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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Time or are dealing with a big prescription change, your eyes are going to have to unlearn whatever strategies they were using to see the world as clearly as possible, Laura Di Meglio, O.D., instructor of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, tells SELF.“When you’re getting new glasses…your eyes are now learning to compensate [for] these changing visual demands that they’re not used to,” Dr. Di Meglio explains. “Our eyes are made up of all these little muscles and focusing systems and [have] to now readjust.”Since those muscles and focusing systems suddenly have to work differently, you might develop a headache or just generally feel like something with your eyes is off. (This can also happen with a new or significantly different prescription for contact lenses, for what it’s worth.)“I would liken it to carrying a backpack that’s really heavy,” Brieann Adair, O.D., optometrist and clinical instructor in the Department of Ophthalmology at NYU Langone Health, tells SELF. “Sometimes you don’t even notice that you’re straining [and] your muscles are really tight. Then once you remove that backpack, it feels weird to get back into that relaxed posture.”Sometimes a headache from new glasses could signal a bigger issue.“A little bit of a headache with your new glasses that goes away after your first [few] days can be fairly normal, but if you’re having a persistent headache or eye strain…that’s never normal,” Dr. Adair says. Anything longer than a week or so of eye discomfort after getting new glasses (or ever, really) is cause for following up with your doctor, Dr. Di Meglio adds, especially if you’re having other issues like dizziness.There are a few reasons why your new glasses could give you grief for longer than the typical adjustment period, like if your frames don’t fit your face as they should, Dr. Adair explains. For example, if your glasses are applying too much pressure to your nose or the space behind your ears, you might get a headache as a result.Another common issue: You could have a stronger or weaker prescription than necessary. You know that part of your eye exam where your doctor asks whether option one or option two is clearer, and how sometimes you can’t quite tell the difference? In some cases, just choosing one or the other instead of really trying to suss out any variations in clarity, no matter how small, can lead to an incorrect
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