Girls who wear glasses...

Like several other people I use my day-to-day glasses at yard - have got used to peering through a fog of rain,dust and horse flob (my boy likes to lick them!) but leave them off when riding Can see well enough to get by - just don't ask me to read anything!!
 
FrostyFeet said:
I was always put off by the fact that eye surgeons and opthalmologists plus opticians always stick to their specs
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My late Dad was a consultant eye surgeon. Admittedly he had retired by the time Laser surgery took off, but his advice was to me was to steer well clear, as eyes are delicate things to be messing with..
 
Tiddlypom said:
My late Dad was a consultant eye surgeon. Admittedly he had retired by the time Laser surgery took off, but his advice was to me was to steer well clear, as eyes are delicate things to be messing with..
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Couldn't agree more! I've heard of so many problems and its ot even a permanent fix.
 
Tiddlypom said:
I've been put off having Laser treatment because it was reputed to adversely affect night vision. I'm often out at dawn and dusk doing the neds so value my night vision very highly.

Anyone know if modern Laser treatments are better in this respect?
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I had treatment which was designed to avoid this... I've not noticed any negative effects on my night vision and I don't get halos... I think it's called waveform - and is approved for fighter pilots. But it was v expensive... 2k per eye.

I'm a doctor myself and putted off having it done for years because of it but when I had it done the surgeon I had had been doing it for 8 years at a rate of 32 cases on average a week and never had anyone who's sight was worse than when they started - the worst effect was dry eyes... But this was about 14 cases over the 8 years ... Horses for courses but compared to the risk of say a boob job it's none existent.
 
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I can't wear contacts, can't have surgery and have a whopping presription :) (Too blind to ride without- or even yard chores really, I certainly can't make out peoples faces without etc) I don't find it a bother at all but then I've always known it.
They get a bit steamed up if you get hot :o historically for prince phillip cup!
If possible it's best to have the edges of your lenses curved so if you fall on them you don't cut your cheeks/eye socket but I've only done that from cycling not riding :) I sleep and shower in my glasses :P
Make sure they fit snug enough they don't slip down picking out feet!
 
I just wear my normal glasses. Don't take any extra measures. I wear mine 24/7 anyway and they fit well so don't notice any particular issues.

I do remember many moons ago I was out pony trekking - pony had a bronc session and my glasses went flying into a field with typically the longest grass in existence! 2 hours later I gave up hope and nervously plodded home to break the news to my parents....
 
Definitely need to be snug-have a fear of breaking them as I really am incredibly accident prone...Would always need to keep a spare pair in the car I think,just to be sure I can drive home if the worst happens!
 
I usually wear contacts, but if I don't for whatever reason, I'll either put on my old glasses or just go without (but only if I plan on schooling - I hate hacking out when everything is blurry, it feels so unsafe). I've been tempted to get plastic lenses etc as mentioned by people above but at the moment it's easier and more comfortable for me to wear contacts (though it's a right hassle if you get dirt in your eye!)
 
Tiddlypom said:
Flexon frames, which are bendy and return to their correct alignment if they take a battering. Also plastic lenses. And peaked hats.

I've worn specs for the last 45 years (have 'dry eye' so can't wear contacts.) The flexon frames have transformed the practicality of specs wearing for this middle aged tomboy. I've had the current pair for 3 years, and haven't had to return to the optician to have them straightened out since I got them, despite numerous challenges to their integrity.

Did inadvertently jump my horse over a cattle grid many years ago whilst hunting on Dartmoor on a rainy day :eek3:. Thank goodness he was looking where he was going, I was steamed up.
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Didn't even know you could get plastic lenses… will have to ask my optician about them!
 
Oddly,have never had problems with dirt and contacts,but maybe because I have haylage rather than hay and shavings/pellets not straw,so less dust around?? I have always kept a lens pot and an unopened lens solution bottle at the yard though,just in case.
 
I wear contact lenses but due to an infection years ago I can really only tolerate them for 4-5 hours as my eyes become sore and dry. However, I've just changed to Dailies TOTAL 1 lenses and they are brilliant. They have a high water content and high gas permeability, DK 140. Now I can use them all day without any soreness, dryness or redness and when I take them out they are still moist and come out really easily. Might be worth a try if you can't tolerate the older type lenses.
 
FrostyFeet said:
MyDogisanIdiot-thankyou,will speak to optician re coating as they do steam up. Do glasses alter your hat size? Apologies for daft question 😳
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I was wearing my glasses when I tried on my hat for purchase, I need them for everything except reading. I have a smallish head, children's glasses are a little small but adults are a bit big. That is why they fall off my face when doing hooves. They only fall off when riding if I fall off the horse. Otherwise I find they stay put. But if I take them off whilst wearing a riding hat, I will have to remove the hat to replace the glasses. So although I can't feel it, the hat must somehow be holding the glasses on. Maybe because hats come to the top of the ears? I never have problems with steaming up either and I always have the cheapest lenses in my yard glasses, with no special coating.
 
I must be hot stuff 😳
Same here with small head,child's riding hat and in between with child/adult glasses. Will try hat and see how I go 😀
 
I never ride in glasses anymore and I'm pretty much blind. I had a hunting accident 4 years ago, I would have got away with just a nose-bleed if it hadn't been for glasses which embedded themselves in my eyebrow and lid. They were plastic frames. I was sent by a&e to a specialist facial clinic and to credit them the scar is barely visible despite needing internal and external stitching under GA and not being able to open my eye for nearly 2 weeks. they said if I'd had metal frames it would have been a lot worse with damage to the actual eye being highly likely.

I'm also useless with contact lenses so have given up those
 
I wore contact lenses for over thirty years then had to stop wearing them. I so hate the problems with glasses but o not suffer too much around the horses/donkeys. I do wear a peaked hat but still need windscreen wipers and demisters. Luckily my riding hat stays above the glasses. One of my worst problems is being nudged in the face by big horse heads.

I did get problems sometimes with dirt getting behind my contacts nd that was painful.
 
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LittleRocketRider-that sounds horrendous. I really can't imagine riding without anything though-my vision is truly awful,I would be a liability!
HappyClappy-I wonder about the nudging too; mini not a problem but my mare is at 17 hands.. Had concussion a couple of months ago as we banged heads (see what I mean re clumsy?!) when her reins caught on stable door as I was untacking-she panicked,I moved to free her and wallop! I do think the answer may be to wear a peaked riding hat on the ground,probably the only way to stay out of trouble 😃
 
I don't know what the all the fuss is about, been wearing glasses for years, am so blind I can't see without. I do use my contacts more, but when I was younger and Mum couldn't afford them (as they were mega expensive in those day) I just got on with it, I don't really notice them misting up and if fitted correctly they don't move. I spent 5 years riding racehorses out every morning in them and falling off many times and never even thought of doing anything different. I did look at the flexible frames but didn't get on with them, so just have a cheap pair, with thinned lenses, anti glare etc for work and a nicer pair for going out.
 
I found that the combo of hat harness and non flexible arms hurt the top of my ears: I am sensitive!
However I subsequently used my prescription ski goggles (these and prescription swimming goggles (thankfully) are very easily available).
I wear contact lenses but I kept whipping myself in the eye with branches (tall me, tall horse) so found this was helpful as a back-up if I had a sore eye.

My brother had his eyes lasered; also virtually cured his extremely severe divergent squint. He described it as the greatest relief of his life. They usually do one at a time, just in case.
 
My dad used to ride in glasses until his horse fell, he went over its head and his glasses almost cut his nose off. He had to have it sewed back on and now has a scar nearly all the way round.

Fortunately, I only have a weak prescription but would never ride in glasses.
 
Bakewell-love the idea of prescription goggles,never knew they existed either,think will have to quiz opticians!
FeebeeFriesian-thankyou for this link,will take a look 😃
 
I never used to wear glasses, but then had to and when I rode etc in them. I used to find the dust bothered me more than anything and the rain on them. Have since had my eyes lasered so no need for glasses ��

Hope your eye mends soon x Take care and look after that eye ��
 
Mrs G said:
I needed glasses but never wore them for riding - used contact lenses for years but then I got to the stage where after a couple of hours my eyes were so sore I felt like rubbing them raw. I bit the bullet and used my savings to get my eyes lasered - it was a revelation. My eyesight was near perfect after and that lasted about 6/7 years. They have deteriorated slightly now and I do have a low prescription pair I use for driving at night or going to the theatre/cinema, but I can still see far better than I could before the op and still well enough to ride.
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The trouble with lasering it that there is a minimum/maximum prescription that makes it acceptable. My left eye is -11.25 so WAAAAYYY beyond the limit. The right eye isn't far behind and also beyond help.
 
For the people who say they wouldn't ride in glasses - how bad is your sight?

I can't wear contact lenses and I am very short sighted so always ride in glasses. My prescription is something like -5 in each eye plus asigmatism so without glasses I can't even read the top letter of the chart at the opticians (chart? what chart, I don't see a chart there....).
I consider it too risky to effectively ride blind.
 
CobsCanDo-the same here re chart,no clue. Have always been eternally grateful I was born when and where I was-a different time,a different country-lucky to lead a normal life in spite of rubbish vision. The night I injured my eye brought home to me just how precious eyesight is-even though I had another eye,the thought of losing the sight in one induced total panic. Thank heavens for glasses/contacts/lasering-whichever we all choose,I feel so lucky to have that choice 😃
 
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