Why are more people wearing glasses than ever?

Your eyes naturally deteriorate and settle when your in your early 20s (generally if you're myopic). Perhaps the straining took its toll. Straining doesn't help the cause, it makes the condition worse. Never strain your eyes.

I've noticed since I got glasses my prescription's stayed the same. I'm wearing them all day every day so I'm not straining my eyes any more Like I said I'm the only one in my family who wears glasses so I think I must have ruined my eyes by not getting them tested sooner rather than just being naturally shortsighted.

-11.25 in one eye, -11.00 in the other

Generally, after +/-8.00, we start recommending corrective surgery to bring it down to something reasonable.

Recommending corrective surgery is a huge step, and not one that I can see myself ever saying. If you think +/-8.00 is unreasonable, then a far more sensible suggestion is splitting it; deal with, say, 4D in contact lenses and 4D in glasses. Or all 8D in contact lenses, if they prefer.

Firstly, I wore an eye patch for a long time when I was little but that didnt help at all. My left eye is very blury compared to my right even without glasses, though I never wear them anyway, I also forgot to say that I nearly died after my vaccine, giving a vaccine to a baby who has no immune system (I wasnt breastfed) is not really a good idea now is it? If you say that vaccines help then why is it that everyone elderly in my family have no allergies what so ever and look as healthy as can be. There are people in my family 90+ years of age and guess what? They have never been sweriously ill nor ever had a vaccine. I think its complete crap that Im forced to have them. Its my life, if I want to 'risk' somehow dying of god knows what the hell they vaccinate against then I take that risk. I used to be the same as everyone else, I used to believe that vaccines do what they are 'supposed' to. Its not until my Dad persuaded me after a very long time that I realise they arent what they are and I will never be having one again and if I do have to have one by law, I will fight against it. They are also banning herbs and home remedies which act as a natural cures to illnesses obviously because they 'challenge' the medecine industry although they say its because the natural cures are 'bad' for your health haha. This is just my opinion though so you can think what you want but my opinion wont change.

It sounds like you don't really understand how a vaccination or the human immune system works, and that you are blindly believing something your dad has told you based only on anecdotal evidence.


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No I believe it is the other way round. Everyone seems to believe what they hear without first hand knowledge. You dont understand how many people I have seen die because of vaccinations or how many people I have seen deteriorate because of them. Ther are not getting a needle near me, I choose how I want to live and not them

Hipsters! Glasses have become more stylish and convenient than the thick, dorky, and bulky glasses from decades past. Geek culture has become more mainstream and people accept and strive for the intelligent and sophisticated look.

I have to wear glasses because I'm quite badly short-sighted but people keep asking me why I'm wearing them as a fashion accessory. I have to constantly say "No, I actually need them, I'm not that much of a ****"

I really think it's computers/video games. I think that's what ruined my eyes. I had perfect vision up until about year 10. Now I have to wear glasses constantly and it sucks.

I'd be really pissed off if someone asked me that.

It's bad enough having eyes crap enough to warrant wearing glasses in the first place (well it is for me anyway)