When did you start wearing glasses/contacts?

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,161]

I'd say about 3 or so years ago. I use prescription reading glasses and since I'm on the computer a lot both at home and work, and headaches were getting constant when I did anything that involved intense focus...yeah. I wear them almost 24/7 these days.

Not that I complain. I think I look outright FABULOUS in them. <3

[Dreambiscuit 9,575]

I don't wear glasses unless I'm working on art. I use reading glasses for close-up work. I don't use them for reading anymore and I don't need them for anything else. 

[Retro*Derpy 3,181]

Since I was 10. My vision is really bad, and I'm not legally allowed to drive with out them either. Luckily it hasn't gotten any worse. I'm near-sighted so I can take them off to read books or my phone.

[Scrubbed user 3,416]

I was 11 when I started, so it's been almost 16 years.

[Wannabrony 11,638]

Started in grade 2, but I didn't even need it. My eyes were fine, I could see perfectly but the optometrist told me I should because I have one diopter on my right eye and if I don't get it it would worsen. I thought looked better in glasses anyways, so I didn't mind. It has been 7 years now and my eyes have not gotten worse so that's good.

[iceestarz 5,764]

Right after Christmas break my senior year of high school. Had perfect vision in the summer which I knew because I took my permit eye exam. Some point between July and December I went near sighted. I went back to school and realized holy hell I can’t see .-.

 

[ultrairongorilla 2,064]

When I was about 10 years old I realized started to realize I was nearsighted. I had problems with my vision around when I was in 1st grade, but it really started to affect my everyday life around 2007. I also had an corrective eye surgery in 2013 for my lazy eye, and I ended up blind for a few weeks, with a massive amount of pain if I even tried to open them. 

Edited January 30, 2018 by ultrairongorilla

[Feather Spiral 1,892]

I was in primary school or something, an ophthalmologist came to class and conducted the reading test we all know. I was found to be myopic then, and started wearing glasses.

It got only worse from there, I had to change glasses every other year or so, until I reached adulthood and it stabilized. I also tried contacts at some point, but my cornea grew more sensitive to that so I had to stop.

Finally I had LASIK surgery, and ever since I've been at ease, even though I don't exactly have 20/20 vision.

[omgamapwny 51]

I have only very recently started to wear glasses occasionally and I'm still getting used to them.

[Cash In 22,180]

On 2018-01-30 at 5:12 PM, ultrairongorilla said:

When I was about 10 years old I realized started to realize I was nearsighted. I had problems with my vision around when I was in 1st grade, but it really started to affect my everyday life around 2007. I also had an corrective eye surgery in 2013 for my lazy eye, and I ended up blind for a few weeks, with a massive amount of pain if I even tried to open them. 

Aw, that sucks. Hope you're faring better now.

[Guest]

I can't remember the exact year but I got my first glasses somewhere during the primary school years. At first I was terrified that people would have told me that I looked weird, yet nowadays they've told me that it's weirder to see me without glasses. To be honest I also think that I do look strange when I'm not wearing glasses as I'm so used to having them.

Contacts aren't my thing though, my eyes are already inconveniently sensitive and even applying eye drops is hard enough. 

[Oblivion 20,266]

I dont yet, I have somewhat decent vision still! Funnily enough I'm the only one in my family that does not have to wear some type of vision enhancement device! 

[Cagey 4,221]

Since sometime in elementary school, although I don’t wear them as often as I should. 

[Clawdeen 12,189]

I was in elementary school when I had to start wearing glasses.

[Lucky Bolt 35,061]

I was about 13 when I had to get glasses finally. And since then, my vision has slowly deteriorated. 

[Rainbow Cloud 17,851]

I didn't, 30 now and haven't needed glasses so far, think I'll need them when I get older though.

[Oblivion 20,266]

I've always had pretty good eyesight so I really never have needed to, though it's getting a bit worse as I get older so I may need to soon!

[EpicEnergy 23,139]

I can't really remember when I started wearing glasses, it might have been sometime when I was a teenager.

[Venomous 18,862]

I think that I started wearing glasses in middle school. I used to be super embarrassed when wearing them around other people but I eventually got over it. Fuck you, I need to see.

[Fluttershutter 2,388]

On 1/6/2018 at 9:46 PM, Will Guide said:

Since I was two. I'm near-sighted, so anything pass a certain distance becomes blurry.

Wow, that beats me. How do they even test a two year old's eyes?

 

I started at four or five and that was really young. I got contacts at thirteen. My eyes are freaking terrible.

[applesjck 5,601]

Back in August, so not too long ago.

[TBD 17,253]

I believe when I was just a kid around 7. 

[Rebel the Wolfgirl 5,601]

Around late middle-early high school, I think?

[RaraLover 10,414]

About 2 years ago. I decided to get them since I struggled to read off the white board in class.

[CatCat 1,118]

About halfway through 8th grade I think