Why are more people wearing glasses than ever?

Ah ok so what did work colleagues/friends say when you starting wearing them?

I meant, if your optician prescribes you glasses for distance and you use them for reading as well, would your eyes deteriorate further?

Umm "They make your ears look big" and "They make you look smart" were quite common reactions.


No, because "Distance" glasses are actually just corrective (I.e. They're not only for distance, despite the name), and can be worn all the time. Although, you won't need to wear them when reading because if you're myopic you won't have issues seeing near things anyway.
But yeah, it's fine because they're only corrective and they don't make you see things further away any better than things nearby, unlike reading glasses which only work for reading and won't allow you to see far away.

Personally, I wear my distance glasses pretty much all the time. Ideally I shouldn't. But wearing distance glasses for reading doesn't do the harm that reading glasses would do if you wear them whilst looking at a distance.

Recently I've noticed that so many people wear glasses now. I remember looking around my classroom before A-Levels and 80% of the people in my classroom were wearing glasses. It's crazy!

At work today, I've noticed loads of young teens were wearing glasses, I remember 10 years back in my final year of primary school, there were only like 2 people who wore glasses, but now it's more like every other person.

Why is it that each year more and more people start wearing glasses? Especially younger kids?

I think computer use has made peoples eyesight worse and that's probably why so many people are needing glasses. I also think that glasses themselves seem to be becoming more fashionable as well (people may have been using contact lenses before). For quite some time people seemed to dislike glasses and favoured contact lenses.

"Some studies suggest it's not so much the time you spend doing close-up work, but the time you spend using distance vision that matters," Vitale suggests. "It's brighter outside. You are looking at more distant objects. But kids today are spending much less time outside."

Time spent doing homework or time spent doing near activities did not show a correlation, in fact time spent playing hand held console games was associated with a more hyperopic refraction in crude analysis13. This data suggests a link between near work and myopia but does not conclude a causative relationship. A number of studies have looked at computer use and myopia and found no significant correlation14.

I've been reading loads of studies, but it seems like no one knows what causes myopia. It's so weird and such a common disease, yet no one knows what causes it!

That's a relief. I always forget to take them off when I'm reading!

So did you start wearing them this year?
Do you notice a difference with them off now that you've worn them for so long?

It's quite pricey and the cost depends on the extent of the procedure. Not very sure but I think Vision Express give Free Consultations/Quotations.

Some providers have finance options. Optical Express for example: http://www.opticalexpress.co.uk/laser-eye-surgery/laser-eye-surgery-cost-and-finance-options.html

Accuvision have 0% finance but I don't know much about them so I can't recommend.
http://www.accuvision.co.uk/laser-eye-surgery-cost.html

This.

One of my friends actually pretended to be short-sighted just so she could get "nerdy" glasses. Needless to say, her mum made her wear it almost every day and now she's pretty much dependent on them because her eyesight's worsened .

How about those wearing glasses before any of these things like television and computers came about?

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.

Umm "They make your ears look big" and "They make you look smart" were quite common reactions.


No, because "Distance" glasses are actually just corrective (I.e. They're not only for distance, despite the name), and can be worn all the time. Although, you won't need to wear them when reading because if you're myopic you won't have issues seeing near things anyway.
But yeah, it's fine because they're only corrective and they don't make you see things further away any better than things nearby, unlike reading glasses which only work for reading and won't allow you to see far away.

Personally, I wear my distance glasses pretty much all the time. Ideally I shouldn't. But wearing distance glasses for reading doesn't do the harm that reading glasses would do if you wear them whilst looking at a distance.