Thread: bifocals

Originally Posted by jeffzeitlin

I purchased a pair of readers to shave in. Works great!

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Even though your prescription is for multi-focal glasses, shaving is done at a fairly constant distance. As long as you don't also need a major correction for astigmatism, etc, a pair of drugstore readers of the desired strength may be all you need for shaving.

A magnifier mirror isn't a bad idea either, and you can also get them with battery-powered heating elements build in for a fog-free shave.

If you have complex prescription with multiple corrections, you can ask for a task-specific set of glasses.

I'm too blind as a mole and wear glasses.
I've found 2 possible solution for my STR8 shave
1. Keep the weepers lower than the earpiece of bifocals
2. Close eyes and rely on your skin response.

I've try the second variant 3 times and amazingly found out that the shaving was even better then usual.
But to be honest - I was scared out in process.
I call it "blind shave" and plan to elaborate it

Recently on vacation to Florida and found the problem to be distance from the mirror and lighting! The bathroom where we stayed had a Granite counter top that was very nice but also very deep!! The distance from the mirror and only ceiling lighting made shaving with a straight difficult.

Easy solution. Take off the glasses. You will find that you don't need them to shave. The contast between the colour of your skin and the white of the shaving lather is all that is really needed to be seen.

Give it a try, you will find it is so much easier

I was very nearsighted (20/800) and had a bad time shaving in glasses. They were just always in the way when doing the sideburns. But then I got cataracts and the subsequent lens repalcements. Now I shave without any cheaters. Life is much better.

Dave

Originally Posted by ndw76

Easy solution. Take off the glasses. You will find that you don't need them to shave. The contast between the colour of your skin and the white of the shaving lather is all that is really needed to be seen.

Give it a try, you will find it is so much easier

Not to mention how much running blood will help improve the contrast!

Relax and let the force guide you!

Be the blade! Thinking about this situation for the last couple of weeks must have really embedded it my subconscious. Going through "dollar whatever" today I found 2 5X mirrors. One a 3in diameter and the other a 6in diameter with small suction cups on the backs. Each was 1$. The 6in stuck to my bathroom mirror does improve my shaving vision.

I rely much more on sound than eyesight when I shave. My eyesight is very poor, but it doesn't seem to bother me. Some parts of my shave are obscured by my hands so I shave on sound only. If my wife is blow drying her hair, I have no feedback. I can't tell if I'm getting anything done or not.

Originally Posted by Tarkus

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That den looks pretty cool actually...

Interesting post by the OP, I normally wear my contact lenses when shaving (I can't even read the first letter on the eye chart). I do wear glasses in the evenings, but the contact lenses during the day. I have shaved wearing my glasses, but find I don't like to; and they fog. The other day for the first time I shaved without the contact lenses or glasses and found it difficult, though an adjustable shaving mirror would be great I think. I couldn't imagine shaving with my eyes closed. Add that comment to the recent one I've read about straight razor shaving in the shower and I think we've got a possible STAR of a Cut Of The Day post!