Originally posted by WesCottII
Ummm....dude. They make contacts for "astigma".
I've got them in right now. They cost abit more, but they make them.
Yeah they do. They are the hard contacts. I have myopia (near-sightedness) but it's not a bad thing. If you have a good vision plan you can get some really nice frames. I have about 6 pairs of various Kenneth Cole, Calvin Klein, Guess eyeglasses and they look good for certain.
Or if you absolutely, positively can't hack it with glasses then you might be able to have the PRK/Lasik/Lasek laser eye surgery. However I must warn you, you should know what you want to do in life because you may disqualified for jobs. I want to go to flight school in the Air Force but they only accept PRK within certain pre-operation stats. My Doctor tells me that Lasik is superior but it's an instant DQ for flight school. I wouldn't even get a chance to apply.
The hard contacts I believe can deal with astigmatism. I know because I have been wearing glasses for about 14 years now and about the 6 year(1993) I tried hard contacts. I couldn't do the soft contacts though. My astigmatism error is about -1.00.
You should talk with your Optometrist but glasses are cool man! I snagged more chicks than I should have with having neat glasses on.
