Contact lenses

[Socrates]

[quote name='dspen2005' date='Aug 19 2005, 06:57 AM']for me, yes.... the only reason why i would get them is b/c i look better w/o glasses--- so, in my situation getting contacts would be out of vanity... which is why i haven't gotten them.
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Is it just me, or does anyone else think this debate/poll is really weird?
Is choosing any option that makes us look better a sin of vanity?
By this logic, must we always choose ugly or unflattering clothes or hairstyles over those which are more flattering? Avoid working out or eating heatlhily if it makes us look better than being out of shape? And if we wear glasses, then should we always choose ugly, dorky-looking glasses over nice-looking glasses?

(Btw, I don't wear glasses or contacts, though I probably need to. I think I'll go with glasses, just because I have rather sensitive eyeballs, and glasses would probably make me look smarter - but would that be vain?)

[dspen2005]

[quote name='Socrates' date='Aug 20 2005, 08:46 PM']Is it just me, or does anyone else think this debate/poll is really weird?
Is choosing any option that makes us look better a sin of vanity?
By this logic, must we always choose ugly or unflattering clothes or hairstyles over those which are more flattering?  Avoid working out or eating heatlhily if it makes us look better than being out of shape?  And if we wear glasses, then should we always choose ugly, dorky-looking glasses over nice-looking glasses?

(Btw, I don't wear glasses or contacts, though I probably need to.  I think I'll go with glasses, just because I have rather sensitive eyeballs, and glasses would probably make me look smarter - but would that be vain?)
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i dont think that argument is appropriate to what i said....
the sole reason that i would have gotten contact lenses was to look better.... the effect --ie convenience, etc -- doesn't discount the sole purpose of looking good. now, this does not preclude one from buying nice clothes so long as doing so is not to draw attention to yourself, or is done for the sole purpose of looking good.... LOoking nice is a good thing, but for whom to we look nice -- GOd or ourselves???

I suppose I am getting a little weird in my logic flow -- maybe even making zigzags.... but let me say that for me -- contact lenses would be worn for vainglory.... (this is speaking strictly for myself, not for anyone else) I wanted to stress and clarify this point.....

[Quietfire]

[quote name='avemaria40' date='Aug 18 2005, 08:13 PM']Hey, i just got contact lenses b/c, i'll admit it, i wanna be hip, lol and i also find out they correct my astigmatism better than my glasses do.  Is it considered vanity to use them?
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I wear contacts also, for astigmatisms in both eyes. I tried for several years to get used to wearing glasses and always keep a pair in my perscription around, but I cant stand wearing them. The floor and stairs jump up at me, and because of my double astigmatism I always misjudge doors and corners. So you can imagine the amount of bruises I get when I wear my glasses. I would much rather get corrective surgery, but Im not ready for that yet.
I dont see contacts as vanity. They correct vision. Although I am not crazy about some of the 'different' contacts that are out there. Not the tinted ones, they can be fun. It's the ones with the wierd things on them. Cats eyes, yellow eyes, dice...you know...stuff like that.

[inthelight009]

I wear my glasses mostly but I have contacts. Contacts make it that I can see better then wearing my glasses. The reason I don't wear my contacts as much now is I have puppy and a kitten. I think I am allergic to them because my eyes puffy and nose is runny. So when I put my contacts in my eyes get really really red.

[White Knight]

If people need them they need them, but they sould try eating alot of carrots or VD.

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='White Knight' date='Aug 21 2005, 12:33 PM']If people need them they need them, but they sould try eating alot of carrots or VD.
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I ate carrots like mad as a kid ( still eat them now as an adult, usually on salads) and I am still legally blind.

Quietfire, I'm with you on the surgery, I am SO not ready for it. I'm chicken. I have a slight astigmatism in one eye but it doesn't really affect my depth perception at all. I wore contacts yesterday, but today was one of those days where I didn't have time to monkey around, I had to get out the door in a hurry or we'd have been late for Mass, so I put on my glasses instead. It just depends on whats more convenient--often times glasses are easier for me on a day to day basis.

[Sarah_JC]

Yeah. The carrot thing has no bearing on genetics. Maybe my vision would be even worse if I hadn'r eaten carrots, but mostly it's two near-sighted parents and a love of books that drove me to read way past bed-time.

I have nice frames for my glasses, so I don't mind wearing them. But on cold or rainy days, it's nice to be able to see when you step indoors.

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='Sarah_JC' date='Aug 21 2005, 02:21 PM']Yeah. The carrot thing has no bearing on genetics. Maybe my vision would be even worse if I hadn'r eaten carrots, but mostly it's two near-sighted parents and a love of books that drove me to read way past bed-time.

I have nice frames for my glasses, so I don't mind wearing them. But on cold or rainy days, it's nice to be able to see when you step indoors.
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Amen to that! lol Thats exactly why my vision is bad!

[RC_]

I just picked up my first pair of glasses today!

Boy do I look like a nerd.

[Theoketos]

Nevermind

Edited August 31, 2005 by Theoketos

[White Knight]

Like I said before if you need them you need them, if you dont, you dont. its just a simple choice.

[Dave]

Glasses can be vain too. I have a very slight vision problem -- so slight that the eye doctor said it was strictly my call as to whether or not to get glasses. I chose to get glasses because I thought they might help me look more distinguished. But now I almost never wear them. Looks like I wasted my money!

[jmjtina]

I wear my glasses for humility purposes.

[jiyoung]

well--contacts make you look basically what you'd look like without glasses. glasses are an addition to your face...i don't know, i don't make sense. i don't think it's vanity though.

however...the colored contacts i think are vanity. those are purely for appearance and not at all necessary and are sometimes even detrimental to your vision. i know a lot of girls who wear them and it's pretty enough, sure, but i'm happy with the eye color i was born with. being asian, i have small brown eyes--but if i can still see out of them, i'm fine. i don't need surgery to make my eyes bigger, nor do i need bits of colored plastic to give myself green eyes when i was born with brown.

but i digress. sometimes it's more convenient or comfortable. personally, my eyes tend to get very dry when i wear contacts, so it's actually somewhat painful to wear them sometimes. i usually only wear them when i have to, like for performances or something. i actually like how i look in glasses better, but these days my glasses have gone crooked and i can't put them right again. i might start wearing contacts more regularly cuz of that, but who knows...i don't think it's vanity, not really.