Do you need special glasses for a astigmitism I know you need toric lenses if tou wear contacts?
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No, there are no special lenses or extra costs required to correct for astigmatism. They build the correction factor into your prescription.
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Far-sightedness, you mean? You would need reading glasses. You can also get laser surgery, but as we get older, we will almost all need reading glasses, even if we have surgery to correct our vision. You can get one eye corrected for closer vision and the other eye corrected for far vision. They say you get used to it.
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Soft contact lenses can now correct astigmatism.
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Probably not.  Glasses can be made with prism that helps align your eyes.  Contacts can't be made with prism because they rotate on your eyes.  If you really want to wear contacts, ask your eye doctor if a vision therapy program would help you overcome the misalignment.
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yup you can definitely worsen your sight if your wearing incorrectly prescribed glasses. Your glasses are probably too strong for your eyes so wearing them puts a strain on your eyes. They are trying to focus with the lens but the glasses aren't your correct vision. If you keep wearing them, your eyes will get used to doing that and will ultimately get worse.
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I have astigmatism and I use Acuvue 2. No problems at all! I even sleep with them sometimes.
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Glasses, contacts, and Corrective eye surgery
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Hiya.. I just started wearing contacts since May.. Cosmetic wise, contacts is definitely better.. But with so many types/colours of spectacle frames available, wearing glasses can be good too.. It's really upto your preference.. I will switch around depending on the occasion.. And you should not wear contacts for more than 12 hours each day, and never during your sleep.. Also, observe personal hygiene to avoid eye infection.. Take note of any expiry of the contact lens and solution.. Hope this is useful.. =)
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I don't think wearing contacts makes it worse. In an old wives tale, carrots made your vision better. You can get a lasar procedure to make you not have to use glasses or contacts!
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YOU NEED TO CONSULT WITH AN OPTICIAN AND AN OPTOMETRIST.
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Most CL brands out there now make toric lenses as well as spherical, with the exception maybe of colored lenses and night & day lenses. Acuvue is a great 2 week disposable lens for people who need astigmatism correction. Proclear is another great brand... but they are changed out monthly.
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Talk to your eye doctor!
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I wear both.  Contacts are great for rainy days (so you don't have to deal with glasses foggin up or rain drops on your lenses) and sunny days (for sunglasses).  However, you put them in everyday and take them out everynight.  If you get one tiny (miniscule - as in you can barely see it without a microscope) scratch or rip, you will have to through it away.  And your contact could fall out at any blink (nothing is more fun than having 20 people on their hands and knees looking for something the size of a dime on shag carpet!). Contacts are definetly more expensive and your eye exam has to be done yearly.  Contacts can be painful if your eye gets irritated.  All in all glasses are a lot less hassle, but contacts are great to have too.  That's why I use both.
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only by LASIK or contacts
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You know you need glasses when you start seeing things in a blur. Or you start getting heachaches if you read to much.\n\nOnly the optican can give you a diffinite answer though
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well i got contacts one time and it cost me $400.00 for a years worth for astigmatism, my glasses only cost me $50. for each lens they got tint in them, and $90 for frames
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I had Lasik about an year ago.  My vision was quite bad, and is now 20/20.  I am very happy with the results.  Yes, Lasik can correct astigmatism.  I didn't have one myself but I read alot about it in the literature that they gave me.  But, cosidering your eyes aren't that bad, I'd really think about it because it is quite expensive!!