I thought this was how it was supposed to look for years

[dingus@lemmy.world]

It took me an... embarrassingly long amount of time to be able to put in and take out contacts. It took multiple long, separate sessions and mental breakdowns to be able to do it. I was similar to you. Couldn't even handle drops in my eyes. But once you finally get it down through all of the freaking out, it's easy as pie. If a ridiculous person like me can do it, you can too!

Contacts are such a different experience too. You actually have peripheral vision! Never in my life have I had that. Your prescription is exactly the same the entire way around your field of vision. With glasses, you don't have any correction for peripheral vision. And if you have a stronger prescription, you can only really see perfectly outside of the dead center of the lens. Anywhere slightly off center and the correction isn't as good.

Not to mention with my prescription, I still always see lights as kind of a puff ball at night when I'm wearing glasses. It's not a matter of having the wrong prescription. There is just light distortion from the lenses themselves. With contacts, you don't get this distortion effect and lights don't have the puff ball.

I wore contacts through my teen years and early 20s. But tbh I eventually stopped and went back to glasses full time. Comfort and flexibility just won out for me...even with all the amazing things that contacts have going for them.

[alligatorblizzard@sh.itjust.works]

Yup.

Less glare was nice, but the main goal was getting rid of my afternoon headaches.

[pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

i have a small level so i don't really get this

[caseyweederman@lemmy.ca]

"How could instantly improved vision not be at the top of everyone's todo list"

[ill_behaviour@lemmy.world]

Had you never seen regular photos of a lit up Christmas tree?

[flyingsquid@lemmy.world]

Hooray! Astigmatism superpower activate! *Removes glasses like I'm Superman*

[flyingsquid@lemmy.world]

On the other hand, I've never accidentally scratched my cornea when putting on my glasses. Can't say the same for two friends who wear contacts.

[tired_n_bored@lemmy.world]

I have astigmatism and I read "Christmas is so much prettier when you have Afghanistan"

[ratzchatsubo@lemm.ee]

You mean when the photographer squint's his eyes?

[scribbd@feddit.nl]

I have Afghanistan and I read "Christmas is so much prettier when you have Dyslexia"

[caseyweederman@lemmy.ca]

Hilariously, my app rendered your post like this:

and I thought that was the intention until I tapped on it to expand the original.

[rumba@lemmy.zip]

I made it to 47 before I needed reading glasses. Distance vision is just barely impacted now at 49.

[aquatofana@lemmy.world]

That super sucks! I had to go in a second time right around the month mark to have one of the lenses corrected because it shifted slightly. In and out in ~10 mins. Do you think that could be a possible option for you?

[croquette@sh.itjust.works]

It's normal to see some halo around a light at night. What isn't normal, is to see a distortion of the light as depicted in OP's image.

If you see that the light is distorted more on one axis, that means you have some kind of astigmatism.

I have a little bit of astigmatism and it is nowhere near what OP's picture depicts.

[brbposting@sh.itjust.works]

Oh thank goodness

Today’s eye appointment scheduling day! People on Nextdoor have always recommended somebody or other. Costco’s got opticians, same as Target sometimes I think. Good luck hope it’s easy!

[triflingtoad@sh.itjust.works]

LMAO the app has a sense of humor!

[lovablesidekick@lemmy.world]

I heard you can simulate this with a few beers, and I just wanted to make the holiday season special by feeling solidarity with the visually impaired, Your Honor.

[fed0sine@lemm.ee]

That's something to consider, thank you! It's been since the summer, and I also got a new prescription for glasses to wear when I need to do detail work like pest scouting in agriculture or check out cultured bacterial colonies. I haven't had them made yet though, since honestly the ICL vision is pretty good, just different than I've been used to for my entire life.

[hystericallymad@lemmy.ml]

Yes, and yes

[whyflip@lemmy.world]

I have an astigmatism in one eye, and it only affects my reading in low light situations.