every 2 years for me, had mine done a month ago and i'm fine.

All NHS tests are free, in scotland anyway. I used to work for an optical lab (making the specs), and it would fear you the mount of profit they make!

Hi

50/50 vision for me I am lucky. My husband had his eyes lazored about 6ish years ago best money we ever spent.

I have considered going for a test but I am convinced they will tell me I need glasses and apart from the expense, I guess I am a bit vain. I haven't had any reason to think I do need glasses but at 37 it could well be the case.

I probably will go one day! (when I'm feeling brave)

excuse my ignorance, but whts 50/50 vision? ive only ever heard of 20/20 vision (two of my kids have this)

anyway Fi, great thread hun, maybe it will give someone else a kick up the jacksy and get them donw to gte their eyes checked, mine get done every 2 years for glasses and contact check is every 6months (inc in cost of lenses) and i never miss one, its far too important, id love laser treatment, but ive heard stories where it goes wrong, and i know id be the one it happened too, and i love my glasses and lenses anyway

xxxxx

Hehe, thought i'd just dig up an older thread.
I have just recently got specs for the first time. Its so hard to get used to them but my nail art has improved a lot!

I was having bad pains in my eyes, and after going to the docs then the eye hospital I was referred to the opticians, who said I need glasses for close up work and reading/watching TV/Geeking...

It was only 5 months ago I had a test and the optician had said I wouldnt need glasses til I was 40! So unless that optician was rubbish and didnt pick up on the problem which the new one did or not I don't know, but it just made me realise how things can quickly deteriorate!!

Look after your eyes geeks

Every 2 years without fail.

I wear glasses and contacs and i cant see anything other than a blury outline if i dont wear them. I too used to hate the thought of people looking at me wearing glasses, even more so when they said it made me look sofisticated!...me

now i dont give a hoot, im me glasses and all, i like to see what im doing, where im going and more imprtantly whos short changing me lmao

I have to have my eyes tested every2 years coz my mum has got glaucoma.
not nice for her but my tests are free now i'm over 40

I agree pips, to think I was once too vain to wear mine!

I was just looking at when I posted this thread and can't believe that it has been almost a month since I got my new glasses and although it was hard at first to get used to them, being varifocles, I couldn't be without them now. How on earth I managed before is totally beyond me.

Mine were probably last tested about ummmmmm 4yrs ago?
20/20 at the time. I was going routinely BECAUSE of my migraines.
I guess I'm due.

No glasses or contacts yet, and I'm to be 37 in the spring (IF it ever gets here, with all the damn snow), knock on wood.
I guess I'll go for an appointment soon.
Thanks for reminding me.

xoxo

every 2 years i go i am supposed to wear glasses all the time but wear them when studying, computer tv etc, it was an optician who picked up something wrong with my mum before she got diagnosed with a brain tumour,
he noticed something wrong and sent her to a&e straight away...sadly it was too far advanced.
The opticians alos picked up on my graves disease i had fatty deposits behind my right eye...he told me this before my blood tests came back...opticians see and look for alot more than we think....and they are worth their weight in gold...