[HPforGrownups] Why do wizards wear glasses anyways?

[EnsTren at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 78549

In a message dated 8/23/2003 2:28:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jones.r.h.j at worldnet.att.net writes:

> I have been reading the posts about Myrtle's glasses and earlier 
> ones about Harry's glasses and thought of something: why do witches 
> and wizards have to wear glasses at all?  If they can correct the 
> length of Hermione's teeth and regrow Harry's bones with potions, 
> why can't they correct vision with potions or charms?
> 
> Boris the Bewildered (who obviously wears glasses or he wouldn't 
> have noticed this)

I've been giving this some thought.  And maybe the wizarding world CAN 
correct your vision.  Even if it's a spell that goes over the eye like a contact 
lens

However, perhaps the people who wear glasses have stigmatized eyes.  That is 
their cornia is shaped like "0" rather than "O"--that is a football shaped 
rather than round.

Until a few years ago (less than three) people with stigmatized eyes couldn't 
get contacts because of this.  Now you can but it's VERY expensive.

Having stigmatized eyes isn't uncommon either.  So maybe the wizarding world 
can't fix that yet.


Nemi
       --Black Dragon
       --Slasher and Yaoist
       --Utterly Psycotic


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