Does not wearing glasses make the vision worse?

No. Not wearing corrective lenses only makes you see poorly, but does not "hurt" your ability to see (after you are an adult). There are some theories that not wearing glasses may force the natural lens to focus in the desired range, but I don't know of any theories or techniques regarding undercorrection of refractive error that have withstood scientific scrutiny. Glenn Hagele Executive Director USAEyes.org "Consider and Choose With Confidence" Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org http://www.USAEyes.org http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org I am not a doctor.

If you strain and squint you may. Youll also get headaches. However if your nearsighted, you DONT want to wear glasses for close work or that will worsen your eyes. Glasses are fine for distance seeing

"Ace" <acemanvx@yahoo.com> wrote in news:1135256090.930640.30930 @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com: > If you strain and squint you may. Youll also get headaches. However if > your nearsighted, you DONT want to wear glasses for close work or that > will worsen your eyes. Glasses are fine for distance seeing > > What makes you think far sighted glasses for reading would worsen your eyes?

In article <Xns9734647763E27spockieverizonnet@199.45.49.11>, Spockie <spockie@verizon.net> wrote: > What makes you think far sighted glasses for reading would worsen your > eyes? Ace doesn't know what he's talking about. This is a person who refuses to follow his optometrist's advice and wears several different glasses with different Rx's that under correct his prescription. He also believes he's presbyotic at age 23. If you told him the world was square, he'd repeat it to someone else until someone told him the world was round and then he'd agree with that. People who are nearsighted see near really well and may not need to wear glasses to do close work like reading but need corrective lenses to see far. Farsighted people see far really well but need correction for close work. -- ~RT

There are two ways to describe myopia (nearsighted, shortsighted) vision. One is that you cannot see things far away very well. The other is that you can see things close very well. Presbyopia is when the natural lens of the eye is unable to change to focus on near objects. Presbyopia is when you need to use reading glasses or bifocals. Presbyopia and normally shows its effects in healthy eyes after age 40. The relative advantage of being slightly nearsighted is that if you are also presbyopic, you need only remove your glasses for distance correction and use your myopia (see things close very well) vision. For this reason, some who are presbyopic elect to have one eye myopic and the other eye fully corrected. See http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/monovision.htm for details. Glenn Hagele Executive Director USAEyes.org "Consider and Choose With Confidence" Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org http://www.USAEyes.org http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org I am not a doctor.

It sounds like you are under age 40 and have good accommodation - ability to change focus for items near. I'm glad to help you out with your research, but much of what concerns you can be better answered by an examining doctor. Most LASIK clinics will provide a basic exam for free. That exam will answer some of your questions, provide you better information to relate to us who wish to help you, and will undoubtedly raise more detailed questions. I'm not suggesting that you have (or not have) surgery, but get an exam to see if Lasik is even a reasonable possibility for you. Glenn Hagele Executive Director USAEyes.org "Consider and Choose With Confidence" Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org http://www.USAEyes.org http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org I am not a doctor.

If your a high myope or have significent astigmastim then I dont blame you for using glasses for reading(however, DO hold reading material half meter away) If you can see well enough to read without glasses from a comfortable distance, its a good idea to do so. I undercorrect myself with glasses so I can resolve my pseudomyopia and not strain my eyes. Also makes reading and using the computer much clearer. Sometimes I take my glasses off to read but because im a moderate myope, I have to read from nearly a foot away. whats your pescription?