Lasik -- Would You Recommend?

I have found that some regular sunglasses will fit over my eyeglasses. The pair I have right now has large lens and the ear piece is a tad wider than the earpoiece s of my glasses. I got them at Target. A bit geeky.....but not as depressing as the ones designed to go over glasses that make one look like 90.

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LOL just a tad geeky. Why would you try to buy regular sunglasses that fit over your glasses? Sounds really bulky and annoying ( and geeky). Why wouldn't you just buy prescription sunglasses? You can even go right to a major chain like sunglasses hut if the options aren't good enough at the regular glasses place. Most can be converted to prescription and, if not, they have a great return policy especially their branches in Macy's

And, no, I wouldn't do LASIK at your age either ( if I am remembering correctly you are around 50). Your eyes change way too much right now and I'll bet you'd need glasses full time again within a few years. Not worth it

The 'fit over' sunglasses don't all look 'geeky' and they cost a LOT less than prescription sunglasses. I like to keep a pair of sunglasses in each car and also have another pair to take with me traveling and that really wouldn't be feasible with prescription sunglasses

Putting a large pair of sunglasses over regular glasses doesn't look geeky? Really? Or are you talking about something else? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the posts.

I just always have my sunglasses with me. I do have two pair but just for fashion reasons. At this age, my prescription hasn't changed in 10 yrs so buying a few pairs of prescription sunglasses is actually a good investment and iget a lot of years out of them.

Spending the amount of money to get prescription sunglasses every time my prescription changes sounds prohibitive to me. I only use sunglasses in the car, and quite honestly don't care if I look a little geeky.

My prescription changes a little from year to year, and I'm changing my regular glasses about once every two years just to keep the focus nice and sharp. New lenses are very pricey, particularly since I use progressives. Maybe I could get away with ordinary bifocals in a sunglass lens, but I'd rather go the easy/less expensive route.

And — Conandrob. I can hear the jeering from CT. Take it down a notch, please?

conandrob240 said:
Putting a large pair of sunglasses over regular glasses doesn't look geeky? Really? Or are you talking about something else? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the posts.
I just always have my sunglasses with me. I do have two pair but just for fashion reasons. At this age, my prescription hasn't changed in 10 yrs so buying a few pairs of prescription sunglasses is actually a good investment and iget a lot of years out of them.

I guess geeky is in the eye of the beholder but my observation is that most sunglasses are on the large side. Those that aren't don't really do that well at protecting eyes from the sun. But I have seen the really geeky looking fitovers and many of the newer ones don't look like that. Maybe they aren't the latest fashion statement but I wear sunglasses for their function more than their looks anyway.

I don't like carrying around multiple pairs of glasses most of the time (which is why I LOVE my progressives) and getting progressive sunglasses made is a pricey proposition ... especially more than one pair.

Of course different people have different priorities, but for those who wear more or less "standard" (vs high fashion) sunglasses, there are 'fitover' styles that are fine.

And, for better or worse, my prescription has not "settled" since I started needing the reading correction, so I usually have to get new ones every 2-3 years.

Why would the prescription suns have to be progressives? If you "only wear them in the car" couldn't you just get distance lenses? I have worn sunglasses since I was 4 years old, because my eyes (although not blue) are so photosensitive. I think that is why I don't have any crow's feet at my advanced age.

I can't imagine only using sunglasses in the car. Eyes are so sensitive, you should be wearing sunglasses more regularly.

And if your prescription only changes ever so slightly every few years, one pair of prescription sunglasses would be fine for 4-5 years. Seems like a small expense to not be wearing one pair of glasses over another. Forget about just looking ridiculous, doesn't sound very comfortable or like you'd get very good vision especially for driving.

I should amend that to say I only wear sunglasses in the car, whether as a driver or a rider. And when I'm riding, I'm often navigating, too, which means I have to be able to read, so at least two fields of vision are essential. The same thing would apply for just about anything I do outdoors. I find sunglasses annoying, even the ones that magnetized to my progressive glasses. I'm always having to put them on, take them off, find a place to put them when I'm not wearing them (say, when I'm walking down a street and duck into a store to do some browsing) but being careful they don't get scratched or broken...

I'm not sure why I'm doing so much justification regarding my choices in eyewear for sunny days??? Let's just say I'm with SAC on this. And maybe I'll just take to wearing large floppy hats for shade over my eyes.

Well, one piece of relevance here for a seemingly unrelated tangent. Ask your doctor about eyesensitivity to light after LASIK. I have heard it can be a significant side effect.

calliope said:
Why would the prescription suns have to be progressives? If you "only wear them in the car" couldn't you just get distance lenses? I have worn sunglasses since I was 4 years old, because my eyes (although not blue) are so photosensitive. I think that is why I don't have any crow's feet at my advanced age. ">

I am usually the navigator in my family and, yes, we still use maps as well as GPS, etc. At some point I got non-progressive prescription sunglasses and it was a waste because I couldn't read maps (or anything else) while riding in the car. (I did say how much I value having a single pair of glasses to cover all the bases, right?)

And, I did consider the glasses that change color, but I really prefer the somewhat larger sunglasses that provide more coverage. If that's geeky, so be it, but I've seen truly geeky 'fit over' glasses and the ones I use now are not that.

I'm not trying to convince you to change your ways as it sounds like what you do works for you and that's great. What I do works for me and it sounds like it might also work for PeggyC.

conandrob240 said:
I can't imagine only using sunglasses in the car. Eyes are so sensitive, you should be wearing sunglasses more regularly.
And if your prescription only changes ever so slightly every few years, one pair of prescription sunglasses would be fine for 4-5 years. Seems like a small expense to not be wearing one pair of glasses over another. Forget about just looking ridiculous, doesn't sound very comfortable or like you'd get very good vision especially for driving.

I do wear them at other times (but often in connection with car rides or I take the additional travel pair ... another reason I want several pairs and no way would I have that many if they were prescription glasses.) The ones I have are quite comfortable actually. I haven't noticed any negative impact on my vision from using them.

PeggyC said:
My prescription changes a little from year to year, and I'm changing my regular glasses about once every two years just to keep the focus nice and sharp.

This factor alone makes getting Lasik a bad idea and any good doctor would rule you out as a candidate.

Your prescription needs to be stable.