When did you get glasses?

[DefunctTheory]

I got them about a month after I got my license, I couldn't read road signs or license plates and that was a bit troublesome.

First diagnosed with shitty eyes: 13. Got glasses.

Laser eye surgery: 19. Threw away glasses.

Go to doctor to find out that I have photo-phobia and night blindness: 23. Get more glasses.

My eyes = Worst eyes ever.

Aren't you not supposed to get laser surgery until your mid-20's to make sure the eyes have stopped changing?

The Army has some pretty loose rules on the subject when it comes to pre-deployment eye surgery (Something to do with the pain in the ass it is to get combo ballistic eye wear/prescription lens over seas).

They also forgot to look at the pressure test results on my eyes before the surgery, which would have told them that I was not, nor ever would be, a suitable candidate for laser surgery. Apparently, laser surgery causes the pressure behind your eyes to increase a bit: not enough to really bother most people. But when you already have high pressure, the pressure gets so great it starts bending parts of your eye that are not supposed to bend (Which is also the cause for my chronic headaches, it seems).

Of course, this is just what the doctor said to me. He was Army: he could just be bullshitting me.

EDIT: He also gave me sterile eye drops for my photophobia. Apparently, taking sterile water and putting it in your eyes 4 years afters the botched surgery will cure it (It didn't).

 

[adragonofgold]

Had to get glasses when i was.... 5ish... had them til I was 27. Got lasik done... best thing I've ever spent money on.

 

[letfireraindown]

had them since about 12, which makes it.... many years ago...

 

[Chappy]

Since 15 I think so roughly 4-5 years ago depending on the month.

 

[Dango]

I got my first pair of glasses when I was 8, and switched over to contacts when I was twelve.

 

[Z3ldaX]

I've had mine for longer than I can even remember. Maybe got them as early as 8 or 9. I don't even know, man.

 

[sassafrasses]

Ive had mine since elementary school - like 3rd or 4th grade. I was like... 8 I believe. So about 13 years or so. I prefer contacts though. I need to go back to the eye doctor for an exam. Thanks for reminding me! I do need new glasses and contacts. I keep my glasses around incase I run out of contacts while on vacation or just cant get to walmart or wherever to get more.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

I got them in eighth grade. They were bifocals for reading, and I only had them for about two months before I lost them. Things have worked out perfectly fine since then.

 

[Dags90]

The Army has some pretty loose rules on the subject when it comes to pre-deployment eye surgery (Something to do with the pain in the ass it is to get combo ballistic eye wear/prescription lens over seas).

They also forgot to look at the pressure test results on my eyes before the surgery, which would have told them that I was not, nor ever would be, a suitable candidate for laser surgery. Apparently, laser surgery causes the pressure behind your eyes to increase a bit: not enough to really bother most people. But when you already have high pressure, the pressure gets so great it starts bending parts of your eye that are not supposed to bend (Which is also the cause for my chronic headaches, it seems).

Of course, this is just what the doctor said to me. He was Army: he could just be bullshitting me.

EDIT: He also gave me sterile eye drops for my photophobia. Apparently, taking sterile water and putting it in your eyes 4 years afters the botched surgery will cure it (It didn't).

I'm hoping by the time I turn 30-ish or so the procedure has become a bit more reliable/safer. Don't want to end up like Kathy Griffin, God she's annoying. The worst part about my prescription is that my eyes aren't bad enough that I'm supposed to wear them all the time. I'm supposed to take them off for reading and such.

 

[Zhadramekel]

I first got mine when I was about 7 but never wore them so in time my sight went back to normal. I had to get them again when I was 11 though and have worn them full-time ever since then.

 

[Davroth]

When I was 16. But it's ok, it really ties my face together.

 

[Look-a-Hill]

Started needing them when I was about 14. Got them when I was about 15 but only wore them in lessons where I couldn't see the board. They were a free pair and fairly ugly though. Mainly a practical thing.
I splashed out of an expensive pair when I was 18 and I've worn them everyday since (minus the odd day or two when I've worn contacts for gigs). I'm now 22.

 

[DefunctTheory]

The Army has some pretty loose rules on the subject when it comes to pre-deployment eye surgery (Something to do with the pain in the ass it is to get combo ballistic eye wear/prescription lens over seas).

They also forgot to look at the pressure test results on my eyes before the surgery, which would have told them that I was not, nor ever would be, a suitable candidate for laser surgery. Apparently, laser surgery causes the pressure behind your eyes to increase a bit: not enough to really bother most people. But when you already have high pressure, the pressure gets so great it starts bending parts of your eye that are not supposed to bend (Which is also the cause for my chronic headaches, it seems).

Of course, this is just what the doctor said to me. He was Army: he could just be bullshitting me.

EDIT: He also gave me sterile eye drops for my photophobia. Apparently, taking sterile water and putting it in your eyes 4 years afters the botched surgery will cure it (It didn't).

I'm hoping by the time I turn 30-ish or so the procedure has become a bit more reliable/safer. Don't want to end up like Kathy Griffin, God she's annoying. The worst part about my prescription is that my eyes aren't bad enough that I'm supposed to wear them all the time. I'm supposed to take them off for reading and such.

Eye surgery is weird... from what I'm told, it's 99.999% faultless, if you go to the right doctor. It's not like heart surgery, where everyone who's doing it (In the civilized world) is quite bitching at it: there are bad doctor's, and there are good ones.

Shit, I only went to get my eyes done because I was ORDERED to (technically illegal, and not really an order per say... more like a promise to make my life miserable if I didn't).

Also, I think my NCO want'd to get stoned (They used to give you a fun bucket of 100 ultra large percoset pills for the pain. Nicely enough, this is when I found out I'm immune to most pain meds).

 

[Anaril]

I got mine when I was about 12, I'd consider getting laser eye surgery, but also might choose to wait 'til I start to get long sighted as well (ie through age) - you can get your eyes done differently so one will focus at longer distances and the other at shorter (if you're long and short sighted)

 

[SageRuffin]

I've had glasses since I was around 5 (for perspective, that 19 years of wearing glasses). I hate wearing contacts; I consider glasses to be a fundamental part of my character now.

 

[bobmus]

I got reading glasses around 8 or 9, then just skipped permanent glasses and went to contact lenses at 10 or so. Seriously can't recommend those things enough, I forget that I have any eye problems at all around two minutes into my morning when I've put them in.

 

[Tiger Sora]

I've had mine since I was atleast 10, I'm 20 now.

 

[Neuromaster]

Got 'em my first year of college.

I don't really need them for everyday stuff, but getting them made class much easier when I wasn't straining to read the blackboard. Besides, I kind of like being able to see clearly.

 

[Lionsfan]

I don't need any. I'm Genetically Superior to ALL of YOU!!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

Seriously though, I've never had any serious vision problems on the eye test's I've taken, but considering my family has eye problems I might end up getting them

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Fresman year. So... about three years ago. I've needed them almost all my life, though.