I had perfect vision until I reached my early 30s. At that point, reading street signs became a challenge. I got an eye exam and found out I was near-sighted.
So I got a pair of glasses. Contacts were a thing at the time, and I missed my favorite shades, so I tried a pair. I had a bad reaction to them and was told I was allergic, so it was glasses for me for the next 20 or so years.
Fast forward to 2020. COVID-19, new job, face masks, constant fogging. By this time in my life, I'm on my third or fourth pair of progressive lenses (no line bifocals). I had never so much as scratched a pair of my glasses until this year, and I pretty much destroyed the (rather costly) pair I had.
I guessed contacts have changed in the 20 years or so since I tried them, so I discuss my options with the optometrist and I decide to try contacts again, and since I now need correction for near and far, I elect to go with mono-vision.
So I have a choice between glasses and contacts on a daily basis. I have only worn my glasses a few times at home since I've gotten my contacts, and usually opt for contacts when I go to work or any other time I leave the house, even though fogging concerns are no longer an issue.
Pros of contacts: Freedom to wear shades, not having to clean the occasional smudge off my glasses. Aesthetics.
Cons of contacts. I sacrifice crystal clear near or far vision. Both are bearable, but I can't read fine print or see as clear as I want to at a distance.
Pros of glasses: Perfect vision at my disposal.
Cons of glasses: Concern over cleanliness, concerns about possible scratches, or breakage
What do you wear and why?
So I got a pair of glasses. Contacts were a thing at the time, and I missed my favorite shades, so I tried a pair. I had a bad reaction to them and was told I was allergic, so it was glasses for me for the next 20 or so years.
Fast forward to 2020. COVID-19, new job, face masks, constant fogging. By this time in my life, I'm on my third or fourth pair of progressive lenses (no line bifocals). I had never so much as scratched a pair of my glasses until this year, and I pretty much destroyed the (rather costly) pair I had.
I guessed contacts have changed in the 20 years or so since I tried them, so I discuss my options with the optometrist and I decide to try contacts again, and since I now need correction for near and far, I elect to go with mono-vision.
So I have a choice between glasses and contacts on a daily basis. I have only worn my glasses a few times at home since I've gotten my contacts, and usually opt for contacts when I go to work or any other time I leave the house, even though fogging concerns are no longer an issue.
Pros of contacts: Freedom to wear shades, not having to clean the occasional smudge off my glasses. Aesthetics.
Cons of contacts. I sacrifice crystal clear near or far vision. Both are bearable, but I can't read fine print or see as clear as I want to at a distance.
Pros of glasses: Perfect vision at my disposal.
Cons of glasses: Concern over cleanliness, concerns about possible scratches, or breakage
What do you wear and why?