I sometimes looked myself in the mirror… like I got so used to seeing my reflection in glasses, that if I ever like go without glasses… say if I get lasik, then I’d look so weird…
I literally had this thought earlier today… like… do people who get lasik still wear fake glasses so they look good aesthetically speaking? Or as you said, “to look smart”?
It’s one of those things that’s too subjective and heavily depends on a person.
I know a person who got lasik just because she hated glasses. I, myself completely avoided wearing glasses as long as possible and still do if not necessary aka i don’t need to see clearly further than a meter. But at the same time i go around wearing sunglasses almost every time I’m out and it’s just daytime.
I know people who wear fake glasses just because they like how it makes them look.
I’m 60. When Lasik first became available I considered getting it. But, I thought it’s new, and no one knows what will happen to the eyes of people who have it twenty years from now. So, I didn’t get it.
I’m glad I didn’t get it, because a few years later, my glasses, which were not specifically safety glasses, nonetheless saved my eye from a piece of flying metal. Since then, I always get the polycarbonate lenses, and I’m happy to wear glasses. My prescription isn’t especially strong, though--I don’t wear coke bottle glasses.
I’ve worn glasses since age 21. I had a roommate for a while who didn’t wear glasses, but decided he wanted them to hide a scar on his eyebrow that he got in a motorcycle accident. So, he got a pair with clear lenses. People wear fake glasses for reasons other than correcting their vision.
Well, for my own anecdotal evidence: My Rx is strong enough that my glasses pull my eyes inward a bit, and when I wear contacts, my main complaint is that my eyes look a bit too far apart. So in that case getting lasik and wearing glasses without an Rx would probably still result in that still being the case.
I think people decide they don’t want to look smart a lot of the time when they get lasik. They just want to look “normal intelligence” and “hotter”
Does looking smart even help in a lot of things? well, job interviews I suppose. The main way to look smart is to sit up straight, dress formally and be polite
I sometimes looked myself in the mirror… like I got so used to seeing my reflection in glasses, that if I ever like go without glasses… say if I get lasik, then I’d look so weird…
I literally had this thought earlier today… like… do people who get lasik still wear fake glasses so they look good aesthetically speaking? Or as you said, “to look smart”?
I always take my glasses off before looking in mirrors. I’m more attractive when I’m slightly blurry.
It’s one of those things that’s too subjective and heavily depends on a person.
I know a person who got lasik just because she hated glasses. I, myself completely avoided wearing glasses as long as possible and still do if not necessary aka i don’t need to see clearly further than a meter. But at the same time i go around wearing sunglasses almost every time I’m out and it’s just daytime.
I know people who wear fake glasses just because they like how it makes them look.
Same. They could be called dayglasses, as far as i am concerned
Pretty much, actual sunglasses would need to be even stronger, especially during summer or clear winter day with snow.
Friend of mine got lasik. She said she liked the aesthetic of glasses though and was going to get clear pairs to wear occasionally.
But she never did.
She missed glasses before she got rid of them. But not after.
If that makes any sense.
I’m 60. When Lasik first became available I considered getting it. But, I thought it’s new, and no one knows what will happen to the eyes of people who have it twenty years from now. So, I didn’t get it.
I’m glad I didn’t get it, because a few years later, my glasses, which were not specifically safety glasses, nonetheless saved my eye from a piece of flying metal. Since then, I always get the polycarbonate lenses, and I’m happy to wear glasses. My prescription isn’t especially strong, though--I don’t wear coke bottle glasses.
I’ve worn glasses since age 21. I had a roommate for a while who didn’t wear glasses, but decided he wanted them to hide a scar on his eyebrow that he got in a motorcycle accident. So, he got a pair with clear lenses. People wear fake glasses for reasons other than correcting their vision.
Well, for my own anecdotal evidence: My Rx is strong enough that my glasses pull my eyes inward a bit, and when I wear contacts, my main complaint is that my eyes look a bit too far apart. So in that case getting lasik and wearing glasses without an Rx would probably still result in that still being the case.
I think people decide they don’t want to look smart a lot of the time when they get lasik. They just want to look “normal intelligence” and “hotter”
Does looking smart even help in a lot of things? well, job interviews I suppose. The main way to look smart is to sit up straight, dress formally and be polite