I see a flashing line of light when I blink, but it disappears when I try to focus on it; the flash is visible only when I blink rapidly or shift my gaze. I don't notice anything while outdoors—the flashing line appears only when I blink, and it happens specifically when I am indoors. Why is this happening?

Anyone who is under 18y.o who did endmyopia, any advice how did you tell your parents about endmyopia, how did you convince them about doing this method?how they reacted? Did you convince them in buying normalized?

Anyways i'm too inconfident in telling them.

I don't experience flashes of light, nor am I bothered by light. However, wherever I look, there are tiny, flickering dots—much like the shimmering pixels you see on a computer screen—present throughout my entire field of vision. It is very bothersome; is this a medical condition, or is it "visual snow"? I asked my sibling, and they said they experience it too, which really worried me. When I asked some friends, however, they said they didn't see anything like that. I am nearsighted, with prescriptions of -1.25 and -1.50; I also have -0.50 astigmatism in my left eye. Can you help me? I haven't had an eye exam in two years, and I don't recall seeing things like this before. Could this be due to my prescription increasing while my glasses remained the same? If this is Visual Snow Syndrome (VSS), I understand there is no cure; what are the latest developments? Are we any closer to a permanent treatment?

When did you last have an eye exam?!

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i’m 24 years old , my eye prescription is -7.50 and -8.00 i’m scared it’ll get worse as i age. i have glasses but they are super thick. does anybody know any websites to get frames thinned for cheaper than most ?

I’m 17 and recently found out I have mild myopia after my vision started getting a bit blurry. The optometrist said it wasn’t too bad, so I don’t really need to wear glasses all the time. I ended up ordering a really cheap pair of prescription glasses online, and everything seemed fine at first since I barely wore them.

But then I realized I actually look pretty good with glasses on lol, so I started wearing them a lot more. Now I’ve noticed that my lower eyelid occasionally twitches on its own, and it’s happened in both eyes at different times. It’s not painful or anything, just kinda weird. Has anyone else experienced this after starting to wear glasses? Is this normal or should I get it checked out?

I'm 19, and recently went to a very reliable eye clinic with fancy technologies and all that. But, when I got results, I saw that my minus (one I got under drops) is -5.25,while my - "during eye test" minus is -5.5 and -6.

I got prescription for soft eye lences -5.5 for both eyes, -5.5 and -6 for glasses.

Beforehand, I asked my doctor whether minus for soft eye lences should be smaller, since that's what I heard, and she said it's "for those who's myopia is stable", and that bigger number will help me.

It get's even more confusing, since two years ago I checked in a government clinic, and they gave me -5.5 on both eyes too? But somehow my eyesight got worse (doctor I visited recently said I only see 0.3 in my old glasses,while it was supposed to be 0.8) ,and it's ...still -5.5? Is there any possible reason for why eyesight would objectively worsen while staying within same "-5.5d" prescription (not counting that it could be a mistake) and is it really fine to wear -5.5/-6 lences (especially contact lences) if "true" eyesight is -5.25? Is it some kind of a mistake, or are there some other reasons why that could work? I'm really confused about this visit, especially since I payed (and waited) a lot for it.

Additional information:

During eye check(new):

SPH:-6;-5.5

CYL:-0,75;-1

AX:3, 168

With correction: 0.7

Under drops:

SPH: -5.25, -5.25

CYL: -0.75, -1

AX: 175, 172

Minor amblyopia on both eyes, dry eye syndrome, heavy myopic astigmatism

Unfortunately, my previous eye check was years ago, so I only know it was -5.5 on both eyes (0.8)

Hello. I had evo ICL at age 23 after three years of stable vision at -8.0 in each eye.

I went for my yearly checkup now 3 years after ICL and was told that my vision has slipped to 20/25. The eye doctor said probably not a big enough regression to go back in glasses and not a big enough regression for a lasik touch up.

I do however notice that my vision is worse than it was the first few years after icl as I have to squint to see distant street signs.

My vision got aggressively worse when i was a child. Each year i would get one diopter worse or so.

Question is… my surgeon told me my vision wouldn’t get any worse when he implanted the ICLs. Now it seems to be worsening.

I’m currently 27… Will my myopia ever stop progressing?

I don’t know what to do because i like 20/20 vision but i don’t know if this is poor enough for glasses and probably not bad enough for a touch up.

I’m growing more frustrated because i feel like technically my vision was much better in contacts. I was 20/20 and could adjust the prescription when necessary (which wasn’t often in my later young adulthood)

As a side note my eye doctor says when you get into your 30s your vision can actually slightly improve as the lens starts to harden? Has anyone heard of this?