Seeing Underwater

[_Sirene_Diana_]

Hi everyone I just had a question to ask. I have pretty bad eyesight so I am cursed with the constant trouble of needing glasses and contacts to see. I typically wear goggles in the pool when I swim to protect my eyes but as I've heard before 'mermaids don't wear goggles'. I was just wondering if there were any other merfriends out there who had similar issues and had any tips on how they overcame this issue. Than you all!

[Dogfish]

THIS. I have exactly the same problem. I swim with glasses above water but ofc, mermaiding underwater, when I tried swimming with glasses they sort of blast off! Maybe there is a way to fix them better when underwater?
I only mermaid for fun so at the moment I just accept I need goggles swimming. I'd love to see any advice you receive in this thread too!

[Echidna]

I was just wondering if there were any other merfriends out there who had similar issues and had any tips on how they overcame this issue. Than you all!

yea, plenty of people have this issue, and I overcame it by learning what kind of eye-eating bugs can live in water and even properly chlorinated pools :p
The only place where I swim without goggles is my own pool.
Eyesight>vanity, anyday!

Unless you plan on doing parties or such, where wearing goggles might lose you some customers (although I'd flip the bird to people who tell me that a mythological creature they've never seen doesn't do this or that), you could use embellished goggles or a mask.
There are several threads on that on the forum.
Alternatively, you could try to swim with closed eyes, but I wouldn't recommend that.

Unless you already know; don't swim with contacts in, not even when wearing goggles.
The risk to catch something that can damage your eyesight is pretty high.