What lifestyle do you lead? What kind of work do you do?

For those involved in sports and recreational activities, contact lenses offer a number of advantages. In addition to providing good peripheral vision, eliminating the problem of fogged or rain splattered lenses, and freeing you from worries about broken glasses, contact lenses also mean you can wear non-prescription protective eye wear. Looking sideways through the lenses of glasses leads to prismatic effects because you are not looking through their centers. Your eyes have to coordinate differently to cope with this. This does not happen with contact lenses because you always look through the centers of the lenses.

Your occupation and work environment should also be taken into consideration.

People whose work requires good peripheral vision may want to consider contacts. Those who work in dusty environments or where chemicals are in heavy use are likely to find spectacles more comfortable.

Do you like wearing glasses? Do you like the way glasses feel? Do you like how you look in them?

No longer is it really necessary to choose between either contacts or glasses. Some of today's contacts are so easy to wear that you can use them intermittently -- for special occasions, while participating in sports or to match your fashions.

How does the cost of contact lenses compare with that of spectacles?

For about the cost of a quality pair of eyeglasses, you can buy a year's supply of contact lenses that you use and discard according to a schedule set by your eye practitioner.