DannyW Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 They can do Wavefront but your vision wouldn't be as good as you'd be used to if you've been wearing specs What's you opinion on all this laser stuff? as i dont know any opticians who have had it done themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Do you need reading glasses yet old boy? I thought maybe I did when I was getting all those headaches last year. My mate took his whole family into SpecSavers on the spur of the moment while out shopping one day. Guess what? Yep, apparently they ALL needed glasses. What a surprise. So I went to an independant Opto when I wanted a test (and paid for it of course). She said my eyesight was pretty good for somebody my age, considering the amount of masturbating I do. Apparently I may need glasses in five years or so, but I'll be 46 by then so that's not too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 as i dont know any opticians who have had it done themselves. There's a good reason I don't need any specs at all but there's a bloke in our place who did the laser screening for Optical Express. He said after working with it that he'd NEVER get his eyes lasered. Your prescription has to be stable but then 10-15 years later you'll need reading glasses. The main issue is just if you're left with dry eye - that's the most common side effect which is VERY distressing and not much can be done about it. Depending on your prescription, try Continous Wear contact lenses first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyW Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 She said my eyesight was pretty good for somebody my age, considering the amount of masturbating I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I was 8 when I started wearing glasses. Bloody awful NHS things they were too. 40 years later and I still wear glasses - although not the same ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 although not the same ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyW Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 There's a good reason I don't need any specs at all but there's a bloke in our place who did the laser screening for Optical Express. He said after working with it that he'd NEVER get his eyes lasered. Your prescription has to be stable but then 10-15 years later you'll need reading glasses. The main issue is just if you're left with dry eye - that's the most common side effect which is VERY distressing and not much can be done about it. Depending on your prescription, try Continous Wear contact lenses first. F*ck it youve just saved me a few grand. I'll stick with wearing glasses like i do now, and maybe give contacts a go one day. Just hate the though of putting them in and taking them out, although everyone i speak to say it's ok after a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I thought maybe I did when I was getting all those headaches last year. My mate took his whole family into SpecSavers on the spur of the moment while out shopping one day. Guess what? Yep, apparently they ALL needed glasses. What a surprise. So I went to an independant Opto when I wanted a test (and paid for it of course). She said my eyesight was pretty good for somebody my age, considering the amount of masturbating I do. Apparently I may need glasses in five years or so, but I'll be 46 by then so that's not too bad. If it's Presbyopia (yes pretty much being old ) then typically it's 44-45 that people notice it, if you're 41 now then that's a bit young unless you're already long sighted and are already using a bit of accommodation (i.e. strain) to see for distance? Last year, hmm, weren't you just sat on your arse watching Jeremy Kyle all year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 F*ck it youve just saved me a few grand. I'll stick with wearing glasses like i do now, and maybe give contacts a go one day. Just hate the though of putting them in and taking them out, although everyone i speak to say it's ok after a while. That's the good thing about CW contacts - just leave them in for 30 days, sleep in them etc. At the end of the month, take them out, wear your specs for the night and put a fresh pair in the next day... leave for 30 days Depends on your prescription though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyW Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 That's the good thing about CW contacts - just leave them in for 30 days, sleep in them etc. At the end of the month, take them out, wear your specs for the night and put a fresh pair in the next day... leave for 30 days Depends on your prescription though Wow that sounds great, don't they ever fall out or anything? (i sound really thick don't i) I'd worry about losing 1 at work or something. My prescription isn't particularly stong i don't think, and at my last test (6 years after my first) i was told my sight had only got a tiny bit worse. I will definately look into these lenses though (excuse the pun). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 If it's Presbyopia No, we're Church Of England. (yes pretty much being old ) then typically it's 44-45 that people notice it, if you're 41 now then that's a bit young unless you're already long sighted and are already using a bit of accommodation (i.e. strain) to see for distance? Dunno mate. I'll try some 'distance' seeing it next time I leave the house to sign-on. Last year, hmm, weren't you just sat on your arse watching Jeremy Kyle all year? Aye. And all this year so far too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 First got glasses at 13. Being quite handsome I refused to wear my glasses consistently until I was 23. Atfer three laps round a roundabout in Wales beacause I couldn't read the signs my girlfriend refused to direct me and persuaded me to get contact lenses. Turned up at work a few years ago in my glasses for a change. One of the fit girls in the office took a strange interest in my different look. She asked "Do you just wear them for driving and watching telly?". I said "No, just watching telly as I've had a magnified windscreen put in my car" I continued "It cost me a few hundred quid but I'm to vain to wear glasses". She said "Really?". Never fancied her after that!!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 No, we're Church Of England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyW Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 She asked "Do you just wear them for driving and watching telly?". I said "No, just watching telly as I've had a magnified windscreen put in my car" I continued "It cost me a few hundred quid but I'm to vain to wear glasses". She said "Really?". Never fancied her after that!!! I like girls like that as they also fall for the "No, its definately meant to go in this hole too" line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakewebster Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I got some when i was younger, got those bendy frames thinking they would be cool. I just dont suit glasses though. I just drive using the force now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Wow that sounds great, don't they ever fall out or anything? (i sound really thick don't i) I'd worry about losing 1 at work or something. My prescription isn't particularly stong i don't think, and at my last test (6 years after my first) i was told my sight had only got a tiny bit worse. I will definately look into these lenses though (excuse the pun). Nope unless you get a really good whack but no they're shaped to stay in the middle of your eye etc. Give them a go They come in prescriptions for astigmatism (dependent on how much). Purevision Torics are the ones we use for continous wear to correct astigmatism, £25/month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyW Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Nope unless you get a really good whack but no they're shaped to stay in the middle of your eye etc. Give them a go They come in prescriptions for astigmatism (dependent on how much). Purevision Torics are the ones we use for continous wear to correct astigmatism, £25/month Thanks for the info, that's really good. cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I had my eyes zapped three years ago. Forgotten that I used to wear glasses until I started reading this and was going "oh yeah, I remember that" and "ewwww, greasy fingerprints & scratches" The Mrs cracked me up when I read out Jake's: She said my eyesight was pretty good for somebody my age, considering the amount of masturbating I do. She said "What, does he miss and get it in his eye or something" LOL I swear she should be blonde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Amblyopic, more common than people think! At 10 though it's not really an issue, it's more to do with a weaker eye / squint / congenital problem when a kid's younger. 10 is a bit too late even if Mr Lover's daughter had a lazy eye. Sabrina (How_Supra) is amblyopic, she's got right proper dodgy peepers! Oi!!! I was born with my Lazy eye [not alot of people know that], and the hospital did nothing about it, not until I was about 6 anyway. I had a couple of operations, but it didn't work. So the dody opticians [not specsavers] made me wear glasses and eye patches which did no good either because it was too late, though this was all whilst I was still at primary school. My eye sight in my "normal eye" used to be excellent, but short sightedness took over during secondary school. Also Im not blind in my lazy eye, I just can't see too good out of it , and naturally use my good eye. Still thank god for contact lenses and the excellent opticians at nearly every specsavers I have been with [i think the one in Abingdon is pretty crap to be honest] and yes I used to get called allsorts of names at school, but it never really bothered me not openly, I just got on with it, but it did knock my confidence to be honest, though Im now a 25 year old with "dodgy peepers" and it doesn't really bother me, I am how I am. Ahh! That explains a few things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 @ Jake's posts. Yeah you should probably be blind as a bat by now I think my prescription is around -2.5 -3.0, something like that, been a few years since I last went to the opticians, I should probably go again. I too don't like the idea if sticking contact lenses in my eyes, actually I'd probably be ok putting them in... it would be getting them out I'd be worried about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICHARDA Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I use the CW contacts as I had always found it tricky to get others in and out on a daily basis. I would highly recommend them. I tend to take them out about once a week though just to refresh. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I use the CW contacts as I had always found it tricky to get others in and out on a daily basis. I would highly recommend them. I tend to take them out about once a week though just to refresh. HTH Bugger me! Chris Wilson has branched out into contact lenses now has he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Bugger me! Chris Wilson has branched out into contact lenses now has he? lmao that's what i thought too! his name is now synonimous (sp?) with the initials 'CW'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 @ Jake's posts. Yeah you should probably be blind as a bat by now I think my prescription is around -2.5 -3.0, something like that, been a few years since I last went to the opticians, I should probably go again. I too don't like the idea if sticking contact lenses in my eyes, actually I'd probably be ok putting them in... it would be getting them out I'd be worried about. There are no nerve endings in your eye, so you shouldn't feel anything when taking them out! And men have a bigger problem with putting in and taking out contact lenses than women, women are more use to touching their eye, putting on eye shadow, mascara etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 And men have a bigger problem with putting in and taking out contact lenses than women, women are more use to touching their eye, putting on eye shadow, mascara etc. rubbish, no woman puts eye shadow or mascara in their eyes, thats just silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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