I am fifteen, and about a year and a half ago I had to get glasses. A year later I could hardly see out of them, and I can't afford to get a new pair yet, so I've just been trying to deal with it ... I just wanted to know if as I get older will my eyesight continue to fade, or possibly get better? The person I went to said that it may get worse but then will get better as I grew up, but I don't know if that is true. I really don't want to use glasses for the rest of my life, and is there something I can do to help this? (I heard eating carrots will improve your eyesight, but is this true?)
2007-06-26 11:06:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Optical
Eating carrots will protect you from losing night vision, but you have to have a deficiency for this to matter...
There is no way to know about your vision. That would be something to discuss with your ophthalmologist.
Some young people have conditions that will get a bit worse each time there is a growth spurt, but then their vision will stabilize when they've reached their full growth (I'm one of those... my children inherited that condition... so it might be worth it to ask your parents if either of them wears glasses and they could relate their own personal experience.)
Once you are an adult, there are options to glasses... like contact lenses (even extended wear lenses so you only have to change them like once a week or so)
There's also LASIK surgery for some conditions that is very successful if you have a qualified physician and no eye health issues that would contraindicate the procedure. Always get at least two opinions about whether you are a good candidate for this procedure.
My best to you...
2007-06-26 11:17:57 · answer #1 · answered by thegirlwholovedbrains 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Eating a very healthy diet with plenty of vegetables will help your eyes. But if certain eye problems run in your family. Odds are they could happen to you.
Generally in High School, because of the amount of reading and studying that has to be done, eyes do go down hill.
I also began wearing glasses at 15, I am 66 now and have worn them my entire life. My eyes have a shape that is not very conducive to wearing contacts or having Lasik surgery.
It really sounds like your lenses need to be changed. Your vision will most likely never be better, but will continue to slowly get worse. It is just one of those facts of life. And none of us love wearing glasses. But they do just become a part of you after a while, and I like to read to much to give them up.
2007-06-26 11:38:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Eat carrots, but sorry to say it has no effect on refractive error. It may improve dark adaptation(ability to see when you go from lighted to dark places, the time to adapt is less if you eat more carrots).
You r growing, yr eyeball is also growing. So the myopia (- refractive erroe) will keep increasing for may be a couple of years. Then it will stabilize. You may opt for contact lenses.
2007-06-26 12:13:39 · answer #3 · answered by lisathegr8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
getting more nearsighted is not the same as "losing vision" or "going blind".
just b/c you need "stronger" glasses does not mean that you are "losing vision". those are 2 totally different things.
getting more nearsighted in your teenage years is called "juvenile myopia progression"
2007-06-26 11:46:14 · answer #4 · answered by princeidoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm at the age the sight starts fading (but you ain't) t's gradual and unnoticeable-- look to be buried before it gets real
worrisome
2007-06-26 11:12:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋