How old were you when you needed permanant glasses?

I've been wearing them full time since I was a young child. I love wearing glasses and prefer them over contact lenses. I love having several styles to choose from and wearing them as an accessory. Don't get me wrong - I wish I could see clearly without them and sometimes find them a hassle - but I think my face looks right with glasses.

My daughter is disappointed every single year when she goes to my eye doctor with me and she can read the smallest print on the chart - she desperately wants to wear glasses.

I got my first glasses at 11. But I've been wearing contacts since I was 14. Hate hate hate wearing glasses. They annoy me.

Between 5th and 6th grade... although I probably needed them for about a year before that.

In my thirties for distance, but I take them off for reading and computer work.

I was 8 or 9.

I was in second grade back in the day when glasses weren't cool - remember "four eyes?"

At sixteen, my eye doctor said I could wear contacts, and I have ever since. I have a pair of glasses, just in case, but the lenses are so thick. Ewww.

I do grab cheaters now, even though my contacts are supposed to correct both near and far sightedness. Things just aren't as clear and sharp as they used to be.

I got them in high school for distance, and I still only wear them for distance. I can still read small print and computer screens without cheaters.

I got glasses when I was six or seven. I probably needed them before that. And it wasn't until my 30s that my prescription finally stopped getting worse.

I was about 19 when I started to notice deteriorating vision. It went very quickly from there and I have a very strong perscription that still hasn't quite stabilized (46 years old).

I started to wear readers at 40, but, I only need them with my contacts
in. When I have my contacts out I can't see anything past my elbow, but, I can see perfectly close up!!

Erin

20. Then I wore contacts for the next 20 years and now I'm back to glasses.

Since fourth grade, however old that is. I've always been nearsighted until a couple years ago now I can't see close up either. Ideally I need bi-focals, but my vertigo prevents that. So whenever I'm reading or doing computer work I wear glasses...on top of glasses. Lol.

5 years old. I can see the kindle about three inches from my face ...

5. I actually wore bifocals in grade school. Then I switched to hard contacts at about 5th grade to slow down how fast my vision changed (about every 3 months); it did help to a certain extent.

7, but I most likely needed them for years before that.