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Feb 10, 2026 7:57 PM
Shenaniganz80
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MamboCat
Wait till you go to step off a curb.
mcoulter876
Careful going down stairs
InnerBushman
I hate my progressive lenses.i found the idea super neat and wanted to have my own. I've paid fortune for them but they severely limit my filled of view in the horizontal axis. I was not properly informed about all the parameters for progressive lenses. They ended up collecting dust on my desk and I'm using cheap glasses from pharmacy.
Airdoo
As someone who just had to do a crash course in progressive design principles for a research project. I completely understand why they are difficult to use.
SilverFoxChaser
I bet you're saving a ton of money on car insurance!
Anfalicious
ICE are gonna bust down your door and break your glassss
mangoinparis
I love mine!! I took to them quick because I’ve been struggling to read for years now. If the road wants to be fuzzy so be it.
martineb72
I just like the bifocals. As long as you are wearing large enough glasses they work fine. I just wear the classic black Rayban sunglasses style of frames. Which leaves plenty of room for bifocals. However, I also have a set of glasses just for computer work that are single prescription. Since I spend over 8 hours a day on the computer. Those are the more thin style that doesn't have room for bifocal, but less likely to smudge the lenses.
itgrunt
This was me, two weeks ago! We can read now!
robcod
I just ordered progressives today. I don't wear glasses. Except to read. Oh, and drive. Or want to see clearly. Guess I wear glasses now.
Roqinn
I had progressive lenses and had to get rid of them. They gave me headaches.
HalfADozenBearCubs
Congrats on joining the old fishbowl club. It only took me 2 days to adjust, most people get used to it in 10 days to 2 weeks. Some never do. I still have bifocals for work - safety glasses that are progressive are $$$.
BojanglesTheFlyingCar
Would be funnier if the center of the image was infocus
heffSTL
Nods in agreement
ProudAussie
Next minute. That damn scratch right in your line of vision.
NotAllowedToArgueUnlessYouPay
Hope you fare better than I did. I simply cannot shake the Funhouse Effect. Lots of people love the progressive lenses though.
d42rock360
As a fairly new glasses wearer due to age (40s are fun), the best advice I got was to move my head to utilize the different progressive zones. I would get dizzy and eye fatigue trying to utilize them with my eyes. Once you get used to it, it's not bad. But yes, you will 100% look old af when done properly. Ce la vie
thedoorman42
Took me four pairs until I found one that I can wear comfortable without have to take them off/slide them up to see certain things. Still can't really stand them.
cokebot9000
A week or two you’ll be right as rain
ThisOldCPU
I was 14 when I was given "these new lenses that react to sunlight!". They also reacted to ANY light, such as those overhead in class, which was tons of fun explaining it over and over again and no one knowing what the fuck I was talking about. Tons of fun. Went straight to contacts after that.
Letstrythisonemotime
Sounds like you're making progress!
windyroad
And it will get progressively better.
Shenaniganz80
lol
RedTailedHawk
spontaneous9
Wore them for years; never liked the lens distortion around the edges. To get a clear picture I had to turn my head & directly face what I wanted to see instead of just moving my eyes. So, following cat surgery on both eyes (w/ substantial improvement on both near & far vision, one eye for each) I opted for straight correction, not progressive. Now I can glance at things up, down & in my periphery & see them well enough to be satisfied that I got the complete picture without having to stare.
MediocreExtremist
so you have one fixed focus for far on 1 eye and near for the other? How difficult is it to read for example? to switch focus? depth perception? driving a car? ... ?
spontaneous9
I'm used to wearing glasses. Now I read without them. Always been nearsighted & didn't want to lose that superpower (close vision) so I requested one eye focus 12" to 5' & the other to give decent resolution up to 60' which solves both issues. The brain does the math, sorts it out effortlessly. First time in my life, I no longer need glasses indoors! I need them for driving, though technically I'm legal without (20-40) but if I do I can't read highway signs doing 60 until it's too late to merge.
maphilli14
I got my progressive years ago. Took me some time to get used to it. Never look back. Best thing that's ever happened. They're such a tool for everything
melangemaster42
When I first got my progressives, I got weird vertigo a few times re-focusing while standing up quickly.
SideshowBobsotheravatar
I tried Progressives some years ago and had them replaced within 4 days. I was close to vomiting on more than one occasion and nearly damaged myself going down stairs.
shalafi71
Gotta give your brain some time. Until this post, I forgot mine are progressive. Hadn't thought about it in years.
spontaneous9
Ever since childhood, every single time I get a new prescription, for the first hour of the morning, during the first couple days, I get the same feeling. So some care must be taken to avoid certain activities like downhill skiing double-black-diamond through dense forest or motocross racing (haha, as if). Yes, I exaggerate but you get the point. Please hold handrail on stairs.
After that it's smooth sailing. The brain just needs time to adjust to the new parameters.
thedarktowerguy
I never got used to them. Hope you have better luck.
klaceo
Same. I find myself taking my glasses off to read more than anything
brokenturtle
nullbr
is that how you censor nipples in braille?
Targe0
They touch it for the articles.
Snooj
Necessary censor marks.
ope1
Did you say Abe Lincoln?
TheDreadPirateMontoya
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Hekatombe
androgenoide
It's always the eyes that do it
Hekatombe
androgenoide
Triple sandpaper.
Christhewise42
As someone in the opticians business I recommend putting your chin to your chest while going up and down stairs until you get used to it.
keys79
This is very good advice! When I got mine a couple years ago I adjusted to them fairly well, with the exception of going down stairs. They will appear blurry to you at first, and it’s disorienting. You will get used to it though. I can’t live without mine now.
Christhewise42
I also recommend not driving in them until you're used to them
keys79
That was less of an issue for me, but solid advice in general.