I was born with strabismus, I have always worn glasses but have switched to contacts. My eyes drift outward slightly, but since I got my contacts my parents and sister have noticed it decrease alot. Not to mention my friends. I am glad, but am baffled as to why this has happened. Why?
2007-12-08 06:00:35 · 5 answers · asked by Emilia 3 in Health ➔ Optical
It's very possible.
Are you short-sighted or long-sighted?
If your contacts (it could work with glasses too) are a certain amount over-corrected if short-sighted or under-corrected if long-sighted, the slight extra muscular effort your good eye had to make would result in a slight drift *in* in the other.
Provided it does not induce excessive fatigue, this can be done deliberately, but the chance to do it drops off with age, as the eye's ability to accommodate reduces.
With glasses, but not with contacts, there's at least one other optical trick which can make an eye appear straight when it is not, provided the "turn" is small and there really is no binocular vision. It's usually referred to as "reverse prisms".
Optometrist, retired.
2007-12-08 06:26:04 · answer #1 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem since birth.
I have had 5 surgeries and finally got mine straight. I was always told me that I couldn't wear contacts.
To answer your question correctly I would just ask you doctor why it has helped some.
2007-12-08 07:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by wigglemommyof3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glasses don't require you to move your eyes as much (ie, since you can't see to the side where there is no lens, you move your head to look sideways), and your eye muscles don't get the workout they require to stay healthy.
With contacts, you can move your eyes anywhere and see clearly... I believe this has helped make your eye muscles stronger! Which, of course, would help with strabismus. :)
2007-12-08 06:06:45 · answer #3 · answered by whimsy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
awe :/
that sux that you have that problem.
good to hear that it's going away with your new contacts though.
the drifting to the sides is just a part of the whole vision problem.
bad overall vision focus will do that.
2007-12-08 06:03:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because contact lens actually changes the shape of your eye, making them rounder and maybe this is why you noticed a change.
2007-12-08 06:05:23 · answer #5 · answered by CndnBrook 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋