Bifocal Contacts With Glasses

DebiK · #1 (**permalink**) 05-05-2008, 04:20 PM

I don't know how common this is, so I'm going to go ahead and ask. How many of you wear bifocal contacts, but you still need your reading glasses?

skatss · #2 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 01:30 PM

My contacts aren't bifocal but my eyeglasses are. I have a friend who wears her contacts but needs to wear her bifocal glasses when she reads. I don't usually read too much with my contacts but when I have to I have to bring the paper way out in front of me to see the words. LOL

I don't have bifocal contacts and I won't get them. I hate bifocals and have problems with them when I have to walk around. It's a pain to have to put my head all the way down to see the sidewalk.

I'm not happy wearing my glasses because of that so I will not get bifocal contacts.

faithib · #3 (**permalink**) 05-14-2008, 09:25 AM

I would think your bifocal contacts weren't the right prescription if you still needed reading glasses.
I'm still thinking I'm going to try the combo toric and bifocal.
I love my progressive lenses in my glasses and would never ever want to be without them in contacts either.

DebiK · #4 (**permalink**) 07-11-2008, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by skatss

I don't have bifocal contacts and I won't get them. I hate bifocals and have problems with them when I have to walk around. It's a pain to have to put my head all the way down to see the sidewalk.

That's an interesting point, Skatss. I suppose you would have to look at the sidewalk at an odd angle to avoid the magnifiers. Never thought of that.