do glasses make your eyesight worse ?

SPG · 18 Feb 2019 at 09:02

x-st said:
Unless there's a difference in the amount of testing time that they allow and the quality of supplementary testing equipment, it won't make a great deal of difference where you get your eyes tested.

Yes you are absolutely correct, However in the real world you end up battling for refunds due to specsavers being all of the above..

Never again, shoddy outfit and I will not go in to the sub par work being done for the NHS which they won/bid on.

Haze · 18 Feb 2019 at 09:04

My prescription has not changed in over 20 years...

D.P. · 18 Feb 2019 at 09:09

my prescription hasn't changed in 25 years.

Bassmansam · 18 Feb 2019 at 11:08

D.P. said:
my prescription hasn't changed in 25 years.

What is said prescription? Do you work on computers?

dirtychinchilla · 18 Feb 2019 at 11:34

The evidence says no.

Lopéz · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:48

Bassmansam said:
What is said prescription? Do you work on computers?

Appreciate you didn't quote me, but mine is -2.75 and yes I work with computers extensively.

aardvark · 18 Feb 2019 at 12:55

to the OP - no, that doesn't happen.

The last 20 years my distance eyesight has got a lot better, simply because of changes in eyeball shape over the years - very common.

itchy · 18 Feb 2019 at 13:06

Am fine at distance but my near sight has gone to pot have glasses for reading and food labels etc. Any small writing I need my glasses.

Reading from a distance is good if you drive as you don't need glasses to drive.

Adnams Drinker · 18 Feb 2019 at 13:30

peige said:
From my own experience i'd say yes, but then I think its more that you put off getting them till you absolutely need to and then you realise how poor your vision has become when you get them.

It was explained to me by an optician that your eye muscles lose performance over the years and when they are younger can make up for your poorer sight but as you get older they can't do that so well, that then gets worse as you get older. Over the last 12 years I have gone from not wearing them to using varifocals.
Obviously sight problems you are born with are different but age ones are you getting on a trip your not getting off!

This was me totally, culminating about 4-5 years ago when my missus saw me, for the umpteenth time, squinting trying to read the cooking instructions on the back of a packet and telling me in no uncertain terms that if I didn't make an eye-test appointment she would. Sure enough, I was prescribed glasses and the first time I put them on the difference was like night and day.

Coincidentally, I had another eye-test this weekend - the first since that initial pair was prescribed. My vision has deteriorated a little from what it was five years ago, but not dramatically, which was pleasing. I'm assuming the cause of the problem is that I've worked in front of a computer screen my entire working life - in some ways I did well getting to my mid-forties before needing specs. That has left me with eyeballs that are not spherical anymore, but shaped like rugby balls - pretty alarming when you think about it! Then again, as I'm 50 this year, screen-use may be a total red-herring and it's just age related.

Bassmansam · 18 Feb 2019 at 13:54

Adnams Drinker said:
Coincidentally, I had another eye-test this weekend - the first since that initial pair was prescribed. My vision has deteriorated a little from what it was five years ago, but not dramatically, which was pleasing. I'm assuming the cause of the problem is that I've worked in front of a computer screen my entire working life - in some ways I did well getting to my mid-forties before needing specs. That has left me with eyeballs that are not spherical anymore, but shaped like rugby balls - pretty alarming when you think about it! Then again, as I'm 50 this year, screen-use may be a total red-herring and it's just age related.

Eyes shaped like rugby balls is normal for myopic eyes, nothing to be alarmed about

Jonny2284 · 18 Feb 2019 at 14:06

I very much doubt my glasses have made my eyesight worse despite the myth surrounding it.

I'm more of the opinion that going from a blurry view where I didn't realise how bad it had gotten back to sharp vision just makes the degredation more noticable as it happens a second time and your prescription needs updating.

Adnams Drinker · 18 Feb 2019 at 14:09

Bassmansam said:
Eyes shaped like rugby balls is normal for myopic eyes, nothing to be alarmed about

Oh yeah, exactly what the optician said. Just makes me think of the years of abuse that would be needed to bring about a change like that, unless of course in my case it IS all age-related ...

kurosagi01 · 18 Feb 2019 at 14:22

I've been wearing glasses for 8 years now and my eye sights has deteriorate by small margin, i've been going for once every 2 years regular check ups and after my second check the opticians recommend adding blue coating to my lenses which reduce glare from blue UV lighting.
This has helped me a lot, the only thing that hasn't helped me though is not blinking enough and not taking a break from looking away from any monitors.
I wouldn't say my eyesights gotten worse but they certainly do feel very dry.

Tephnos · 18 Feb 2019 at 16:02

Adnams Drinker said:
This was me totally, culminating about 4-5 years ago when my missus saw me, for the umpteenth time, squinting trying to read the cooking instructions on the back of a packet and telling me in no uncertain terms that if I didn't make an eye-test appointment she would. Sure enough, I was prescribed glasses and the first time I put them on the difference was like night and day.

Coincidentally, I had another eye-test this weekend - the first since that initial pair was prescribed. My vision has deteriorated a little from what it was five years ago, but not dramatically, which was pleasing. I'm assuming the cause of the problem is that I've worked in front of a computer screen my entire working life - in some ways I did well getting to my mid-forties before needing specs. That has left me with eyeballs that are not spherical anymore, but shaped like rugby balls - pretty alarming when you think about it! Then again, as I'm 50 this year, screen-use may be a total red-herring and it's just age related.

It's age related. Nothing to do with your screen. Your 40s is when you start to require reading glasses anyway, totally normal.

kurosagi01 said:
I've been wearing glasses for 8 years now and my eye sights has deteriorate by small margin, i've been going for once every 2 years regular check ups and after my second check the opticians recommend adding blue coating to my lenses which reduce glare from blue UV lighting.
This has helped me a lot, the only thing that hasn't helped me though is not blinking enough and not taking a break from looking away from any monitors.
I wouldn't say my eyesights gotten worse but they certainly do feel very dry.

Yeah, blue light and constant close up computer work can stop you unconsciously blinking which results in irritated, dry eyes - as well as sleep issues.

However, irritated dry eyes can NEVER cause permanent damage, so don't worry about that.

aardvark said:
to the OP - no, that doesn't happen.

The last 20 years my distance eyesight has got a lot better, simply because of changes in eyeball shape over the years - very common.

This is actually fairly common in myopes as presbyopia sets in. As the lens hardens, it can cause your prescription to lower and even stave off presbyopia for a few years to a couple of decades.

x-st · 18 Feb 2019 at 16:16

Tephnos, do you work in an opticians? (or do you read a lot of eye books?)

Tephnos · 18 Feb 2019 at 17:21

I don't work in an optician's, no. I just read a lot of medical/science stuff over the years and sponge it all up.

Chojin · 18 Feb 2019 at 18:03

It depends how many glasses you've drank.

Jumper118 · 18 Feb 2019 at 18:17

I have had the same 4 eyes for ages now. Hasn't changed for a few years. My uncle needed glasses at some point and he doesn't need them at all any more.

D.P. · 18 Feb 2019 at 18:35

Bassmansam said:
What is said prescription? Do you work on computers?

-1.5, yes behind a computer all day

aardvark · 19 Feb 2019 at 13:03

Adnams Drinker said:
Oh yeah, exactly what the optician said. Just makes me think of the years of abuse that would be needed to bring about a change like that, unless of course in my case it IS all age-related ...

it is all age related - i don't know where everybody is getting all these scientifically nonsense ideas from.