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When my eyesight began to deteriorate at the age of 9, I thought the idea of wearing glasses was pretty cool. However, over the coming years, with my eyes worsening and my lenses getting thicker with each prescription change, my view drastically altered. We all know that school in the 90s was tough, but add thick rimmed glasses into the mix and you are immediately seen as a good target for jokes (you know the ones, the classic four-eyes and so on). By the age of 15, I was begging my Mum for contact lenses and even though she was reluctant at first, she did finally agree, which brought me so much joy. I could now look how I had always wanted, I could do sports without any worry, I had fewer headaches because I had peripheral vision – no more fuzzy edges when looking through the side of glasses – and of course, kids couldn’t make jokes anymore. I didn’t ever want to go back to being a full-time glasses wearer…
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