Sitting close to a TV can hurt your eyes.

It is impossible to harm your eyes by using them.  Children like to sit close to the TV because it makes the image larger   Children have a tremendous focusing ability which allows them to see objects clearly at the end of their nose.

Reading in the dark can hurt your eyes.

It is impossible to harm your eyes by using them.  Children have fantastic night vision which allows them to see in dim lighting.  Adults slowly lose their night vision which makes it impossible to read in dim lighting.

Over the counter reading glasses can hurt your eyes.

Glasses cannot hurt your eyes.  Wearing glasses that are too weak or too strong will give you a headache but will not cause any damage to your eyes.  Over the counter glasses are basically magnifying glasses put in a frame.  They work very well for patients that have good distance vision already.

Prescription glasses have medicine in them.

Glasses are made from plastic lens that are ground to form your prescription.  There is no medicine in the lens or on the lens.   

Going stronger than your actual prescription can make you see better than 20/20.

Your eye doctor spends lots of time asking you which lens you prefer to fine tune your prescription.  If you go any stronger or any weaker with the prescription, then the image will begin to blur.

Your vision changes during pregnancy.

Plausible.  While it is possible to have a vision change during pregnancy, it is usually so small as to be nonexistent.  If a change does occur, it is almost always temporary.

Playing too many video games can hurt your eyes.

It is impossible to hurt your eyes by overusing them.  Excessive use can lead to red, watery eyes and some people might experience headaches, but it will not do any damage to your eyes or your vision.

Wearing glasses makes your eyes stronger.

Wearing glasses makes your vision clearer but it does not have any impact on your actual prescription.  Your prescription will change the same amount whether you wear glasses every day or not at all.

Wearing glasses makes your eyes weaker.

Wearing glasses makes your vision clearer but it does not have any impact on your actual prescription.  Your prescription will change the same amount whether you wear glasses every day or not at all.

Cataracts can be removed with laser treatment.

Cataracts can only be removed by making an incision in the front of the eye going through the pupil and physically pulling out the cataract and replacing it with an artificial lens.   

Cataracts must be at a certain stage (ripe) before they can be removed.

A cataract can be removed at any time.  Unfortunately, insurance will not pay for the surgery until the vision drops to a certain level.

You can get rid of floaters with surgery and/or medication.

Floaters are shadows from small particles within the eye.  It is impossible to remove those particles with any type of surgery or medicine.

Lasik fixes both your distance and near vision if you are over the age of 45.

LASIK can fix nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), or astigmatism.  It can't fix the loss of reading vision (presbyopia) that occurs in everyone around the age of 45.  If you are over 45 and have LASIK done you will either have to use reading glasses or have one eye set for distance and one set for near (monovision).

It is okay to wear your contacts past their disposal time if they are still comfortable.

All contacts have a recommended wearing schedule.  The reason for this schedule is that after that time period the average contact has degraded to a point where it is no longer safe to wear.  Occasionally wearing your contacts longer than you should causes problems.  When contacts are consistently over worn they slowly choke off the oxygen to the cornea and this leads to the growth of permanent new blood vessels and makes your cornea much more susceptible to infection.

You don't need a prescription to buy colored (cosmetic) contact lens.

All contacts are considered a medical device.  Contact lenses are regulated by the FDA and are illegal to purchase without a current prescription. 

Only the elderly develop cataracts.

Most people begin to develop cataracts around age 60.  However it is possible to be born with a cataract and it is possible to develop a cataract at any time.

Everybody loses their ability to focus (presbyopia) between the ages of 40 and 46.

Confirmed, this is no myth!  The lens inside your eye slowly ages.  As it ages it becomes stiff and less flexible.  By the time you reach your early 40's the lens may become so stiff that it is no longer able to flex and focus at near for long periods of time.

There is a cure for macular degeneration and glaucoma.

There is no known cure for either macular degeneration or glaucoma.  Glaucoma can be controlled with drops or surgery but it must be continuously monitored to prevent loss of peripheral vision.  Macular degeneration can be slowed down by certain vitamins and can be stabilized with certain injections and surgery, but unfortunately no known cure exists.

You are legally blind if you have strong glasses or contact lens prescription.

You are only legally blind if your vision is unable to be corrected better than 20/200.  As long as glasses or contact lenses correct your vision, then you are not considered legally blind.

Dark lens protect your eye more than clear lens. 

The ultra-violet coating (which protects your eyes against sun exposure) is a clear coating on your glasses.  Any tint added to the lenses helps only with light sensitivity.