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Glasses, contact lenses, or lasik.

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N.L.
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so if you're like me and can't see shit, your at a huge disadvantage. glasses inside goggles shouldn't even really be an option, prescription goggles are out there, but i have been wearing contacts since i was 12.

my contacts have always given me problems, but this summer i hit a booter with sunglasses on, and right before takeoff my contacts malfunctioned. i had set a spin so i just went with it, with my eyes closed. i ended up putting a 5 to my feet and then my ass, but this could have been deadly.

this morning i had lasik eye surgery, and i can already see. ive been researching this for three years, so im not saying people should do what i did, but this thread is for us blind folks to discuss how we get through it.

Oct 2 2009 3:51PM
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eheath
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Solution: Conquer eye retardation at birth.
Oct 2 2009 3:58PM
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tbayjibber
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i've skied with glasses for like 10 years, it really sucks plus you look retarded. I got contacts and they haven't bugged me yet, haven't seriously skied with them yet though
Oct 2 2009 4:00PM
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brickerenator
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Contacts

just gotta wear goggles with them. Otherwise they will dry out during the day. And if there's any sort of precipitation, you are screwed.
Oct 2 2009 4:02PM
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jonkreation
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When I was little I was the nerdy kid who couldn't see without glasses, but his parents wouldn't let him get contacts yet. I took a dive rockin a "black diamond" like a total badass and cut my face up pretty good.

Otherwise contacts haven't given me problems now that i'm all grown up. How's the Lasik? Do you see "halos" around lights like I always here. That sounds annoying and scary if its permanent.

Oct 2 2009 4:04PM
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BootySpunk.
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Contacts during day
Glasses at night
Lasik when I get older...hopefully
Oct 2 2009 4:07PM
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pho[tog]rapher
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My contacts usually don't give me problems unless my goggles aren't sitting right. If it gets super dry air in there, it makes them really uncomfortable. Glasses, you're right, just aren't an option for me.

Have a good friend getting Lasik in like two weeks, and I'm interested in seeing how it changes his season.
Oct 2 2009 4:08PM
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Logey.
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It seems like u have been on this website for a while now, why does this thread belong in ski gabber at all?
Oct 2 2009 4:10PM
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N.L.
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im glad i took care of mental retardation before my "eye retardation".  if your posting in this thread and don't have one of the fore mentioned dilemmas in your life, go troll somewhere else, i have a week of recovering, which means a week of NS.

i did alot of research before i went through with it. i found a really good doctor and had a very good procedure. two lasers and nothing touches my eyes, there is a 99.9 success rate, and like i said i can already see. they did tiger woods, ten years ago from yesterday, hes a billionaire.


Oct 2 2009 4:13PM
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eheath
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OH NOSE
Oct 2 2009 4:19PM
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C.K
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Daily One use only contacts are the best so far
I found contacts using solution too much of a problem
Oct 3 2009 12:28AM
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Thenowhereman42
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I know someone that had lasik.  He was really happy until about 5 years later when all the sudden he stopped being able to see in the dark.  Nowadays he has to wear contracts again.
Oct 3 2009 12:38AM
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Raptor.
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thats what im currently using and ive had 0 problems except forgetting to take them out at night once or twice because I forgot i have bad vision and I cant notice them
Oct 3 2009 12:55AM
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mmallender.
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this, simple and effective
Oct 3 2009 12:56AM
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gregorio
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just do at home lasik surgery with the scal pal!!
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Oct 3 2009 1:01AM
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GayWolf420
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I wear contacts, there a bitch sometimes. id go with lasik
Oct 3 2009 1:17AM
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4frnt_4_life
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even though i hate contacts and im not a huge fan of wearing glasses I still wouldn't get lasik because my dad got it and he cant read anything up close now without reading glasses which would really annoy me more then not being able to see long distances
Oct 3 2009 1:45AM
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omnomnom
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I've had eye problems for about 8 years. (Glasses for 7 years and contacts for 1). Skiing with glasses sucked a ton so I got contacts and I love them. Only downside is, they can (rarely) cause eye infections due to sleeping in them if they arent made for that among other things. I currently have one. Hurts sooo bad. But if you have the money, and your eyes are done changing, go for lasiks bro. The second i get old enough for it I'm doing it. I hate having to worry about contacts/glasses.
Oct 3 2009 1:51AM
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Happy.
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My eyesight is fucking terrible, I wear contacts skiing all the time and have never had a problem with em
Oct 3 2009 2:45AM
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k-rob
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yeah i don't leave my house without my contacts in, and if i could afford lasik i'd probably get it (i'm still kinda sketched out by the idea of having a laser shot at my eyeball, plus i know a couple of people who had it and it didn't work for them).
Oct 3 2009 2:47AM
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BC.
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contacts until i graduate college then getting lasik before I go into OCS for the Army.
Oct 3 2009 3:16AM
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N.L.
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no one has tried Rx goggles? i was going to have a pair made for me in breck, but i bought new boots instead.

lasik is a surgery and has downfalls, like reading glasses, but both of my parents need them, and the doc did tell me i would when i get mid 40.
Oct 3 2009 8:06AM
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factory81
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I've wanted lasik. But its like $2-3 grand at least.

Are joo rich?
Oct 3 2009 8:38AM
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VPP
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I wear contacts under my goggles and have no problems whatsoever.
Oct 3 2009 8:45AM
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five0
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i know someone that actually went blind after lasik, i myself either go without glasses under my goggles since my vision isnt completely terrible.  but i do have contacts and enjoy seeing clearly at all distances so i may start using my contacts too
Oct 3 2009 9:10AM
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mattytru
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yeah me too, i dont think my contacts have ever dried up on me and ive had them for 2-3 years now
Oct 3 2009 10:01AM
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weedski
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nah, i just work, that's how i pay for my skiing also. this season will prolly cost more than my surgery.


even wearing goggles, if im straight lining at a jump my contacts do weird things. or if you ever lose one and have to go the rest of the day with only one contact, thats sucks.

no one has Rx goggles?
Oct 3 2009 10:02AM
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.travis.
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did you try many different brands of contacts? i was going though them really fast so i got a different brand and they work great. used to have to wear glasses skiing and it was the worst. no i just wear contacts when im like actually doing something and glasses when im just chillin or going to class. probably would never get lasik, still sketched about it.
Oct 3 2009 10:16AM
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Tbrody
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I wear contacts when I ski, glasses when they're convenient, and will get lasik when my eyesight is consistent.

Your vision isn't stable until your mid twenties typically and I want to make sure it is before I drop a couple g's on the surgery.

Know before you go!
Oct 3 2009 10:18AM
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N.L.
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yeah the way i seen it, 10 years of conatcs and glasses and hassle of it all is worth 3 grand.

i want to invent extreme contact lenses. for sports and working construction. it would just be an oversized contact lens that would inherently be harder to get in, but would hold its place better and protect more of the cornea. could this work, and how could i sell it to acuvue?
Oct 3 2009 10:26AM
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Tbrody
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try acuvue 2 oasys / they work amazing for me, never had a problem skiing

and you can't sell it to acuvue, sorry haha
Oct 3 2009 10:28AM
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thegreyarea
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I skied with contacts fo the first time this season. I use to tough it out before and not wear glasses. Contacts have been great except for very high speeds. When people focus, their rate of blinking decreases. The cold air and not blinking causes my eyes to water and my contacts start to float. It's like having crisco rubbed on your eyes.
Oct 3 2009 12:15PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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Don't they make prescription goggles? i used to have glasses, but my vision improved and now I don't need them anymore. My dad needs to wear glasses though. He skis with his ray bans, he has some otg goggles but he never wears them.
Oct 3 2009 1:10PM
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mackinnon
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knock on wood i've never needed to wear my glasses while skiing
Oct 3 2009 1:13PM
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