Why are so many people against eyeglasses in general?

Why are so many people against eyeglasses in general, and minus lenses
in specific? Eyeglasses look so cool if you get the right frames for
your face. They frame your face; they're combination medical equipment
and a fashion accesorrary.

Hi DarkProtoman,

Well for me, I just think they are uncool, unnatural, and and also
even unnecessary They can never compare with the crystal clarity of
true vision.

Please see on this website for a long answer - http://iblindness.org/intro/problemglasses.html

Hope this answers your question,

- Edwardo

On Jul 17, 4:54 am, DarkProtoman <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why are so many people against eyeglasses in general, and minus lenses
> in specific? Eyeglasses look so cool if you get the right frames for
> your face. They frame your face; they're combination medical equipment
> and a fashion accesorrary.

Hi DarkProtoman,

Well for me, I just think they are uncool, unnatural, and and also
even unnecessary They can never compare with the crystal clarity of
true vision. Please see on this website for a long answer -

http://iblindness.org/intro/problemglasses.html

Hope this answers your question,

- Edwardo

On Jul 17, 5:35 am, Edwardo Alphonse Elric
<absolutelyinvinci...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 17, 4:54 am, DarkProtoman <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Why are so many people against eyeglasses in general, and minus lenses
> > in specific? Eyeglasses look so cool if you get the right frames for
> > your face. They frame your face; they're combination medical equipment
> > and a fashion accesorrary.
>
> Hi DarkProtoman,
>
> Well for me, I just think they are uncool, unnatural, and and also
> even unnecessary They can never compare with the crystal clarity of
> true vision. Please see on this website for a long answer -
>
> http://iblindness.org/intro/problemglasses.html
>
> Hope this answers your question,
>
> - Edwardo

Cosmetics aside (and I do believe that some people look more
attractive wearing the right frame), glasses do protect our eyes from
injury. It's also been demonstrated in social psychology experiments
that people wearing glasses are perceived to be more intelligent than
people who do not. That's why it's sometimes suggested that you wear
your glasses (rather than contacts) to a job interview.

Dear DarkProtoMan,

The minus lens is very easy to apply, and impressive
in its results -- in five minutes.

Yet the second-opinion of Dr. Bates, was that
it did not solve any problem, and if a
person at 20/70 wore a full-strength minus 16/7,
then his natural eyes would "adapt" to that strong
minus, and his vision would then be 20/200.

Thus he strongly recommended that the minus be
avoided, and his preventive methods be implemented
to clear the Snellen back to normal.

There have not been any resolution to this Bates
advocacy at this time.

Otis



On Jul 16, 11:54 pm, DarkProtoman <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why are so many people against eyeglasses in general, and minus lenses
> in specific? Eyeglasses look so cool if you get the right frames for
> your face. They frame your face; they're combination medical equipment
> and a fashion accesorrary.

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:08:35 -0700, "(E-Mail Removed)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>Dear DarkProtoMan,
>
>The minus lens is very easy to apply, and impressive
>in its results -- in five minutes.
>
>Yet the second-opinion of Dr. Bates, was that
>it did not solve any problem, and if a
>person at 20/70 wore a full-strength minus 16/7,
>then his natural eyes would "adapt" to that strong
>minus, and his vision would then be 20/200.

What about if that person simply took breaks from the lenses, like ...
by wearing them only for distance viewing?

See, for example, my questions:

www.nbeener.com/NDB_OSB_Qs.txt

Wouldn't that be more than enough?

>Thus he strongly recommended that the minus be
>avoided, and his preventive methods be implemented
>to clear the Snellen back to normal.

Is there any evidence that any of those methods ... or your proposed
method ... is effective (in a randomized study that uses a control
group for comparison)?

No? Okay. Just checking.

How ABOUT answering those questions, Uncle Otie? It would help a
great deal.....

On Jul 16, 11:54 pm, DarkProtoman <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why are so many people against eyeglasses in general, and minus lenses
> in specific? Eyeglasses look so cool if you get the right frames for
> your face. They frame your face; they're combination medical equipment
> and a fashion accesorrary.

I don't think so many people are against them, just a few noisy
posters.

Dr Judy

In article <(E-Mail Removed) .com>,
DarkProtoman <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Why are so many people against eyeglasses in general, and minus lenses
>in specific? Eyeglasses look so cool if you get the right frames for
>your face. They frame your face; they're combination medical equipment
>and a fashion accesorrary.
>
There is a freedom of choice argument here. Those with good eyesight who
wish to wear glasses for cosmetic reasons are free to wear sunglasses,
or even get opticians to make up plain glass lenses (presumably if this
became a fashion it wouldn't be odd or embarrassing). Those with poor
eyesight have only the choice of glasses or contacts (which I wouldn't
wear even if I could; I am squeamish and not very good at keeping stuff
clean and hygienic).

I can sort of see what you are getting at - I would quite like to have a
pair of 'aviator' glasses. As it happens, my prescription makes life
difficult enough for my optician that I allow them to chose whatever
frame makes life easiest for them. Also, apparently I should have thick
plastic frames for cosmetic reasons anyway, to disguise the thickness of
the lenses (yes they are high refractive index; they are still thick).
For this I get to pay 453 pounds (so nearly twice that in dollars), and
I don't even think they did a particularly good job; I needed to send
them back when they were first handed to me because the lenses were not
fitted into the frame properly, and the frame was distorted. Even now,
if I adjust them to fit in place properly, my eyelashes brush the lenses
on the right eye, because they haven't rounded off the edges of the
lenses near the nose very much. This situation motivated my interest in
myopia.
--
A.G.McDowell

A.G.McDowell wrote:

>Also, apparently I should have thick
>plastic frames for cosmetic reasons anyway, to disguise the thickness of
>the lenses (yes they are high refractive index; they are still thick).
>
>
>
From an earlier post I think you are about -18? You might be
interested in the new Staar Visian implantable lenses (these reside in
front of, rather than instead of, your own crystalline lenses.
Reasonably safe procedure in the right hands, and they could allow you
to ditch the thick glasses. Of course there are contacts but I imagine
you've tried that route...

w.stacy, o.d.

On Jul 17, 3:35 am, Edwardo Alphonse Elric
<absolutelyinvinci...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 17, 4:54 am, DarkProtoman <Protoman2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Why are so many people against eyeglasses in general, and minus lenses
> > in specific? Eyeglasses look so cool if you get the right frames for
> > your face. They frame your face; they're combination medical equipment
> > and a fashion accesorrary.
>
> Hi DarkProtoman,
>
> Well for me, I just think they are uncool, unnatural, and and also
> even unnecessary They can never compare with the crystal clarity of
> true vision. Please see on this website for a long answer -
>
> http://iblindness.org/intro/problemglasses.html
>
> Hope this answers your question,
>
> - Edwardo

It says minus lenses can burn a hole in your retina if you look at a
bright light. WTF?!!!? MINUS lenses?!!!? They DIVERGE light! PLUS
lenses should burn a hole in your retina!!!