Wearing eyeglasses over contact lenses

Is it possible to wear eyeglasses over contact lenses? My right eye is
a -11.00D, and Dres Hertzog and Ryan, my opthalamologist and
optometrist --respectively-- gave me a balance lens, b/c my frames'd
look horrible w/ a -3.00lens for the left, and a -11.00D lens for the
right. So, could they give me a -8.00D contact lens for my right eye --
and plano contacts for my left--, and me wear my glasses over them?

Thanks!!!!

On Feb 28, 3:51 pm, douglas <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to wear eyeglasses over contact lenses? My right eye is
> a -11.00D, and Dres Hertzog and Ryan, my opthalamologist and
> optometrist --respectively-- gave me a balance lens, b/c my frames'd
> look horrible w/ a -3.00lens for the left, and a -11.00D lens for the
> right. So, could they give me a -8.00D contact lens for my right eye --
> and plano contacts for my left--, and me wear my glasses over them?
>
> Thanks!!!!

I've worn glasses over contact lenses for years. It's not at all
uncommon, and -- at least IME -- not particularly challenging for the
eye docs.

On Feb 28, 4:13*pm, Neil Brooks <neil0...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 3:51 pm, douglas <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to wear eyeglasses over contact lenses? My right eye is
> > a -11.00D, and Dres Hertzog and Ryan, my opthalamologist and
> > optometrist --respectively-- *gave me a balance lens, b/c my frames'd
> > look horrible w/ a -3.00lens for the left, and a -11.00D lens for the
> > right. So, could they give me a -8.00D contact lens for my right eye --
> > and plano contacts for my left--, and me wear my glasses over them?
>
> > Thanks!!!!
>
> I've worn glasses over contact lenses for years. *It's not at all
> uncommon, and -- at least IME -- not particularly challenging for the
> eye docs.

Funny, Dres Hertzog and Ryan never suggested that...but my Sam's Club
optician, Ms. Kim, did. Weird.

Yes you can do that -- but why?

The minus contact can take care of your distant vision for you.

Otis



On Feb 28, 6:51*pm, douglas <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to wear eyeglasses over contact lenses? My right eye is
> a -11.00D, and Dres Hertzog and Ryan, my opthalamologist and
> optometrist --respectively-- *gave me a balance lens, b/c my frames'd
> look horrible w/ a -3.00lens for the left, and a -11.00D lens for the
> right. So, could they give me a -8.00D contact lens for my right eye --
> and plano contacts for my left--, and me wear my glasses over them?
>
> Thanks!!!!

On or about Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:51:47 -0800 (PST) did douglas
<(E-Mail Removed)> dribble thusly:

>Is it possible to wear eyeglasses over contact lenses? My right eye is
>a -11.00D, and Dres Hertzog and Ryan, my opthalamologist and
>optometrist --respectively-- gave me a balance lens, b/c my frames'd
>look horrible w/ a -3.00lens for the left, and a -11.00D lens for the
>right. So, could they give me a -8.00D contact lens for my right eye --
>and plano contacts for my left--, and me wear my glasses over them?
>
>Thanks!!!!

I'd just add that going the contact route will also make it so your
left and right eyes see things as the same size. With that
prescription, glasses-only would make things in your right eye look
around 20% smaller than things in your left eye.
--
- Mike

Ignore the Python in me to send e-mail.

On Feb 29, 10:51*am, Robert Martellaro <rob...@nospam.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:51:47 -0800 (PST), douglas <Protoman2...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Is it possible to wear eyeglasses over contact lenses? My right eye is
> >a -11.00D, and Dres Hertzog and Ryan, my opthalamologist and
> >optometrist --respectively-- *gave me a balance lens, b/c my frames'd
> >look horrible w/ a -3.00lens for the left, and a -11.00D lens for the
> >right.
>
> Not necessarily horrible- a 46mm oval decentered 2mm in, using a 1.5mm CT 1.74
> index lens for the right is less than 6mm thick at the edge (no roll). Trivex in
> the left eye would be about 3mm thick using the same center thickness.
>
> However, you probably won't be able to wear the full Rx if it's corrected with
> eyeglasses. That will probably require contact lenses, with glasses over the CLs
> if you're presbyopic. *
>
> You should call your eye doctor and ask if CLs are an option for you, and if
> it's worth trying to correct the vision in the right eye.
>
> Robert Martellaro
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Optician/Owner
> Roberts Optical
> Wauwatosa Wi.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself."
> - Richard Feynman

I'm also amblyopic in my right eye, and Dres Hertzog and Ryan didn't
seem to want to give me a prism. Should the prism be in the
eyeglasses, or the CL?

On Feb 29, 9:48*pm, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Not all amblyopes need prism.
>
> If you need prism, it usually can't be done in contacts.
>
> I suspect your amblyopia is "anisometropic", from unequal refractions.
>
> Mostly prism is used in strabismus, another way to get amblyopia.
>
> -MT, OD
>
> "douglas" <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:4612f71a-40b3-46d8-93b5-
>
> I'm also amblyopic in my right eye, and Dres Hertzog and Ryan didn't
> seem to want to give me a prism. Should the prism be in the
> eyeglasses, or the CL?

No suprise there...I'm up on my optometry and opthalmology too, you
know.

So, I assume anisometropic amblyopia can be treated w/ prism lenses,
right?

On Feb 29, 10:51*am, Robert Martellaro <rob...@nospam.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:51:47 -0800 (PST), douglas <Protoman2...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Is it possible to wear eyeglasses over contact lenses? My right eye is
> >a -11.00D, and Dres Hertzog and Ryan, my opthalamologist and
> >optometrist --respectively-- *gave me a balance lens, b/c my frames'd
> >look horrible w/ a -3.00lens for the left, and a -11.00D lens for the
> >right.
>
> Not necessarily horrible- a 46mm oval decentered 2mm in, using a 1.5mm CT 1.74
> index lens for the right is less than 6mm thick at the edge (no roll). Trivex in
> the left eye would be about 3mm thick using the same center thickness.
>
> However, you probably won't be able to wear the full Rx if it's corrected with
> eyeglasses. That will probably require contact lenses, with glasses over the CLs
> if you're presbyopic. *
>
> You should call your eye doctor and ask if CLs are an option for you, and if
> it's worth trying to correct the vision in the right eye.
>
> Robert Martellaro
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Optician/Owner
> Roberts Optical
> Wauwatosa Wi.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself."
> - Richard Feynman

I'm not presbyobic...I'm 16.5!!!!

On Mar 1, 6:18*am, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> "douglas" <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote
>
> > So, I assume anisometropic amblyopia can be treated w/ prism
> > lenses, right?
>
> It might, but it usually isn't, unless you have strabismus too.
>
> To your original question - if you need prism, it would go in the glasses,
> not contacts.
>
> -MT

I know that now.

Why wouldn't anisometropic amblyopia be treaed w/ a prism? Is simply
correcting the anisometropia enough?

On Mar 1, 3:50*pm, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Prism is used for alignment problems - muscle imbalances where both eyes
> don't want to point in the same direction.
>
> Anisometropia doesn't automatically cause alignment problems, except where
> it's so bad that the eyes never learn to "fuse" (point in the same direction
> to form a single image.)
>
> -MT
>
> "douglas" <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:ce742ad1-8462-4e4b-8e34-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mar 1, 6:18 am, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > "douglas" <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote
>
> > > So, I assume anisometropic amblyopia can be treated w/ prism
> > > lenses, right?
>
> > It might, but it usually isn't, unless you have strabismus too.
>
> > To your original question - if you need prism, it would go in the glasses,
> > not contacts.
>
> > -MT
>
> I know that now.
>
> Why wouldn't anisometropic amblyopia be treaed w/ a prism? Is simply
> correcting the anisometropia enough?

Well, Dres Hertzog and Ryan did say I have an amblyopic right eye --I
can close my right eye, and be able to function normally; it only
gives me a little periphial vision, and I have trouble walking down
stairs and escalators--...so, again, would correcting the
anisometropia be enough?