Thread: Spectacles?

I am also short sighted but have no problem without glasses as shortsightness lets you see close up, at least in my case.

Have always worn glasses but take them off to shave and although I'm quite shortsighted it has never posed a problem for me - like you say ,I too strike the mirror with the scales as I move positions but I have never cut myself as a result.
Try it and see how it goes.
Regards

Noggs

I just started str8 shaving a couple of weeks ago and wore my glasses the first couple of shaves. They kept getting in the way or when I turned my head the correct direction I needed in order to see I wasn't even looking out the lenses. As my vision is horrible without them I was fearful of not wearing my glasses. However, it was so much easier to shave without them. Ocasionally I'll turn the scales down if I need to get closer, but mostly I'm learning by feel.

I've worn glasses since I was a kid as well. I take them off the shave though and I always have. I tried to change that with straight razor shaving, and tried to wear them for the first few outings. The temple bar was in the way for a clean cut on my sideburn length, so I ditched them. Before I went electric I was a blind shower shaver (cartridge razor, no soap or foam, no mirror, in the shower). I'd do the sideburns in five seconds at the sink after getting out. As a result of that horrid shaving ritual I shave mostly by feel.

It's exactly how I type on a keyboard. I don't have to look at the keys, but I'm not a touch typer either. I just kind of need to look....near them....sort of. If I can see that the razor is on my face in the blurry mirror, and can see which quadrant of my face has lather, I'm good to go.

I've tried wearing glasses, but the style of lens is such that I can't always be guaranteed to be looking through the lens so I rarely wear them. Contacts work nicely, or shaving by feel worst case scenario.

i wore glasses my entire life up until lasik 4 years ago.. i used to shave with them on using a cartridge.. it was no big deal..

on a side note.. i've gotten into the habit of wearing sunglasses nearly all the time.. i have yet to shave with them on. but i'll try tomorrow and let you know..

Originally Posted by vthomlinson

on a side note.. i've gotten into the habit of wearing sunglasses nearly all the time.. i have yet to shave with them on. but i'll try tomorrow and let you know..

Result of the lasik, or just 'cause?

I first started shaving without my glasses when I forgot to take my glasses to the gym, where I most often shave. I am short sighted but have no problem distinguishing between the white of the lather and the pink of my skin. I actually found it helped not being able to see as well, like it made me worry less about being perfect.
On a side note, when I was younger and tried rock climbing it was less scarry and therefore easier, to climb with a blind fold. I feel it is a similar situation with shaving. But of course I would never shave with a blind fold (if some one is willing to try, it would make a great video for utube).

Originally Posted by chully71

Result of the lasik, or just 'cause?

little of both i guess.. i had been wearing glasses since i was old enough to walk into things.. so i felt really odd without something on my face.. i started wearing them so much that my eyes have become super sensitive to light.. i basically can't step outside without my sunglasses.. and i wear them inside my house when a have too many windows open..

i do live in what is probably the most sunny city in california though.