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Terrible eyesight; should I switch to contacts and when will my vision stabilize?
I'm 20 years old and my prescription is about -8.5 to -9.5 for both eyes. I've worn glasses all my life since about 2nd grade. Will switching to soft contacts help my prescription to stabilize and if not, will it ever?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
No soft contacts will not help. I know that RGP (hard lenses) may help children, but I am unsure if they will help an adult. My rx is like yours, and I wear contacts. I had to stop wearing contacts for awhile because my eyes kept getting worse, then when I went to glasses for about a year they got better.
Go to your eye dr and see what would be best for you.
Source(s): Optician - Pedestal 42Lv 71 decade ago
Switching to soft contacts will not make any difference to the rate of change.
In a proportion of young myopes, the rate of progression is slowed by the use of rigid gas permeable contacts.
(this is separate from the Ortho-K methods which seek to temporarily reduce myopic Rx, when rigid contacts are worn overnight)
You have a reasonable chance of your eyes stabilising any time from now into the next four years.
