You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contact lenses

Re:You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contac... by pmarreck on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @11:52AM (#41236627)

LASIK wasn't a thing until starting around the late 80's/early 90's.

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Re:You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contac... by Mistletoe on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @11:57AM (#41236668)

Before that it was radial keratotomy which my Mom had. Maybe it is apocryphal but she told me they discovered it when a Russian someone got exploded glass in their eye and it improved their vision.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial_keratotomy

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Re:You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contac... by scotteric on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @07:13PM (#41240811)

According to the wikipedia article, it was a Russian child that fell while riding a bike and his glasses broke and sent pieces of glass into both eyes. The doctor made radial cuts to remove the glass, and discovered that his vision improved afterward.

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Re:You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contac... by xyst on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @01:45PM (#41237640)

Makes sense, ha. I only briefly read it was invented in the 50s. But 90s for mainstream adoption and approval sounds about right

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