What is it like wearing contact lenses if you don't need them (Ones to impr!

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Wearing contacts that are prescribed for someone else is like wearing there glasses. If you have different prescriptions, you will see blurry. You can go to the Optometrist and ask to try contacts (even if you have 20/20 vision) and they have contacts that have no power in them. You feel the contacts are first, you are aware of something in your eye. In a couple of hours, you don't feel anything and you forget you are wearing them.

4th year optometry student...graduating in 7 months!!!

Wearing prescription contact lenses or glasses with the wrong prescription will not effect your vision permanently, but you will not be able to see clearly when wearing the corrective lenses. It could be also be dangerous, like you could run your bike into a tree because you can't judge the distance or you could start having problems in school because you can't see the board and may not even be able to see your the notes you are reading or taking.

common sense
http://www.grandtimes.com/eyes.html

Anyone with normal eyesight will become either hyperopic or myopic if forced to wear prescription contact lenses for a long time. Not after just one day but definately after a year.

Source:
Shaeffel, F., Glasser, A., and Howland, H.C. (1988) Accomodation, refractive error and eye growth in chickens. Vis. Res. 28, 639-657.
Shaeffel F., Howland HC. (1991) Properties of feedback loops controlling eye growth and refractive state in the chicken. Vis Res; 31:717-734.

There you go a scientific answer

Its always helpful in yahoo answers (health section) to trust science rather than a salesman

if there is a prescription in them you won't be able to see clearly your vision will be all blurry and it can be bad for your eyes too

work in opticians

if u dont need 2 them u dont need them.
i used 2 wear them but they did my eyes in and i need em.