So I've struggled with my vision for a long time, but I always put off getting glasses. Recently, however, my vision has been getting noticeably worse. I wouldn't say that my vision is horrendous or anything, but I truly didn't realize how blurry my eyesight was until the moment I put on my glasses. I almost burst into tears because I was so overwhelmed by how clear everything was.

After about a week of wearing my glasses, I think my eyes have mostly adjusted, but I'm struggling with the feeling of my glasses RESTING ON MY SINUSES. I've always had terrible allergies and this is driving me absolutely bonkers. I feel like I have to blow my nose constantly even though nothing is coming out. I'm at a loss of how to relieve this discomfort, since now when I take the glasses off, everything is so blurry it hurts.

Not to mention, no matter what I do, the lenses seem to always be absolutely FILTHY. I've tried the little micro-fiber cloth they give you for them, but all it does is smear the smudges around. I've tried alcohol wipes but they don't seem to work either since they leave the glass a streaky mess. I've googled possible solutions but all I get is product reviews for lens wipes... WHICH AGAIN, haven't been working. x-x

Can anyone with glasses PLEASE PLEASE tell me that this isn't going to be my life forever?! How am I supposed to clean these things? PLEASE teach me, since my fiance who has been wearing glasses his entire life is NO HELP at all. He just laughs at me and says "welcome to my world" like he enjoys my suffering. How do the bespectacled folk cope with this never ending, smudgy, blurry nightmare?!

I'm afraid that I don't have any wonderful advice, but I empathize with you. I'm your age and just started wearing glasses as well. I'd worn contact lenses from 13-21 and then just stopped because I felt my eyes were fine apart from not being able to read smaller text from a distance.

Well, in 5 years, my eyes got bad and it came to the point where I could barely read close up. I thought about getting contacts again, but since my eyes get irritated so easily I decided on glasses. Would contact lenses be an option for you? That's the only thing I can think of, unfortunately, However, you can always get your glasses adjusted. If they're pushing too hard on your sinuses then that's a major problem and I'd definitely look into that/tell your eye doctor. Good luck either way. I wish I had the miracle cure!

Oof I don't envy you - I've worn glasses since kindergarten and honestly never thought about what it would be like to have to adjust to wearing them at an older age.

If your glasses are the kind with nose pads, you can get those adjusted to be less tight and put less pressure on your nose. You can also get your glasses adjusted so that they hug your ears more, which may also make them more comfortable on your nose too. However, there's a tradeoff--they may slip down more, or may be too tight around your ears. It may take a lot of adjustments to find a fit that's right for you.

Eventually, you'll be able to ignore any crud that gathers on your lenses. Your brain will probably get used to it and just censor it out of your vision, if that makes sense lol. If I have a huge smudge on my glasses, I typically have to clean it, but for the most part small debris like dust or skin oil doesn't bother me.

A couple of tips, though they may be too little too late since you've already got your glasses:

1. Titanium frames are very lightweight and sturdy, and may put less pressure on your nose. However, they don't come in as many styles.
2. If you have the option to get an anti-oil coat on your lenses (Zenni has this), get it!!!! I got the anti-oil coating for the first time with my most recent pair of glasses, and it was SO worth the extra cost. It helps keep your glasses cleaner.
3. There's an adjustment period every time you get a new pair of glasses, especially if your prescription changes. I try to plan not to have to drive for a couple of days when I get a new pair. Sometimes the adjustment period can give you headaches, so it's worth keeping pain meds around and keeping up on them for a couple of days.

Best of luck to you!

I appreciate you friend, hopefully we both get accustomed to our glasses soon 🥺🩵

thankyou for the advice! I'll definitely be looking into the anti-oil stuff since I have always had very oily skin. Unfortunately I can't take pain meds due to a liver condition so I'm just toughing it out. The pain has mostly subsided, right now it's really just the general annoyance of having them resting on my sinuses, and then sliding down my nose when I try to adjust them LOL. I'm glad I was fortunate enough to have my fiance warn me about getting the glasses with the little nose-things though. I would have hated for those little metal bits to get stuck in my hair! 😭

I've worn glasses since the summer I turned 3. So over thirty years, so allow me to give a little advice:

1. Your nose pads are too tight if they feel like your sinuses are blocked. Go get them adjusted some, they probably need to come "out" at the top. Lighter frames might help in the future (like titanium) and my biggest peeve here, personally, is that the all plastic frames are typically the lightest but also are impossible to get adjusted correctly on the nose.

2. Never use straight up alcohol on your glasses, you'll wreck the lenses. You're basically stripping the coating off of them. My best advice is gentle soap (like Softsoap, Dawn, etc) and water, shower with your glasses if you must and use a gentle COTTON cloth. Some of the microfiber cleaning clothes are absolutely jokes. You'll always have eyebrow prints and you'll get eyelashes on them, it's normal.

3. Clip-on sunglasses are also a joke. Photo-gray lenses are godly, they're lenses that darken whenever you go outside, they come in brown (which isn't as nice) and gray (which honestly is delightful.)

4. Headaches are unfortunately like the most common thing that'll happen with glasses - the script changes, you have short hair and you grow it out (my ongoing issue) and your head hurts from suddenly having hair there where you didn't before, take your pick. Some can be pretty easily dealt with but the script adjustment headache is an unfortunate just gotta deal with it.

5. Be mindful of your environment. Like in my case, I do a lot of renovation work meaning there's fine dust from like drywall or sawdust. Those things scratch lenses. Sand does too. Don't wipe your glasses in those instances, wash/rinse them asap or wear safety goggles over them.

Anyways, if you have other questions or whatever, hit me up. I'm happy to help with this. Good luck!

Thank you so much! This is all actually really helpful. My fiance and I will both be switching to gentle soap/ cloth after this! He said he didn't know that you weren't supposed to use alcohol either. I really appreciate all the advice, friend! I think you just saved two people's glasses 🤣

Omg. XD Hey, like I said, I'm happy to help if you have questions about them. I hope it works out well for you both!

I very much agree with water on them first. A nice warmth temp helps soften and loosen up oils and grime to wash off easier. Micro fiber cloths with a SPRAY wash are great until the cloth is gunked up. They say you can wash them but it's best to buy new ones. Once washed they pill up which is a scratch factor, and then don't seem to clean as well overall after. You can use alcohol based cleaners but make sure to spray the cloth not the lens. The pre wet wipes should only be used in dire reasons, any other time I find the rinse and wash to keep them better for longer. As for the feeling it does take adjusting. I also suffer allergies and HATE it when I have a stuffy nose with glasses. Always feels bothersome at those times. I've been wearing glasses for almost 30 years and still bump and bonk them. It happens. Just if it happens hard enough take them to your eyeglasses place for a readjust, this should be done for free unless they have to replace hardware. Can't tell you how many times I've bonked the nose pieces out of shape 😅

welcome to the glasses club! i can see that you've gotten lots of good advice already, but wanted to throw my two cents in as well, as someone who started wearing glasses at the tender age of eight, haha

there's a couple different types of bridges glasses could have. you might have nose pad, saddle, or keyhole frames. i found that the nose pads hurt my nose, and felt an immediate positive difference after switching to saddle frames. (the nose pad frames have those little "legs" that rest on your nose, while the saddle and keyhole are just a continuation of the glasses material in a little arch.)

I'm also not sure where you're at in the world, but Target Optical has a lens cleaning solution that i swear is the best in the entire universe. (also, buying frames online is a complete game changer. eyebuydirect is my favorite!)