Spectacles in general

Who likes wearing glasses? Certainly not me but although my vanity has driven me to extreme measures to avoid spectacles I still find them very sexy. I like my men to wear glasses and I often think they make women look sexy too. Despite my dislike of my glasses I actually miss them, I love summer when I can dress my face in a pair of sunglasses. Its taken me a long time to realise that glasses are good, I hope someone can read this and feel better about wearing their specs. ~~~ Failing Eyesight ~~~ I first realised I needed glasses at about 11 years old. Mine was the usual story, I couldn't read the blackboard at school. A trip to the optician ...  Read the complete review

I was first told I should wear glasses when I was eight years old, as I was short-sighted and had problems seeing the board in class. However, there were very few kids who wore glasses in my school then and I really didn't want to, so I would take them in my bag to please my parents, but only use them infrequently. When I was sixteen, I left my secondary school where I had been for five years, and went to another school to take my A-levels. I decided to have a complete change, used my whole name for once (Karen-Louise) and wore my glasses all the time. It was a new start, we were older, more teenagers were wearing them and very few people knew me from ...  Read the complete review

Did you know that when you reach the age of 40, that your eyesight will lose the ability to change shape as easily as they did when you were younger? Do not be alarmed, this is a perfectly natural condition its called presbyopia, it's this condition that makes small print more difficult to focus on, thus making it hard to read small print. A company called Readi-Read has come up with a simple solution. They sell self-selection-reading glasses to a number of outlets including Lloyds pharmacy. The company issue a simple leaflet, which is used to find out the strength of glasses, needed. All you have to do is hold the chart at a comfortable distance ...  Read the complete review

N.B.**the opinion referred to here has since been deleted from the site as it contained a number of factual errors. ** This opinion is in direct response to anyone who believes anything that "chamkiong" has said about how you can avoid wearing spectacles. I am currently studying Optometry (that's all about the eyes) and know that almost everything chamkiong has said is absolute bollocks. We are told that 90% of all people will need glasses at some point. As you get older your eyesight WILL deteriorate. Physiological changes (e.g. the lens gets thicker and loses elasticity as you get older) mean that you lose your ability to focus (you'll see people ...  Read the complete review