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How reliant are you on your glasses?
What would happen if you put aside glasses for a day or a week? What would you do without them? Would you be able to drive? Work? Cross the street?
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Frustrations with Glasses or Contacts
The switching in between prescription sunglasses and glasses. Especially outside. Always needing a case that goes with it.Movie theatres with those 3-D things over my regular glasses.Not being able to properly snuggle up to my partner because my glasses get in the way.My eyes are too dry for contacts. So that’s a no for me.…
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Glasses or Contacts?
If your glasses fit properly then you should have no issues. As for contacts, well they are a foreign body in your eye. They are not for everyone. I tried them but they just didn’t feel comfortable so I went back to glasses. Besides, contacts require too much maintenance. Glassers Community via Facebook
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Stylish Frames
[I] was 8 when I got glasses, couldn’t see the board at school. My mom always let me have stylish frames, they’re part of my identity now.
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Tango
I dance tango but my glasses dig into my partner’s face, without them I can’t see the dance floor.
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Joke of the Week
“They had me on the operating table all day. They looked into my stomach, my gall bladder, they examined everything inside of me. Know what they decided? I need glasses.” Joe E Lewis | https://tinyurl.com/4n95acnu
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Avoiding Myopia
There is an epidemic of myopia today. In just the first five years of this century, myopia increased 42% in the U.S. This epidemic affects children almost exclusively, but the best way to prevent myopia is surprisingly simple: sunlight. The articles and studies below further discuss this epidemic and the best way to manage it.…
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Help, I Need Glasses!
If you find yourself suddenly needing glasses, even after a lifetime without them, you’re not alone—in fact, you’re completely normal! Presbyopia, aging eyes, happens to almost everyone starting in their 40s. This leads to difficulty reading small print or threading a needle. It’s most noticeable when trying to read on a phone or examine a…
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Dollar Tree Readers
I started wearing Dollar Tree readers in my 40s and noticed a decline in my vision approaching my 50s. I made an appointment with my optometrist friend from church to get checked out. Macular degeneration runs in my family, and I need to do all I can to stay on top of that. After examining…
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Glasses, you can’t live with them, can’t live without them
In 7th grade, on a particularly warm day in Wisconsin, I was walking to school with a friend. The world looked watery, as if everything was melting a bit in the unseasonal heat. I commented on the shimmery trees to my friend but she couldn’t see them. Then I turned to her. She, too, looked…
