Should I get glasses if I have contacts?

Question

I wear contacts everday all day from when I get up to when I go to bed. It ends up being about 18 hours a day. My vision isn't too terrible -1.75 or so. Im going to college next year and I started thinking maybe I should go get some glasses. Im wondering if this is really necessary since I wear contacts all the time. I literally havent worn glasses in probably 5 or 6 years I wasnt a big fan of them. Any opinions would be great! Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

You should just get a cheaper pair. Nothing to expensive if your not going to be wearing them a lot. That way if you get an eye infection or something you'll have them. Also you might not have time to put them in if your running late or something. Good luck!

Answer 2

Yes, for two main reasons:

One, if you have an eye infection, or for any other reason you can't wear your contacts for a while, you'd be really stuck.

Two, if you have back-up glasses it gives you the choice of other than all day for the wearing time, and on those occasions when your eyes are just slightly reporting they've had enough, you won't be so tempted to "push" the wearing time longer than you should.  This could be very important years down the line.

Answer 3

i think it would be a good idea. then you have a back up in case you run out of contacts.

Answer 4

yeah, you never know.

you should always keep a back-up pair of glasses. :]

just make sure they're not that expensive, if you wear your contacts like 24/7.

Answer 5

I would say that it would be good to get a cheap pair of glasses.  You should have something just in case your eye gets infected and you can't wear your contacts for a while.  And, studying a lot in college can make your eyes really dry.  Wearing my glasses at night time when I was doing school work really helped my eyes not feel so tired.