Both are a good choice. It is a matter of tastes and needs

Choosing between wearing glasses or contact lenses to correct your vision depends mainly on personal preferences. Lifestyle, comfort, convenience, budget, and aesthetics are factors that influence your decision. Before deciding, keep in mind that one is not necessarily better than the other; each one has advantages regarding vision, ease of use and eye health

Cecilia Contreras, Ophthalmologist at the Clínica Ricardo Palma, helps us with this versus and points out the advantages between both options

Glasses

• They require very little cleaning and maintenance
• You do not need to touch your eyes to use them, which decreases the risk of eye infections
• Glasses are cheaper than long-term contact lenses since they do not need to be replaced so often
• There is a variety of glasses, such as bifocals or photochromic (clear lenses indoors and at night, and darken automatically when exposed to sunlight)
• – Glasses with photochromic lenses block 100% of ultraviolet rays and protect not only the inside of the eye from these rays but also the outside and the eyelids
• Glasses can also act as an extension of personality and mark a style that stands out according to the frame design
• When the frames are not well adjusted, they exert constant pressure on the nose and ears, causing headaches and general malaise

Contact lenses

• They correspond to the curvature of your eyes, providing a wider field of view and causing fewer distortions and visual obstructions than glasses
• Do not impede activities when practicing sports and exercises
• In general, contact lenses are not affected by weather conditions and will not fog up in cold weather like glasses
• If you want to experience how you would look with different eye color, you can try it with cosmetic contact lenses, without affecting your eyesight
• No matter what you wear, your contact lenses do not clash
• Contact lenses require specific care and daily cleaning of the case, to avoid potentially serious eye infections. If you can’t commit to this, you better wear glasses
• If you accidentally fall asleep with them your eyes will be dry, sandy, red and irritated when you wake up

In the end, the decision is yours, so you should sit down and think about the pros and cons based on your needs and your budget. You may consult this issue with your Ophthalmologist

Dr. Cecilia Contreras
Ophthalmologist at Clínica Ricardo Palma