Week 8- Owen Sturm- Contacts vs Glasses

  


     About 2 months ago I switched from wearing glasses to contacts. The reason I changed from glasses to contacts was that my basketball coach said I needed them to play varsity.  I have been using glasses for almost 8 years and the switch to contacts was weird. The first time I put contacts in was at the eye doctor. In order to leave wearing your contacts, they make you sit in the office until you are able to take the contacts out yourself. That was the most stressed I've ever been in my life. I spent 2 hours there with multiple attempts at taking off my contacts going into the top of my eye where the doctor had to take them out. Eventually, I managed to take them out and thought that I would never wear contacts again. After a week or so of putting contacts in, I realized that even though It takes a long time to put contacts in, it was much more convenient than wearing glasses. I never had to pick up my glasses while playing a sport, adjust them when they were falling off, or lose them. Another added bonus of having contacts is that as soon as I take them out at night, my eyes get really tired and I am able to go to sleep super quickly. Having contacts makes my life so much easier and, with practice, it only takes me 1 or 2 minutes to put my contacts in or take them out. Does anyone who switched from glasses to contacts agree? If you still wear glasses, what are your reasons?

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