Do people with glasses/contacts usually have better vision with those in than people who don't need them?

Question

I always seem to see better than my friends who don't need glasses. I wear contacts. Of course if I didn't wear them my vision would be horrible, but I do wear them, so on a daily basis I have better vision than them.

Answer 1

i wear contacts most of the time and glasses sometimes.

and if you see better than your friends then it might mean that they need glasses/contacts, or maybe they can see just enough, their vision might not be perfect but not bad enough to have to get glasses/contacts. So you probably do see better than some, although glasses/contacts are made so you can see

everything like a normal human, who doesn't need them.

Answer 2

My contacts really sharpened my vision to about 20/15, so yes, but I can see as good as that now after lasik.  I would say glasses can not make your vision better than normal 20/20 if that, there's too much distortion from the curve in the lens and there's no peripheral vision.

The above answers are wrong - many opticians can make your vision better than 20/20 with contact Rx's and mine usually did.

Answer 3

No.  All corrective lenses do is make your eyesight normal.  If you see better with your lenses than your friends do, then your friends need to get their eyes checked.

Answer 4

I completely agree with Cajun.  He's  right on target.

If you see better than they do with your corrective lenses, then they probably need to get examined for glasses.

Answer 5

it depends you could be seeing better than your friends but mayb your correction is to 20/15 and your friend may only have 20/20

Answer 6

I don't think so. Even with glasses or contact lenses, my distance vision still isn't as sharp as it is with those who have normal vision or are farsighted. I notice it most with street signs. People who are with me can almost always read them from a greater distance than I can.