Does getting a more advanced, stronger prescription make your eyesight get worse and worse?

Question

I think it does. so i think i should only use my stronger glasses when I really need them. My mom, however, says not switching completely my damage my eyesight even more. Who is correct? Will changing completely into a stronger prescription damage the cornea or something further?

Answer 1

If the stronger prescription is the RIGHT prescription, that's the one you should use, otherwise you will strain your eyes and suffer headaches and other side effects as a result. Definitely wear the proper glasses, they will not make your eyesight worse.

Answer 2

There are two completely different answers, depending on what type of correction is being applied.

(1) If you are LONG sighted, the lenses used will be positive (convex) and their effect will be to make the muscles that focus your eye relax. If they are too strong, your eye will simply relax as much as possible and this cannot do any harm (although you won't be able to see properly). Reading glasses, as sold over the counter without prescription, are positive lenses of this type -- that's why they can be sold this way, as they are safe even if you buy the wrong ones.

(2) If you are SHORT sighted, the lenses used will be negative (concave) and their effect will be to make the muscles that focus your eye contract to compensate for the lens. If the lenses are too strong, your eye muscles will constantly contract too much and in time this will distort your eye, making you even more short sighted. This is why lenses of this type are never sold without a prescription from a qualified optometrist. A good optometrist will always ensure that the lenses prescribed are the very minimum strength needed to give you clear vision, and will also advise you to wear them as little as possible, i.e. if you can watch TV comfortably without them, do so.

Answer 3

you know I had the same problem... i wear contacts that are of a stronger and more accurate prescription than my glasses....
if you keep wearing stronger prescription glasses/contacts, your number will keep INCREASING (TRUST ME ON THIS ONE!!)..
the size of the eye keeps changing until you reach a certain age.... after that your eye sight stops increasing... i would say, use your stronger prescription glasses when you're in school.. in order to avoid squinting, which makes your eyes work harder than normal to focus on something... this causes stress, which increases blurriness.. but if you're not doing anything important, you can wear your old glasses...
because once you get used to wearing stronger prescription glasses, it will eventually be not strong anymore...

Here are some tips to improve your eyesight:
eat lots and lots of carrots... get those mini carrot snacks... carrot juice etc... massage/rub (very gently) the area around the eye with your thumbs... do this everyday coz it makes your eye muscles stronger...

Answer 4

Prescription glasses or contacts are neither stronger nor weaker. They are just correct. Wear them as advised by the specialist.

Answer 5

You should use the stronger perscription or the one persrcribed by your optometrist. Im not sure if incorrect glasses can lead to eye damage but it will lead to other painfull symptoms such as headaches and running into things from not being able to see.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I have heard that when you go without glasses or contacts it forces your eyes to get stronger. But fortunately some cool person invented laser surgery so it doesn't matter.