Anonymous
Post 02/18/2026 15:37     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Question for crowd.
My recent toric lens Rx is
-6.50
-5.5

And the paper says BC 8.6, Diameter 14.5

Do you think I could be a candidate for LASIK?

Even if just to improve from “blinds as a bat”
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2025 22:44     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Your prescription is too heavy for contacts? What do you mean? I have a very strong Rx and wear dailies. They’re great.


Same - I have -9 in one eye and a -8.5 with astigmatism in the other, and I have very dry eyes. Dailies have been a life saver.


Dailies are ok but stopped working for me when I turned 40. I had to take them out mid day bc my eyes were so dry. I had been wearing contacts since middle school. Not tolerating contacts happened pretty fast. LASIK was a great decision. I’m the -7.5 posted above.

I also spent a lot of money on the thinnest lens but no matter how thin, you can’t hide the prescription. They’re like magnifying glasses.


I had to stop wearing contacts for 2 years when I was 40, but started again after I found an optometrist that gave me several options to try until we found the perfect fit. I'm now 52 and still wearing them. It's $1000/year but worth it.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2025 21:13     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
I’ll add that my sister in law who is older, 48, still wears contacts and tolerates them fine. If they still work for you then keep doing what you’re doing.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2025 21:11     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Your prescription is too heavy for contacts? What do you mean? I have a very strong Rx and wear dailies. They’re great.


Same - I have -9 in one eye and a -8.5 with astigmatism in the other, and I have very dry eyes. Dailies have been a life saver.


Dailies are ok but stopped working for me when I turned 40. I had to take them out mid day bc my eyes were so dry. I had been wearing contacts since middle school. Not tolerating contacts happened pretty fast. LASIK was a great decision. I’m the -7.5 posted above.

I also spent a lot of money on the thinnest lens but no matter how thin, you can’t hide the prescription. They’re like magnifying glasses.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2025 09:16     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
I am 46 and had LASIK last year. So worth it! I have monovision, so disatnce in one and reading/computer in the other. I kinda miss my glasses (I loved them and had fun ones) but not the daily headaches from being +4 in one eye and -5 in the other.

Anonymous
Post 10/05/2025 09:14     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Contacts are great. You don’t even fill them. They give you peripheral vision.


My lenses are trifocals. My contacts make me unable to drive or read. I look pretty but can't function.


They make contact lenses for Presbyopia. You can also just wear glasses when you drive and read. I wear reading glasses with my contacts.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2025 09:12     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Anonymous wrote:Your prescription is too heavy for contacts? What do you mean? I have a very strong Rx and wear dailies. They’re great.


Same - I have -9 in one eye and a -8.5 with astigmatism in the other, and I have very dry eyes. Dailies have been a life saver.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2025 08:27     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You should seriously consider LASIK - get a consultation to see what your options are. I had horrible eyes my whole life -7.50 and finally got LASIK at 40. I had dry eye for a year, but everything healed well, and I'm so glad I went through with it. Also, the doctor preemptively under corrected one eye so that I won't need reading glasses for a while. I am 46 now, and I don't have any issues with close reading, yet.


This is not horrible. I’m worse in both eyes and it’s fine.


What? At -7.5 I could hardly see anything unless it was like 2 inches from my face.

Do you wear glasses or contacts? For some people it's a real hassle wearing heavy glasses every day, and contacts dry out your eyes. It's worth exploring options and then deciding.


I am -8.5 in one eye and -10 in the other. I wear contacts all day, glasses before and after I put them in and take them out. My glasses aren’t heavy—just get the super thin lenses.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2025 02:44     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You should seriously consider LASIK - get a consultation to see what your options are. I had horrible eyes my whole life -7.50 and finally got LASIK at 40. I had dry eye for a year, but everything healed well, and I'm so glad I went through with it. Also, the doctor preemptively under corrected one eye so that I won't need reading glasses for a while. I am 46 now, and I don't have any issues with close reading, yet.


This is not horrible. I’m worse in both eyes and it’s fine.


What? At -7.5 I could hardly see anything unless it was like 2 inches from my face.

Do you wear glasses or contacts? For some people it's a real hassle wearing heavy glasses every day, and contacts dry out your eyes. It's worth exploring options and then deciding.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 22:23     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Anonymous wrote:Contacts are great. You don’t even fill them. They give you peripheral vision.

Contacts aren’t great if you have dry eyes, need bifocals, or other issues like astigmatism.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 22:21     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Consider the merits of PRK versus
LASIK. It’s a worse recovery but better long-term stability and eye health.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 22:19     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Anonymous wrote:You should seriously consider LASIK - get a consultation to see what your options are. I had horrible eyes my whole life -7.50 and finally got LASIK at 40. I had dry eye for a year, but everything healed well, and I'm so glad I went through with it. Also, the doctor preemptively under corrected one eye so that I won't need reading glasses for a while. I am 46 now, and I don't have any issues with close reading, yet.


This is not horrible. I’m worse in both eyes and it’s fine.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 22:18     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Anonymous wrote:Is doing eye therapy to improve your vision an option? Then you might be able to have a less "heavy" prescription.


What's that?
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 22:12     Subject: I don't want to wear glasses any more
Anonymous wrote:Contacts are great. You don’t even fill them. They give you peripheral vision.


My lenses are trifocals. My contacts make me unable to drive or read. I look pretty but can't function.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2025 22:09     Subject: Re:I don't want to wear glasses any more
This is a possible alternative from a decent source that is supposed to have less chance of dry eye:

https://youtu.be/ZXheY9-62yU?si=nxyb1RB2C1thHwNn