Thread: anybody wear eyeglasses? limited vision...

I use cheaters but not while shaving. I do one pass, then throw on cheaters to check. Works for me. I can also use my wife's magnifying mirror but that is scary!

I can't see anything clearly that is closer than ten feet and I need reading glasses or bifocals for everything, but I only use glasses to check my work. I at least don't need them to shave, it's a little blurry but I know approximately where I am and what my blade angle is so I think I use about 50% feel. The sideburns are the only hard part and they are hard to see even with glasses at least for me.

I use a pair of off the shelf reading magnifiers as well. Works great.

I'm farsighted, too. Use +2.00s to read but, don't wear them to shave. After 40 years of shaving, it has become more a tactile thing and less a sight thing. Seems this is common for old men like me.

I always wear glasses while shaving, I'm quite short. I've tried shaving "blind" and while I'll happily do that with a DE I prefer to see what I'm doing with a straight. I don't have places that I can't see with glasses on so can't advise you on that. I just have to remember to take them off to splash my face.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

You. Sir, are a wedge man! Seriously, try propping the glasses all over the nose to get a bit of view. it works! You also might want to try some strong, big reading glasses for shaving purposes.

Originally Posted by KindestCutOfAll

Yup, I tried it in the mirror at work. You might have something there. I'm definately gonna give it a try tonight.

Although God might miss my morning prayer before shaving!... wait, I think I'll keep up the prayers just in case.

OK, I have tried this several times and it works for me. Resting the right side on m nose works great for me.

I lose a little peripheral vision on the right side but I can still see well enough.

Thanks Sharptonn!!!

I wear contacts when I shave. I tried shaving without them in, and without realising ended up so close to the mirror I bumped the scales on the glass. Lucky I didn't cut myself.

I shave by feeling

As a beginner, I find that shaving with my reading glasses helps immensely. Sure, spots down way under the neck are done more by feel like others have said, but since I'm still so new to shaving, I have to have my eyes on the situation at nearly all times. Fortunately, my neck is one place that is becoming easier to do by feel.

I have always shaved with my glasses on, without them i cannot see the sink, mirror or razor. the only place where they are even remotely an issue is at the ear where the sideburns would start. most of my shave i am concerned about the touch of the blade not really looking at it. when i take my glasses off i almost always just close my eyes... i see so little clearly without them nothing is preferable to see. if i live to about 600 presbiopia should give me decent vision.

not seeing the faucet and sink is more of an issue to me... i hate dinging blades on them.