sVs said:

How do contacts fare in areas with a lot of debris and dust in the air? Or would I need to wear goggles frequently?

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pwnasaurus said:

Laser eye surgery guys.  Seriously.  Best decision I've ever made.

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Gumby said:

sVs said:

How do contacts fare in areas with a lot of debris and dust in the air? Or would I need to wear goggles frequently?

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You'd probably need goggles. It's windy as shit here today (like 30mph with 50-60mph gusts) so shit is flying everywhere. I was outside for like 5 minutes and I got dust in my eye and it got stuck on my contact, annoying as hell. My parents live in TX and it's really dusty there, I also find wearing contacts there pretty annoying.

pwnasaurus said:

Laser eye surgery guys.  Seriously.  Best decision I've ever made.

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I don't even know if I would be a candidate for lasik. With contacts or glasses I have 20/10 vision (better than normal) and without I'm like 20/30 or 20/35, so my eyes aren't really that bad.

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preternaturalist said:

Just remember that your eyesight will never stop diminishing. I see LASIK as too big an expense for something that won't last the rest of my life. As bad as my eyesight is now, I don't even want to know what it'll be like in 30 years or more...

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preternaturalist said:

Just remember that your eyesight will never stop diminishing. I see LASIK as too big an expense for something that won't last the rest of my life. As bad as my eyesight is now, I don't even want to know what it'll be like in 30 years or more...

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Assuming you're talking about needing reading glasses when you get older, that type can't really be fixed by laser surgery anyway. That happens for different reasons than the reason people have poor vision. Poor vision like near sightedness or farsightedness are typically due to some problem with the cornea... it's misshapen or the wrong thickness. What laser surgery does is reshape the cornea to give you optimal vision.

When you get older the reason you need reading glasses is because of a condition called presbyopia. Presbyopia is where the lens of the eye (inside the eye) looses it's ability to focus. The way it focuses is by muscles in the eye stretching or releasing the the lens so it changes shape bringing objects into focus. In presbyopia I've heard the lens and/or muscles compared to elastic in socks... eventually they get worn out and don't work as well. Laser surgery can kinda maybe fix it depending on the person's prescription. I've heard it's a halfass fix that can mess up stereovision. I'd rather just have reading glasses than have monovision.

There's your optometry lesson for the day.