How do people who can’t see well swim without contacts?

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You’re not supposed to sleep, shower or swim with contacts. Sleep- easy. Shower-fine I imagine. But how do people who can’t see swim? I don’t see people (ie adults) wearing goggles at the beach or pool unless they’re long distance swimmers. Do people wear prescription sunglasses to lounge in the pool? Like what is the deal?

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Keep in mind people’s perscriptions vary wildly. There are those that just need a very light correction and things are just a little soft without contacts/glasses, there are those that have difficulty reading, adn there are those that really can’t see anything other than very vague shapes and colors (”legally blind” often is like this… it doesn’t necessarily mean you only see black or nothing at all).

I don’t wear contacts but wear glasses. I don’t wear my glasses in the pool. I just deal with bad vision. Don’t expect me to read anything. If you have really, really bad vision (like you’re legally blind and need super super thick glasses) you’re probably not wearing contacts, and I think they make corrective swim goggles if you really needed them.

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