be able to shop for the "right" frames. :)
I've worn glasses for forever and a day. I hate them, but mostly because they get in the way when I'm boxing. And I hate trying to rest my head on a pillow while I watch TV and having my glasses bite into my head.
I tried contacts for this very reason, but they scare the hell out of me. I don't get frightened over many things, but when I couldn't get my contacts out, I had a panic attack. :icon_dizzy: A friend of mine had to talk me through meditation before I calmed down enough to pry them out.
Most people tell me that you get used to them eventually and become expert at taking them in, out, but ugh.
Quote from: Reese on March 01, 2009, 02:08:07 PM
And I hate trying to rest my head on a pillow while I watch TV and having my glasses bite into my head.
Same here, and with reading, too. I've had mine since I was six (kindergarten). They're ok, but I'm interested in corrective surgery sometime in the future. My eyes are getting progressively worse, left one more so.
My little sister got them recently. She's four. She's probably not going to remember what it's like to not wear them--I have a vague recollection. Sometimes they make me feel handicapped, though.
I wear bifocal contacts and had contacts for 30 years. I hate the feeling of glasses on my face including sun glasses.
I got my first reading glasses at age 40 then at 50 graduated to regular glasses for driving. I have trifocals as I need reading glasses for up close and for far away. At the computer, I don't need them, it is just at 20 feet or more or up close like reading a paper or book. I'm not that bad but just can't make out the different letters that look so much alike at 20 feet.
I know a lot of people who wear contacts, my wife use to wear then now she doesn't need them, she had that surgery to correct her vision.
Quote from: Janet Lynn on March 01, 2009, 01:38:22 PM
I have had glasses most of my life, and because I am so nearsighted the lenses are really thick. I now use contacts but I still have to have reading glasses. I think that my glasses are just too masculine looking and I can't afford new ones that are more feminine.
You can get bi-focal contacts but they are very hard to get used to, that was my experience anyway. I now use two different prescriptions, one for my left eye for reading and one for my right eye for seeing distance. It works really well, it's amazing how the brain compensates and focuses both eyes, even though they have different prescriptions. It's funny also; if I close my left eye, words on a page are blurry, and if I close my right eye, objects at a distance are blurry :)
Steph
I have had four eyes since forever ;). I tried contact lenses once but had to revert back to regular glasses due to the glorious corneal curvature changes that happen with HRT.
tink :icon_chick:
Wait... are you saying there's a word for those things my eyes can't see without? I thought those were part of my body!
I've had them since I was 7... maybe a few months before I turned 7 even, actually. I can't imagine what it would be like not to have them. My vision is so bad that when I was 12, my optometrist said if it kept getting worse at the rate it had been, I'd be blind within 5 years. Fortuitously, it stopped getting worse right about that time. Now I'm told I'm right on the brink of being legally blind... last dr said I had 20/1300 vision. Fun fun.
I've tried getting contacts numerous times over the years, but could never stand to put them in. Angular glasses CAN hide a round face, too, which helps if you're ftm but not on T. I just decided the glasses are a part of me now... and god knows what I'll do without them if I ever have Lasik.
SD
Use reading glasses but hate them, really find it a pain to read a book using glasses as the field of vision is so limiting. Spoils the experience IMO.
Otherwise, thank God, my vision is excellent.
i'm a specky four eyes. i have to take them off to read, don't really like wearing them, but i like the idea of putting things in my eyes less.
contacts for public, glasses for home.
Quote from: Nero on March 01, 2009, 08:44:21 PM
contacts for public, glasses for home.
;) For Nero, Mr Vain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgUdrzGNys#hq (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgUdrzGNys#hq)
Quote from: Pica Pica on March 01, 2009, 08:59:02 PM
;) For Nero, Mr Vain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgUdrzGNys#hq (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgUdrzGNys#hq)
Sweet video but I'm not... ;D
I tried several contact lens mfg. before finding: O2OPTIX contacts by CIBA Vision. They're soft disposables that work fantastic. (last a long time - they say trash them after two weeks, but they last months sometimes.) I was born with glasses (made the delivery extra painful)
Ha, Nero, I am the same too. Glasses inside the house, contacts outside the house.
Same here. But Vanity thy name is woman. ;D
Janet
I've worn glasses since I was 9 or 10. I always have to spring for the super-thin lenses, or else I end up with the coke bottle look. I tried contacts, but I just found them to be more hassle than they're worth, so now I only wear them if glasses will really get in the way. (Like at a masked ball I went to last fall.) One day I'll probably get Lasic, but chest surgery is a higher priority.
I have glasses, bifocals, you can't tell by looking at them but they are. I started wearing bifocals at 35 glasses at a really young age. I have never had contacts and they have never been suggested to me, not sure why. I am also not a candidate for the surgery because my vision changes every year. I'm not sure how I would do with contacts, I like to get up and be ready for the day in 10 minutes (shower included) and am not sure how I could manage this with contacts. Plus I am lazy/sloppy about that stuff.
I am looking forward to a new more masculine pair of glasses.
Myles
Quote from: myles on March 02, 2009, 12:53:31 PM
I have glasses, bifocals, you can't tell by looking at them but they are. I started wearing bifocals at 35 glasses at a really young age. I have never had contacts and they have never been suggested to me, not sure why. I am also not a candidate for the surgery because my vision changes every year. I'm not sure how I would do with contacts, I like to get up and be ready for the day in 10 minutes (shower included) and am not sure how I could manage this with contacts. Plus I am lazy/sloppy about that stuff.
I am looking forward to a new more masculine pair of glasses.
Myles
you could get the kind that's safe to sleep in.
Quote from: Janet Lynn on March 01, 2009, 09:34:00 PM
Same here. But Vanity thy name is woman. ;D
Janet
Amen sister. Vanity before sanity, I always say!
QuoteI now use two different prescriptions, one for my left eye for reading and one for my right eye for seeing distance.
The new technology has hard contacts that are cut in concentric circles that focus like head lights both eyes can see close and far. They are great.
I've been wearing them since I was 11 but Im sure I needed them when I was 9. My grades were suffering around that time and I became a bit more of a trouble maker that year. Im around the -4.25 mark but I wear contacts whenever Im out and about. I don't look fem with my specs that are severly old fashioned, I really need to upgrade. Which Im seriously considering.
Oh yeah if you have trouble getting contacts out try wetting your hands then dabbing them dry on a tissue or paper towel, your skin will grip the lense with ease!
Well after never needing glasses I just started wearing them, progressive bifocals. Yes, getting old sucks. The hardest part was having to order male style, so I got the rimless ones that don't even show much. On the positive side, I look forward to going into a place soon and picking out my female style. Eventually it will be contacts, but for now I will be doing the bifocals thing. The monovision that the doc recommended to me sounds just icky!
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I've worn glasses since I was 15.
Though at first I had the cheapy crappy ones, I actually have nice ones these days.
And I think I look better with them than I do without.
And contacts... eurgh, I am not touching my eyes. Just thinking about it makes me feel squicky. :P
I didn't need glasses until I hit my forties. I wear transition lenses with bifocals. My eyes got damaged and are very sensitive now. I would like to get contacts. Thinking about it, it may be less expensive to get contacts and use sun & reading glasses. I miss wearing stiley sun glasses :laugh:
Another young 'un here. I've had glasses since I was ~7. Needed them since I was about 4 (it didn't get caught until I was in first grade.) My prescription is somewhere around -8.something with astigmatisms. I got bifocals at age 30 for computer stuff, so I switch back and forth between pairs. I was *not* about to have to slide my eyeballs down my nose to read the screen. It annoys me to no end when my glasses slide down my nose. Not to mention being in IT, I spend most of the day looking at a screen.
I tried contacts once...it didn't work out for me. After having worn something in front of my eyes for nearly 20 years (at the time) I couldn't deal with the fact that I could now *feel the air* move and hit my eyes. I later developed allergies which make wearing contacts impossible.
Glasses don't bother me. They don't interfere with my life and after all this time, I'm pretty much used to them. I prefer wire frames with spring hinges so I can get them on under my helmet :P Transition lenses were the best thing I ever got. No more looking for dorky clip-on sunglasses.
My sister likes her contacts though, so it really depends on the person.
WR
I wear glasses I got a free trial of contact lenses and I had them fitted and have never worn them since still sitting on my cupboard. I just haven't been bothered to use them.
Glasses man Jay
I wore glasses since I was 12. I found I could not tolerate contacts, they just irritated my eyes too much, despite trying a misslion varieties. I got sick of not being able to see when going swimming, so about 5 years ago I had laser surgery. Things are great now. 8)
I've been wearing glasses pretty much all my life, and I would rather go blind then stick things in my eyes.
That said, laser vision correction sounds like a nice option, hopefully I can get it as an insurance paid freebee since I need corrective surgery done anyways.
Well I've had glasses and contacts and switch back and forth. But as my eyes are over 40, even with contacts I need reading glasses, so have been wearing glasses more often now.
Beni
I was born with acute astigmatism and myopia. So corrective lenses were always needed. I wore contacts for many years and hate them. Glasses are alright. The good part is going to a place that sells two pair at a reduced price. I can get one pair for each of my genders.
glasses
i only wear for driving and some officework but a great designer pair can really finish off your look.
if i considered contacts i would just get laser done and save the additional hassles
Lol, why do I suddenly feel in the minority for having 20/20 vision? ;D
I'm like Steph, i didn't get glasses till i was 50 but probably needed them when i was 45, i can see distance pretty good but close up is tough, when I'm out and about i use cheaters but for the computer i wear glasses. Just recently got woman's frames and it makes a big difference in my appearance.
Paula.