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it-may-be-dull-but-im-determined · 2 years ago

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As it's also totally valid if you do happen to prefer contact lenses though, you don't have to actually buy those via your optician either - once you have your prescription and have trialled a lens brand you know works for you, there are plenty of much cheaper generics out there that you can brand match online (I use Everclears via VisionDirect in the UK) and then double checked they were safe with my optician next time I had an appt.

can we talk about how literally 64% of people wear glasses, and yet we NEVER see them in movies/tv unless it's on some nerdy or uncool character? why do we adhere to such a weird beauty standard that subconsciously makes us feel bad for,, not being able to see???

#here's a thought... maybe we can not frame disability aids as being purely about vanity and profit?#i fucking loathe wearing glasses as they're a sensory nightmare #best day of my life was when i finally got allowed my GP contact lenses aged ELEVEN #GP lenses actively stop your myopia worsening and also are shitty from a profit basis #now I'm officially Old & also fucking adore that i can wear cheapie disposable dailies instead because SO COMFORTABLE and no more cleaning #the one rest day a week i have to wear glasses is actively painful and gives me migraines (it's not a prescription thing it's just sensory)#there are things you can and can't do in glasses and hard/GP lenses and soft lenses and everyone is capable of making their own choices #it's not some moral failing or capitalist conspiracy if you find that contacts make your life SO much easier #i aint doing yoga in glasses they literally fall off my fucking face in downward dog #aaaand frankly there's no good option for swimming unless you want to wear goggles all the time &/or replace your dailies when you get out #prescription sunglasses have never worked for me so lenses are the only way i can wear sunglasses as well #being able to shove a bit of plastic into my eye given my prescription has been one of the great privileges of my life #i think education about the risks of soft dailies needs to be stepped WAY up though #people are always surprised when i change lenses after getting water anywhere near my eyes #i spend a lot of time explaining how having the equivalent of a petri dish on your eyeball needs constant risk management #still absolutely fucking love them #the only glasses i can still bear to wear for any length of time are a weirdo pair of designer ones i got in 2004 with floating hinges #they are supremely indestructible

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