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Do you wear contacts, glasses, or nothing?
gamesfreak26:
I wear glasses as I'm really short-sighted (read: really damn blind without my glasses) due to all the reading I used to do as a kid. I have astigmatism in both eyes.
houkouonchi:
I wear glasses. About -5 diopters in both eyes (nearsighted) so pretty blind. I once tried to get contacts in my eyes but I just couldn't do it. I would be wearing contacts if I could get them into my eyes.
AceHigh:
Poll results are scary, 2/3 of the participants have bad eyesight? I bet most of them are not pensionists either.
At least this tendency should stop harrassing at school as kids with glasses will be a majority ;)
JoonasTo:
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Say what?!
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its not safe - you can end up worse then you thought or in the occasional case blind or MUCH worse then you started. Thus it isnt safe yet.
Its not permanent, in many cases years after receiving the surgery you need to get it done again or your vision ends up deteriorating again again the effects of this vary from person to person and how long it lasts varies also.
Its not cheap - considering if you have half decent vision insurance you can get your glasses for like nothing once a year or 50 bucks once a year, vs spending 2-5k on lasik surgery which might last 10 years you tell me which is cheaper.
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Not to mention the futility of the operation if ones vision hasn't stabilized. I'm 27 and continue to need a stronger prescription each year, so no legitimate surgeon would perform the surgery even if I wanted it.
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What mgz said.
@Sdedalus:
Do you have negative lenses? Using negative lenses deteriorates ones vision the more you use them. It's a shitty deal. Either you use negative lenses and see something but your vision deteriorates all the time, you don't use anything and don't see anything or you use plus lenses have even worse vision but it might get better if you're lucky. I've got a friend who has had glasses for ages and he's been cursing because of that. If he had been given plus lenses as a kid he might not actually need glasses right now. Instead he's blind as a bat without them.
1000mAh:
--- Quote from: AceHigh on January 13, 2011, 12:32:55 PM ---Poll results are scary, 2/3 of the participants have bad eyesight? I bet most of them are not pensionists either.
At least this tendency should stop harrassing at school as kids with glasses will be a majority ;)
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well, I guess that too much porn & anime :P
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