MMA and contact lenses

[hoplite]

Glasses, Contacts & Lasik

I have glasses but only require them for driving and admiring views. I remove them before training so they don’t get scratched. However, the newest pair has a high safety rating so I'm not too worried about them shattering.

Now that I think about it more, that sparring partner didn’t always remove his contacts. Sometimes they would get knocked out, and it was a nuisance for everyone to stop and crawl over the carpet looking for them.

eXcessiveForce, what do you think of lasik so far? Has anyone else had it?

[swagman]

eXcessiveForce, what do you think of lasik so far? Has anyone else had it?[/QUOTE]


My wife works in lasik surgery, and the results for those that it is intended for are remarkably good.

[eXcessiveForce]

it's been okay, they made me far sighted by a little bit. Did an enhancement and i'm still farsighted by a little. But i'm functional. I only did one eye because i'm a coward and couldn't be without the ability to read for very long.
At somepoint i'll do another enhancement if I can. if that works I might do the other eye.

[swan104]

I wear my soft contacts when training. For just normal training, they are fine. I normally wear them all day at work, and then keep them on fro training in the evening. However, I find that when I grapple, there is a chance of a lens getting knocked out when someone pushes their arm against my face. I've also had them knocked out whilst sparring.

I can get away with not wearing contacts when training. I can make out people. Just don't ask me to read a whiteboard, or to look at the clock and tell you what the time is!

[Eddy]

Yeah, thats about the only problem I had with contacts, they get knocked out all the time.

better learn to dodge soon. its getting expensive..

[Seifer2399]

I wear glasses when I fight/grapple, is it really a bad thing? If they hit your eye will the contact go up your ey, never to befound again?

. . .and you never once crushed them while rolling? Not even when put into a headmount? Or crossfaced? That's a tough pair o'glasses you got there . . .

Best regards,

Seifer2399

[JaredExtreme]

Am I the only one here with 20/20 vision?

[jubaji]

I wear glasses when I fight/grapple, is it really a bad thing?

Get contacts, or wrestle without vision correction.

[Bjjexpertise@be]

Oops, typo. I ment I wrestle with contacts. Wrestling with contacts won't screw up your eyes will it?

[jubaji]

I wrestle with contacts. Wrestling with contacts won't screw up your eyes will it?

bp, ur qpb't!