Who else is blind as fuck from staring at the computer screen

>>61831961
I've been staring at computer screens for 6-12 hours a day for twenty years and my vision is fine

-4 here, 28yo. By the time I'm fifty I'll have to have them put in an artificial lenses. :(

>>61831961
Deteriorating vision by staring at a computer screen or TV is a myth. It doesn't harm your eyes in any way whatsoever. You're just getting old but you're making excuses because you're in denial about your old ass age.

>>61832090
I love your totally reputed trustworthy source(s). According to you when I was 10 years old with -7 on both eyes I was actually 92 years old?

>>61831961
-4 right and something about -4.25 on left, but my glasses is -4 anyway. Fucking 15" crt killed my eyes in 2-3 years, when it went from -1 that i had before i had pc to -3. It's been more than 10 years since i switched to lcd screens and i only went from -3 to -4.

>>61832050
That sounds cool as fuck though.
Zoom
FLIR
Auto exposure compensation
Night vision
Augmented reality

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>>61832050
It's OK anon, your vision will be augmented.

I am blind (need glasses to read anything) but if your screen is correctly setup with f.lux or red shift and not 100% bright, it's okey

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>my right eye went from ~-2 to ~3 in a year
>my left eye is still OK
>mfw can't see jack shit if I cover up my left eye and only use my right eye
>my vision occasionally blurs when staring at my computer screen

Not me lmao.

-4 and -4.5 the last time I got new glasses.
It feels like it got quite a bit worse since then though.

Still, staring at screens all day shouldn't permanently damage your eyesight at all.

>>61832331
>my vision occasionally blurs when staring at my computer screen
That's either you having a stroke or simple eye fatigue. Look away from the screen more often, and make sure that your room is well lit.

>>61832187
>when you need to leave the house at night, but your basic ArtiLens(Tm) license doesn't cover sight in dark or nigh vision but you can now upgrade for the low price to 1,49 bitcoins! Offer valid for only 2 hours, purchase now!

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>>61832389
>That's either you having a stroke or simple eye fatigue

I'm fine with dying. :^)

>>61832331
You can develop a lazy eye, you better use a contact lens on your problematic eye

>>61831961
Me. I don't have my prescription around, but as an example, I cannot read text in Lucida Console at size 10 on a 1280 x 1024 monitor without being 2 inches away.

Been sitting too close to the TV and staring at monitors all my life.

Only person in my family without glasses. Used to be perfect 20 20 but I think being high for 6 years straight reduced that. Still don't need glasses.

>>61832478
You know your vision is fucked when you break ± 6 diopters and you can't get glasses at the store anymore, you have to pick frames and bring your prescription and then come back in 1-2 weeks when your lenses come from the lab.

Also, that correlates with them being fucking expensive.

>OP
>sunglasses lenses (polarized with progressives) are $800 before insurance discount, $550 after
>this is JUST the lenses, not frames

Stable -1,5 on both since 17 (25 now)

Around winter I'm gonna do a laser surgery on my eyes to get rid of myopia

I'm a semi blind fuck since childhood thanks to my faggot dad and his genes.
-6 both eyes now, 25 y.o.

>>61831961
Mfw mom needs heavy glasses for reading because she used to program with CRTs

Mfw I don't need shit because screen is a solid 2 feet away from my face.

>>61832725
Does laser surgery has side effects and how much does it cost now days?

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>being a visionlet

>>61832827
My dad got his eyes laser'd for $2500 per eye and he had to wear silly sun glasses to protect his eyes for a few days.

>>61831961
-4.25
-4.75

23 Unstable, but minimal change from last year. Said I should be stable soon.

I'm just happy I'm near sighted and don't need bifocals.

-3 both eyes. I wear cheap day-contacts.

Theyre amazing and heavily recommend everyone on this site to try them for awhile.

I get mine from Hema, a store in the Netherlands.

>>61832090
It isn't.
I myself am slowly getting short sighted because of staring at close screens for a long time.
Short term it doesn't really matter but if you use computers a lot your eyes get used to focusing short distanced objects and you lose the ability to focus on far distanced objects.

>>61831961
ITT people that believe looking at a screen can physically change the shape of your eyeball.

>>61832090
Yeah it fucking is. It's not because of some magical radiation, sure, but looking at something close to you constantly will after a couple of years permanently reshape your eyeballs, giving you short-sight. That's why is important to refocus your eyes from time to time or just look at something far away, just to avoid it. Have been doing this for over 15 years and I still don't have to wear glasses.

keep your room well lit and don't set the brightness on your monitor too light or too dark, you stupid fucks

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>>61832149
glasses on thinkpad, only reason I posted.

You should stop wearing shitty rectangle frames. Being able to read laptop screens while keeping my head up is doing wonders for my posture.

>>61832623
>$550 for lenses after discount
jesus christ
I've got an eye test next week because I'm moving abroad. Even though my vision is fine, I don't want to find out I have to pay out of the arse for glasses

>>61833080
>sry, pic is blurry because I took my glasses off.

>>61832623
>glasses are expensive
Only if you buy special snowflake horseshit from a place that knows they have you cucked on vision insurance.

I got two pairs for $160 total, no insurance at all, and have like a 7.5 nearsighted on both eyes.

The prescription sunglasses were like 120 (i opted for polarization and mirror finish and shit) and the indoor ones were like $40

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>>61833085
If your prescription is single vision (no NV ADD on the prescription), the correction is within +/- 2 diopters (the first number in the prescription) and you don't have bad astigmatism (second number is within +/- 1) just order them online from a place like Zenni Optical or Warby parker, it's boatloads cheaper.

If it's more get the glasses in person and check what's considered in network for any vision coverage you might have.

Zenni et al claim to be able to cut progressive lenses (basically trifocals without the lines) but then fail to measure the segment height (height from bottom of frame to where the progressive part starts), which basically means they halfass it.

>>61833177
Zenni won't cut sunglasses above -6 diopters. They will cut regular lenses with a tint above that, but not proper polarized sunglasses lenses. The strength of my prescription on the left eye (-9.5 diopters) requires the use of 1.74 ultra high index plastic.

You also don't want no name lenses in progressive lenses because the areas where the vision is not enhanced (blurry) are far larger in the off brands then the good ones. Pic related.

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>>61833080
>>61831961
Is this glasses on thinkpad thread?

>>61832623
My mom had 12 diopters and had to design special glasses so they fit in normal frames. It cost pretty much what you quoted.

She did laser surgery on one eye since.

I'm lucky, I only have 2 diopter and I'm short sighted. But I got it before computers were a thing, and it had not become worse at all for the past 22 years. It's still annoying, everything beyond my arms reach is blurred and unreadable, but it could have been so much worse.

I'm not sold on laser surgery being safe on the long term. And I'm too used to glasses by now.

>>61832912
>I myself am slowly getting short sighted because of staring at close screens for a long time.

I've been staring at monitors for the majority of a day for the past 25 years and my eyes have not become any worse. Cartoons and video games first (on a big ass crt tv), then computers (c64 and PC), then computers (lcd).

Any time it feels like my sight became worse, and I go to test it, it turns out that my old glasses were just too scratched/dirty.

I imagine it is different for everyone though.

>>61833233
>Zenni won't cut sunglasses above -6 diopters. They will cut regular lenses with a tint above that, but not proper polarized sunglasses lenses. The strength of my prescription on the left eye (-9.5 diopters) requires the use of 1.74 ultra high index plastic.

They recently sent me polarized with a mirror finish at -7.5

I'll cede your points about progressive and bifocals, but I don't use bifocals.

>>61833032
then I'll just look at things that are only far way until my crappy vision fixes its self

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>>61832149
>>61832912
>>61833032

http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/computer-vision-syndrome#1
http://www.eyehealthweb.com/astigmatism/


Don't be so fucking dim, people get short sighted from astigmatism not staring at computer screens. If any of you have glasses and didn't listen to your fucking optometrist then ask them next time you're in. Screens can cause strain related issues like aching and headaches but the actual deterioration of your eye sight is caused by how you eye ball and lenses change shape over time.

Don't believe everything your parents told you when you were younger, staring at a TV screen all day did not cause your eye sight to deteriorate. It's simply an issue of genetics and how your eyes change shape

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>>61833292
Zenni won't tint 1.74 ultra high index lenses. With the -9.50 frames, in larger glasses with larger lenses (generally a desirable quality in sunglasses), 1.67 index plastic won't fit.

Which is a shame, because I wanted to get a spare single vision (distance) pair of outdoor sunglasses from Zenni. But they can't accommodate my prescription.

Myopic oldfag here, started at -1 in school, went up to -4.50 during late highschool/faculty, now I'm back to -2.

>>61832050
Don't worry, it will stop soon. Usually, it stops when you stop growing.

>>61832406
Sadly, I could see that happening.

>>61832623
Let me guess, Amerifag? You know your medical system is fucked when you can't afford to get personalized prescription glasses and you have to buy them from the grocery store.

>>61832827
Something about night vision being fucked (kinda seriously though, because they recommend to not drive at night anymore) and halos in peripheral vision. I'll believe in Lasik when I won't see ophthalmologists wearing glasses.

>>61832871
I recognize myself in you.

>>61832895
Have 3 boxes of unused contacts in a drawer, can't put them in my eyes even if you threaten to shoot me.

>>61833032
No.
Just no.
Have you like ever tried talking to your optician about myopia and short distance eye use ?
Myopia has literally 0 relation to close work. LITERALLY 0. unless like you're 50+ in which case you shouldn't be here and in which case you will get hypermetropia as well.

t.medfag who's parents are opthamologists

>>61833423
>-9.50 frames
Meant -9.50 diopter lens. But it limits the frame selection too. I can't get wrap around sunglasses ever, and I've even picked out regular frames at retail before and I've had to go back in to select a different frame because the lab said they couldn't cut the lenses to spec and have them pass quality control (e.g. that the prescription after cutting the lens was a match and the lenses were correctly cut.

>>61833444
>Let me guess, Amerifag? You know your medical system is fucked when you can't afford to get personalized prescription glasses and you have to buy them from the grocery store.
I'm American but when you get to stronger prescriptions you have to pay out the ass for ultra high index plastic (among other things) generally. Even Zenni Optical (online shop) won't make glasses with 1.74 high index plastic for less than $100.

>>61833423
Oh yeah. I went with 1.67 in aviators with quite large lenses at a 7.5 and they work just fine, though.

Had PRK about 3 months ago. Healing was kinda slow but now I have like 13/20 vision now. Still a little light sensitive but I use dark mode and flux to keep that in check. Cost was like 3200 bucks out the door and it's worth it to dump the specs.

>>61831961
-10 in each eye with astigmatism to boot

my vision has always been bad and i doubt tv/computer screens had any further effect

>>61833475
Part of the problem is that the cylinder (for astigmatism) also complicates the lens design, resulting in a thicker lens than a lens with the same correction (diopters) but no astigmatism. So my lenses at -7.50 with astigmatism are thicker than yours assuming that your astigmatism is less or you don't have any (second number in your prescription).

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>>61831961
>almost everyone is nearsighted
>tfw I'm farsighted
+5 dioptre now but it's probably worse.

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Im a little blind

I'm at roughly -3
IPS monitors are OK.
The built in panel of my thinkpad x201 fucken tears my eyes though.

I'm considering to get one a pair of glasses for staring at a screen for hours. Are these "blue light attenuation" glasses efficient?

>>61833537
are you allowed to drive w/o glasses if farsighted? the tests I had to do for my license only tested near

>>61833611
OP here, Never got the blue light specific ones, just ones that are +2.25 over my regular glasses for distance which means it's a lot easier for my eyes to focus on things within 2.5-15 feet. Also got them with an anti-reflective coating, but that was it. They're fantastic but YMMV.

>>61831961
turn the brightness down ffs

>>61831985
same here
eyelet btfo

>>61831961
31yr old. Stared to the computer screen all day almost every day since the era of CRT monitors. I have 10/10 eyesight. The weak should fear the strong.

>>61833611
I have a pair of Bluetecs, the difference is very noticable, I can stare at screens for days without headaches and I feel like they improve contrast when not at the computer as well.

However, if they are not absolutely perfectly clean you can tell and other people can see the smudge easily because of the refraction from the coating.

>>61831961
what is the brand of that glasses?
I am shopping for a new pair.
Also -11.75 and -10.5 just fuck my shit up.

>>61833674
you probably had a back light as you likely had it in an office , many forget that and overstress there eyes over time

>>61833696
These are the exact frames, no idea if the seller on ebay is reputable or not (got mine at a glasses shop):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Danny-Gokey-12-Eyeglass-Frames-Size-51-19-140-Mens-Free-Case-Included/171807770169

>>61831961
holyshit.
that is thicc.

>>61833626
Isn't antireflection treatment on every pair of glasses nowadays?
The only pair I owned that didn't had it was more than 15 years ago.
For the computer glasses, I meant one of these "yellow piss filter" glasses that are trendy among people with no need for correction but use these glasses at work. I think these can be adapted for corrective lenses and I'm considering getting a pair for like $100 (local currency converted to USD)

>>61833650
Don't change shit on my thinkpad x201. I read on some forum this was because of the PWM of the backlight LEDs.

>>61833692
If I get some, I'll get the cheap ones from the local store. Does the color change messes up the colors on the screen?

>>61831961
>blind as fuck from staring at the computer screen all day

>be me
>spend my life in front of a computer for 18+ years
>20/20 vision
You lost the genetic lottery, friend.

>>61833759
In theory they work (the yellow lenses) but who knows. $100 sounds expensive with no correction, the gunnars have sold for $40 in the US before (on sale, not general price).

For prescription lenses I would go with Crizal Prevencia but thats a 20% filter factor for "harmful light" without looking like someone peed on your lenses.

>>61833727
thanks
do you have 1.74 high index lenses in it?
those lenses look quite thicc on that picture

>>61833444
how did your vision get better?

>>61833867
Yeah these are 1.74 high index plastic. My astigmatism (cylinder) adds to lens thickness. Also since they are not full frames (they're half rim), it's a lot more obvious how thick they are.

Wearing glasses is not a big deal retards.

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>>61833905 here
My sunglasses are also 1.74 index but it's a lot less obvious because they're full frames and the frames hide some of the thickness.

I'm at -5 on each eye with -0.25 and -0.5 cylinder. I've considered ordering online, but I don't have my pupil distance since it's never on any prescription, and I don't think I can do it well enough myself.

Lately I've considered ordering some frames from the chinks and having glasses put into them at the local shop. I'll still be paying +-75 euro per glass, but at least I wouldn't be paying out of the ass for the frame.

>>61831961
>computer glasses
It's a hoax.

>>61833844
I'm not in the US, but where I live, you can buy glasses as you'd buy a pair of jeans. The cheap set "frame + corrective (or not) lenses" costs about $80. For an additional $20 you can get some options, like color for sunglasses, piss filter for computer, thinning the lenses, dual focus for old people... These kind of things. You get to choose between "virgin", "stereotypical child molester" or "wannabe steve jobs" for this price though.
How can the lenses block "harmful lights" (assuming normal transparent glasses don't) without a color taint?

>>61832331
I'm glad I'm not the only cyclope around.

>>61833997
>How can the lenses block "harmful lights" (assuming normal transparent glasses don't) without a color taint?
Its a UV coating thing anon.
Sunglasses starts at 300-400UV, but i assume 15-30 should be enough for glasses.

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+8.5 here, my accommodative system can shatter steel

Where the farsightedfags at?

>>61833537
I see you lad.

>>61833997
Not sure how Essilor's black magic works

https://newgradoptometry.com/everything-to-know-about-blue-light-crizal-prevencia/
>Crizal Prevencia is a No-Glare lens that blocks out specific wavelengths of blue light from reaching the patient’s ocular tissue. It is basically an Anti-Reflective (AR) lens, similar to standard Crizal® No-Glare treatment, except it is specific to blocking the narrow band of blue light from 415-455 nanometers (nm) which is specifically the “retinal damaging” light.
>Crizal Prevencia is proven to deflect harmful blue-violet light by 20%*(1)
>Crizal Prevencia has an Eye-Sun Protection Factor (E-SPF®) of 25, which means 25x times more UV protection for your eyes compared to wearing no lens at all*(2)

>>61833537
>>61834023
How is life like without glasses?
What is it like to take them off, and then be unable to perceive detail as you get closer?

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>>61832827

>>61833080
>You should stop wearing shitty rectangle frames. Being able to read laptop screens while keeping my head up is doing wonders for my posture.
Wait what?
Are you implying my bad posture is because of my eyeglasses frame?

>>61834036
What do you mean unable to perceive as I get closer?

I can't perceive shit full stop. Without correction I can't read, drive, use a computer, nothing. Life stops in its tracks. Everything is muscle memory and even that barely works.

I wear contacts 24/7. I sleep with them in.

>>61834089
>sleeping with contacts in
isn't that a horrible practice from an infection risk perspective?

>>61834098
Totally. But I've never had an infection, just some dryness in the morning. DON'T do it unless you have high oxygen-permeability in your lenses.

What I DO have is neovascularization, hence why I've been told to stop and go back to glasses pretty much indefinitely.

It was a good run while it lasted.

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>>61834020
>>61834026
Yeah, you're right. I had in mind these videos in the UV spectrum where usual transparent glasses were opaque in the UV domain. But looking further, it seems the "normal" glass material is transparent for the UV of longer wavelength.

>>61831961
What index are those?
1.74 will make those lenses thin as shit.

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>>61833247
That should be a thing

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>>61834215
They are 1.74 ultra high index, but the strength of my prescription makes them thicker.

>>61833080
Why did you get those in clear?

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Mine here

-2.25 and -1.80 with astigmatism.
1.54 index on both.

>>61833233
do NOT get progressive lenses if you read a lot on your computer. The band of vision is too narrow, and you'll be trying to make fine adjustments all the time, and you will hate it.

You will want a pair of glasses specifically for that intermediate, computer distance, and your eye people will happily get you measured for that. (You could get bifocals, with intermediate/near, and never have to worry about side to side vision changes within your lens, so that might be good too)

Lucky you im 21 and my vision is already fucked.
-4.5 on both eyes getting worse and worse day after day. Im afraid i'll be blind before 30

>>61834023
damn your eyes must look anime huge through your glasses
>>61834036
I always feel really disoriented in swimming pools (where you take your glasses off ofc) but lately I've been using prescription swimming goggles, which is great

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>>61834289
I have a separate single vision pair for computer usage, see >>61833626

>>61833873
That's how myopia works: it grows when you grow, it stagnates when you stop growing, it decreases when you age.

Anyone else get a tiny bit annoyed when people ask you why you get such boring/neutral glasses? I'd love to get a few pairs with more fashionable designs, but at 85+ euro per glass and however much those hacks charge for frames, it's not really something I'm willing to just buy when I can only occasionally wear them.

Maybe I should order online, but I'm afraid my -5 and -0.5 cylinder is too much to get a non-shit pair from online sellers.

>>61833233
Can't speak to zenni but warby is garbage. I bought some sunglasses there and the polarization axis is off by like 50 degrees between the two lenses

Moscot costs more for a reason

>>61835130
I have a pair of fashion forward wire frame egon spengler glasses from Moscot for dress down times and salaryman Oliver Peoples acetate frames for when I have to look like an adult

Best of both worlds, I'm probably going to get some Mykitas later this year to keep up since the Peoples are starting to look dated

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Where do you guys buy your glasses at? I'm in need of a new pair.

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>>61834222
dude...

>>61834232
I have two pairs with the same style. The clear lenses are for indoor use and the sunglasses are for outdoor use.

>>61835216
Buy frames online (see /csg/...), fit lenses locally.

>>61831985
Same desu. Been an LCD since 2003 though so probably better for my eyes.

>>61835257
What's a good chink shop to buy the frames from?

>>61835257
I have been super pleased with my Zenni internet glasses and I just sent them a scrip.

22yo, had been staring on the computer monitor and phone screen daily for at least 6 hours, I still have flawless eyesight. Guess I'm just lucky. I've never had a CRT monitor though, just 14" and 21" TVs that I used to watch from quite a distance usually, even when playing on my NES clone.

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>>61835290
AliExpress, if you want something cheap. (example: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/0/32716245669.html)
See pic, if you want replicas. (example: no link, 4chin thinks it's spam)

>>61831961

endmyopia.org

>>61831961
>blind as fuck from staring at the computer screen all day

You're blind because your genetics suck.

>>61835753
Can confirm, bad eyes are in our family. At one point my mom's eyes were something silly like -10 or so, though mine luckily have stabilized around -5.

Why hasn't there been a massive culling of people with shit vision? I'm nearsighted and it's just another thing that makes me want to kms. We need to wipe these shit genetics off the face of the earth.
>shitty expensive flimsy glasses frames, arms become floppy over time
>can't see shit in the rain
>lenses constantly getting smudged, small scratches build up over time, bright lights always getting reflected towards eyes
>contacts constantly drying out eyes, vision gets blurry, eyes get tired quickly
>eyes get buggy towards the end of the day, constantly blinking and trying to make contacts comfortable again
>can't sleep in them or take naps, they dry out and glue themselves to eyes
>can't swim with them, have to wear goggles or take them out
>lasik expensive as fuck, eyes still susceptible to becoming weaker
>if you alternate between glasses and contacts, you need two pairs of sunglasses, one prescription + one normal

>>61833412
Nigger my optometrist is the one who told me my eyes got worse because of screens

>>61833247
>Hair on trackpad
>Disgusting keyboard

I really hope you're just a faggot and not a vagina-card having dumblrina.

>>61836175
time to change your optometrist boyo

Been at -2.25 on both for like 5 years already

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>family paid for my lasik
Would have been completely worth it even if I paid for it myself with the peanuts I make
Though after 10 or so years with glasses I still try to take them off sometimes

>>61833460
>unless like you're 50+ in which case you shouldn't be here

U wot.

>>61831961
Got my first pair in elementary due to eyelet genetics. I absolutely hate it thiugh. Wearing glasses as someone into tech is like carrying a gigantic loser banner 24/7 for everyone to see.

Anybody tried surgery sight correction?
I'm thinking about it as my nearsightedness stopped growing last year.

>>61837030
Yes
100% worth it but make sure you have someone you can ask for help after just incase

>>61837086
Do they do both eyes at the same time?
Is recovery hard, painful? How long does full recovery take?
Really tempted to do it since it's only 1,000 USD for one eye (and that's the price for the most expensive type of surgery).
Which type did you choose?

>19yo
>-2.5 left, -2.25 right
>whole family is eyelet
Feels bad man.

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>>61831985
>mfw

>>61836320
I'm looking into LASEK and such, vision finally stabilized, but cost and risk of surgery are two factors that have kept me buying glasses.

-3.25 right eye
-3.5 left eye with astigmatism -1.25
it's slowed down significantly over the past two years
hopefully i'll get surgery so i can ditch contacts and glasses

>>61839077
>cost
It's only 2,000 USD for both eyes.

>>61839077
You'll still want glasses to take them off / put them on for dramatic emphasis.

>>61839206
>$2,000 flat
Would have done it already but it's way more expensive than that - 1.5 to 3 times.

https://manhattanlasikcenter.com/how-much-does-lasik-surgery-cost/
>Generally speaking, the cost of LASIK surgery ranges from $1500 to $3000 per eye. This range in pricing is for the most advanced, bladeless method of performing the surgery which incorporates wavefront technology for optimal visual outcomes with the least amount of risk for the patient.

>>61839270
It's the price in Poland (for FemtoLASIK Wavefront).
LASIK is even cheaper.

>>61839270
For some eyes, the simpler, cheaper LASIK systems work just fine. Consider that $6k a budgetary estimate and get your own eyes measured and examined for an actual quote.

>>61839307
It's really easy to sue for malpractice in the United States. Add that to higher wages & cost of living in the New York area, and procedures cost more than they would overseas.

>>61839325
I need to arrange a consult but my doctor told me with the severity of my prescription, if my corneal thickness is a match and all, the best I can expect is 20/20 vision with surgery and the worst that I can expect(if eligible) is a reduction to -3 or -4 diopters. That would greatly increase my choice in lenses/frames, reduce the price, and make it so if my glasses fall off the nightstand I find them without assistance, so it would still be progress.

>>61839362
With the cost of living in NYC 6k USD should be nothing.

>>61839380
I make ~$100K/yr USD pre-tax but pay quite a bit of tax liability on that plus, the cost of living.... $6K is definitely something I can afford plus I can do 6K.

My other fear is something going wrong. Uncle brought over someone he was dating this past week and they told me that after having LASIK she can no longer drive at night due to halos. That would have a HUGE impact on my life, I travel for a living and travel to the airport early on Monday morning and drive home Thursday night. If LASIK fucks up my vision in such a way then I would have to change jobs.

>>61839407
>plus I can do with 6K
Brainfarted hard on that one.

You can do a LOT of things with $6K. Corrected vision is nice but other things might be more urgent priorities. We'll have to see what the estimate post consult is.

-7.5 here
I think it's just that I am inferior and nature meant for me to die.
I'm a living example of the arrogance of man. Fuck nature I'll live anyway.

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>>61839450
>this beautiful sonabitch
>inferior

>>61831961
i do get a bit sort of short sighted
after a few heavy days of it

>>61831961
>31yo
>looking at computer or old TV's with games on it since i was 5
>not a problem yet

SOON

http://ocumetics.com/info.update.html

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>>61835024
>That's how myopia works: it grows when you grow, it stagnates when you stop growing, it decreases when you age.

what the fuck? does that mean I'm gonna stay manlet ? My vision has been as bad, and hasn't changed for the past year. Fucking delusions of mine.

All you fags need to learn to read out of focus.
Seriously, it works.

I learned to read out of focus back in my teens because i noticed my eyes were getting considerably worse due to my sudden uptake of reading ALL THE THINGS.

I decided to do something about it.
I did some basic research and came to the very simple conclusion of why it happens: constant focus tones the muscle to that constant shape. Literally increasing muscle size.
Likewise, reading often means you are moving your eyes often. Muscles again. The muscles grow, your eye gets crushed.

All you need to do to trick yourself to look at a target out of focus is look at something far away and move your eyes without refocusing.
Do this repeatedly until it becomes second nature to not focus unless you specifically want to.
Now comes the harder part, learning to read out of focus.
Have fun with that.
Took me 2-3 years of casual learning over various fonts to be able to read most texts out of focus.
Hand-written usually being the exception!
You can barely fucking read that shit WITH proper vision. Fucking Doctors man. Fuck that noise.

>>61839897
This sounds awesome, how many decades before it becomes available?

>>61836275
dumb nigger

>>61831961
>still believing the 'screens deteriorate your vision' meme

been watching fox news eh?

>>61839077
Personally I'm never gonna do it (have -7), just no way in hell I'm gonna let someone put a knife in my eye unless it's absolutely necessary.
Also I heard the recovery is pretty painful for a few weeks.

>>61839953
I DON'T BELIEVE IT

>>61840019
A lot of LASIK is completely bladeless these days.

>>61831961
Most toxic OP comment on /g/ (91.298693% probability) according to Google's Perspective API

>>61840044
Lol wat? Source?

>>61839953
Hey this sounds pretty cool, I might try it. I guess you use bigger fonts on your pc? Can't imagine ever reading all that blurry shit.
I can defocus easily with one eye but as soon as both eyes aim at a target they also focus there, that's the part I have to learn I suppose.

>>61831961
> bad vision
> using Stinkpad T series 768p edition TN garbage
My Retina MacBook Pro doesn't have this problem

>>61840031
Honestly works my man my dude.
My visions back to normal.
Actually I lie, it has only recently gotten bad because I have been doing drawing work the past couple years and I've been lazy as fuck with regards to that.
Fixing that problem. I just need to get used to zooming in when doing detailing.
But before that, it was 20/20. Only took a few years for the muscles to degrade back to base-level.

However, note that this will obviously only work on short-sighted types.
Long-sighted require the opposite. You need to read your little butt off until your eyes are pointing out the back of your head. I believe in you!
Na, I dunno how you could fix long-sighted without using an external device or surgery.
Anything I can think of would be permanently damaging to your retina due to pressure increase. Long-sighted is maddening. I'd just save up for the fucking surgery. I couldn't be like that.

>>61840082
Nope.
I actually have loads of fonts pretty small actually.
After years of experience, I learned to read even smaller texts.

My families visual history is all kinds of fucked though.
Mother requires fonts the size of fucking Mars. Refuses to use glasses. Uses magnifying glass instead. (Or contacts when at work)
Uncles got a fucking submarine window for glasses.
Uncle also has the beetus, mother likely has it.
Both have shit diets. Uncle especially. This motherfucker sleep-SNACKS.
His blood sugar was the worst his doctor had personally seen. He was a new hot snack away from coma.

>>61840081

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>>61825069

It seems to be most sensitive to swear words.