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"My Vision Seemed Better
Before I Got My Eyeglasses Glasses"
People that use corrective lenses (eyeglasses and/or contact lenses) to
aid (or correct) their distance vision sometimes compare their uncorrected
vision just after taking their corrective lenses off to when they haven’t
worn them for a few days. They might notice that their vision seems worse
just after taking them off compared to their vision while not wearing them
for a few days. Because of this, they are sometimes concerned that wearing
their corrective lenses is ultimately making their vision worse. Not true.
First of all as a side note, when we speak of correcting your vision, we
are using corrective lenses to “compensate” for your blurred vision.
Corrective lenses do not “correct” the blurred vision problem to minimize
the need for corrective lenses.
Our brain has a built-in clarity enhancing mechanism that improves blurred
images that we see. So when we don’t wear corrective lenses for a few days
or weeks, our brain is using its process of enhancing our blurred vision.
So if you wear a correction and you decide not to wear your eyeglasses for
a few days (or if they are misplaced!) you may feel that you actually
begin to see better than before! This is only because your brain is
enhancing your blurred world… it’s not because your need for corrective
lenses has been reduced or that your actual prescription has changed.
The Bottom Line: Wearing corrective
lenses sharpens your vision, reduces any tendencies for eyestrain and
tired eyes, and also decreases the tendency for vision-related headaches.
Wearing corrective lenses do not worsen your vision over time and they do
not “correct your vision” to reduce the necessity for corrective lenses in
the future.
~RQ
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