Glasses Make My Eyes Look Big!

I've chosen my glasses today & gone for some that are rimless at the front with thicker frames at the side. I've been told that them being rimless should lessen the effect of making my eyes look small, even though its a pretty strong prescription. Don't know how it would work with longsighted lenses though.

From my experience it is not making any difference. I've had rimless glasses since grade 9, they still make the eyes smaller. However, it depends on the face type and the frame type. Some frames with a certain face will make the difference less noticeable.

Long sighted lenses (that sounds weird but you catch my drift) tend to make the eyes look bigger, for some obscure reason, while short sighted lenses do the reverse. So changing the frames probably won't make much difference I'm afraid.

Anyway, big eyes are cute.

It's because you're long sighted. Changing the frames/lenses won't help at all. That's just what happens when you wear glasses.

Hell, I'm extremely short sighted and my glasses make my eyes look tiny. It's horrible. I'd much rather have 'biiiig' looking eyes than two little pinholes!

One of my eyes is short sighted and the other long sighted they're not that bad but if my eyes get worse (which I'm sure they will) my eyes will probably look totally different sizes

People with Antimetropia sometimes find it difficult to adjust to eyeglasses and prefer contact lenses. Contacts will give you better binocular and peripheral vision. You should consider it. It's not about looks, it's more about functioning on daily activities.

maybe its the thickness of your lenses? have you got full on 'jam jars'? i get the special thinned down lenses to avoid the bug eyed look

I've got glasses almost identical to the OP (wear them all the time), and when I first got them with the lenses, I nearly died when seeing the size of my eyes! After a major panic attack at the opticians, they told me I could pay for thinner lenses, which I did. They are SO worth the money - my eyes are still slightly larger than their normal size, but they don't look anything out of the ordinary

I've got the thinner lenses as well- they hardly affect the size of my eyes at all. I like how I look in my glasses & it makes a nice change being able to see clearly. Its just really annoying having the constant pressure of the frames against my ears. Can't wear contacts either so hopefully I'll just get used to it

I can't wear contacts because I've got really sensitive eyes & have had infections before. Not sure about my exact prescription- I'll have to check, but its for short sight. I'll have to look in to getting some of the silicone things because I don't like the feel of them at the moment even though their supposed to be adjusted for comfort . Maybe its because I've gone straight from not wearing glasses at all to wearing them all the time & I'm just not used to it

Could be that the glass lenses themselves need thinning

Long sighted lenses (that sounds weird but you catch my drift) tend to make the eyes look bigger, for some obscure reason, while short sighted lenses do the reverse. So changing the frames probably won't make much difference I'm afraid.

Anyway, big eyes are cute.

So, I wear glasses similar to these:



I only really wear them when I'm doing a lot of reading at uni. But they definitely make my eyes look massive and it puts me off wearing them :/

I look like this:

Does anyone know if anything can be done about it? They are my first pair of glasses so I didn't really expect/ask anything about this originally. If it makes a difference, I'd class them as thick framed glasses. Is it simply changing the lens or is it the fact that they're thick framed the issue?

Any help welcomeeee!