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Eyesight

Eyesight generally gets worse, that is why people need stronger lenses/glasses.

But does eyesight ever improve as one grows older?

Will someone ever need weaker lenses than before?

Reply 1

ashy

17

no, the only thing is that you get long sighted AS well as being short sighted. that just means you'll need contacts for seeing things normally, and reading glasses for reading. the long sightedness doesn't cancel out the long sightedness unfortunately.

Reply 2

munchkin18

i wish it would, but that's only possible with laser surgery! mine was getting progressively worse but luckily it's stayed the same for the past two years. i have a ridiculously bad prescription (-7.5) so any worse and i won't be able to see at all. if you're long and short sighted don't you wear varifocals?

Reply 3

ashy

17

munchkin18

i wish it would, but that's only possible with laser surgery! mine was getting progressively worse but luckily it's stayed the same for the past two years. i have a ridiculously bad prescription (-7.5) so any worse and i won't be able to see at all. if you're long and short sighted don't you wear varifocals?

lol i think my mum has -11 in one eye and -10 in the other! I don't know exactly what's done to correct the problem, seeing as i'm only short sighted!

Reply 4

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OP

You know with laser-eye-surgery I imagine your eyes can still get worse, can they?

Then what do you have to do - get more surgery done or get new glasses?

Reply 5

LadyEnglish

2

No, it gets worse, and laser eye surgery still doesn't guarantee better eyesight, my mums friend has gone partially blind in both eyes after laser eye surgery.

Reply 6

ashy

17

I'd leave laser surgery until the tech is fully developed and not so "new and exciting". They also recommend that we don't have laser surgery until our mid twenties when out eyes have settled down a bit more.

Reply 7

munchkin18

-11?! okay, i don't feel so bad now!

i have heard that vision can slip back after the surgery, which is why i'm not sure about it. i know someone who had it done and still wears glasses anyway so don't know if it's worth it. at the moment i'm considering the contacts which you keep in for the whole month but i'm not sure how safe those are?

Reply 8

ashy

17

munchkin18

-11?! okay, i don't feel so bad now!

i have heard that vision can slip back after the surgery, which is why i'm not sure about it. i know someone who had it done and still wears glasses anyway so don't know if it's worth it. at the moment i'm considering the contacts which you keep in for the whole month but i'm not sure how safe those are?

I've used those contacts - they're fine except that they're more expensive and they dry out at night - making you feel tired before you actually are properly ready for bed. Apart from that though it's wonderful to wake up in the morning and not have to worry, it's like having perfect eyes. I stopped using them last summer because they aggravated my hayfever (taking contacts out every night eases the problem a bit!)

And yes your eyesight can slip back after laser surgery, but you're now allowed to wear contacts again after it so you're stuck with glasses.

Reply 9

munchkin18

ashy

I've used those contacts - they're fine except that they're more expensive and they dry out at night - making you feel tired before you actually are properly ready for bed. Apart from that though it's wonderful to wake up in the morning and not have to worry, it's like having perfect eyes. I stopped using them last summer because they aggravated my hayfever (taking contacts out every night eases the problem a bit!)

And yes your eyesight can slip back after laser surgery, but you're now allowed to wear contacts again after it so you're stuck with glasses.

oh right...that's one thing i've always wanted - waking up with perfect vision! hmm, i might give them a go, although even with my monthlies i feel them getting dry which i'm concerned about.

and you're not allowed to wear contacts after surgery?? if that's the case then there's no way i'm having it done!

Reply 10

ashy

17

lol that's what i hear anyway! I could be wrong. Besides, I've seen the surgery done, they slice open your cornea with a funky sliding knife and you're awake (and looking) the whole time.....not for me thanks!

Reply 11

munchkin18

ashy

lol that's what i hear anyway! I could be wrong. Besides, I've seen the surgery done, they slice open your cornea with a funky sliding knife and you're awake (and looking) the whole time.....not for me thanks!

thanks for that! now i feel sick. that means we'd be able to see the knife *squirms*

btw, are you a personal statement helper? if so then pleeeeaaaase help me!

Reply 12

ashy

17

lol that's my concern too!

Yes, I am a PS Helper - if you post your PS in the "Ask a PS Helper" subforum (making sure to put your course as the subject) then we'll all be able to band together to help you! I'm still getting used to the system myself!

Reply 13

munchkin18

ashy

lol that's my concern too!

Yes, I am a PS Helper - if you post your PS in the "Ask a PS Helper" subforum (making sure to put your course as the subject) then we'll all be able to band together to help you! I'm still getting used to the system myself!

thank you! i haven't actually started it yet :s (is that really bad?) but when i've done something i'll have a look for that forum.

Reply 14

ashy

17

I'd make a start now yes! Don't you have to have it in by Jan 15th? You're not applying for medicine or to Oxbridge then! They wanted their stuff in a month ago!

Reply 15

munchkin18

no, i'm applying for a masters in social work, via ucas. i want to submit it on dec 1st lol so er yeah, i need to get my skates on. i've forgotten how to do it to be honest which is why i've put it off this long!

Reply 16

ashy

17

yeah make a start soon, that way you have more time to redraft it - the more you re draft it the better it becomes! You have 2 weeks if you want to submit it then! If you're doing social work then I won't be able to help, aside from readability, but I'm sure there are plenty of helpers who can (there seem to be loads of humanities people but no scientists!)

Reply 17

munchkin18

ok, well thank you. i'm definitely going to start tomorrow. so you're a scientist? social sciences is the way forward!

anyway...back to eyesight...

Reply 18

ashy

17

check the sig :p:

so yeah eyesight. Erm............laser surgery = bad, contact lenses = good

Reply 19

munchkin18

physics at imperial..? sounds hard! my ex-housemate is at imperial now, she's loving it!

to the op: sometimes you just have to live with poor eyesight. it's not bad though. surgery is drastic and probs pointless. i have heard that some herbal things are a possibility if you really want to try something?