Glasses Hurt My Ears, Can Anything Be Done?! Yes!! 

pov : you got new glasses and they hurt your ear, so you googled "what to do when my glasses hurt my ears"

I wish someone would just make padded temple covers. Just a little padding would be such a relief! I've tried rubber covers to keep them from slipping, and I thought those might add some comfort, but they didn't.

My glasses 👓 hurt a lot in my right ear 👂 and you definitely cleared it up talking about the mastoid bone 🦴 in the ear 👂

Love it when you get technical, allow us to nerd out with you lol

I just bought a pair of Tom Ford eyeglasses with my new prescription which I really love. However, after wearing them for about two weeks I’m noticing that I’m getting somewhat of a irritation type rash right where the temple tips lie behind both of my ears. What can I do about that besides rubbing a little Vaseline on the irritation to kind of buffer it a bit?

Honestly. Thank you 🙏

I've had this problem for over a year now and it's destroyed my ability to focus on reading or study. No matter what I do, anywhere near that area hurts like hell. Not a medical condition like mastoiditis or anything. I've actually ended up bending plastic glasses so that the pressure point is right in front of my ears, just before the temple on the skull. It feels snug, and still hurts after a few hours but literally anything behind my ears is nothing doing. Wish there were a way to test frames properly before buying them -- the only solution most people give ultimately is "time to buy a new frame", but I can't afford lasik let alone throwing money like that...

Just bought the original wayfarers, and i'm really liking them. However, after a couple hours use, my ears started to hurt. With my old cheap lightweight sunglasses, this didn't happen. Will the pain go away, or will it always be there? Should I just return them and find another? Thank you.

I kind of thought you would show us how to make cushions for the part that goes behind the ear. Or maybe if wearing a pony tail to slide the arm into the gathered hair to lift the arm a little.

I had this exact problem. My glasses was a little to small. Ended up buying a new frame and lenses

My spectacle is very tight near my left ear. It causes pain and now when I touch that place it hurts and now my left eye is hurting a lot from the inside. Can you tell me what could be the problem?

I really should have watched the whole thing... as you're talking I'm bending the ear bit and hearing "you don't want to do this yourself"... whoops. Lol I didn't break them, and it brought me immediate relief, so thank you!!

I just got new glasses. I love them so much. But the right side is killing my ear. I have lopsided ears & ever single pair of glasses or sunglasses has had to be adjusted. I know the frames aren’t the wrong size. They’re the same size as my old pair. And the left side is perfect out of the box. As usual. I’ve taken to wearing them lopsided with the right side tucked into my hair to pull it off of my ear. Would someone adjust them for me even though I bought them online? 🧐

Hi, I’ve been to my Optician numerous times for adjustments after misaligning my glasses. I appreciate it’s difficult but if they manage to get them comfortable they’re too loose and low and I lose the focus and get a headache (I’m -9 varifocal). So another adjustment is made and the visions better but they hurt behind one or both ears or on the top of my ears. .I’m in despair now as it’s been like this for 3 weeks. They were so comfortable before I damaged them. Please advise. How would I adjust them myself if it just affected one ear? Thank you !

I just got my glasses recently and when I wear it, I don't feel that it is tight and it is just perfect. But when I wear it for a long period of time, it starts to feel a little tight on my ears even if I take it off. Is my glasses too tight or is it because it is my first time wearing glasses

Well, not sure anyone's asked this - I have worn glasses 60 yrs and on one ear,, the top RIDGE of the actual ear cartilage is so tender, actually painful to the touch. My newest eyewear don't seem to touch it, but there is still a lightweight hearing sitting there .... yes, we won't even go near discussing masks .... but does that top ridge of ear cartilege ever get damaged or even broken? Not sure who to ask about it, like if an ear surgeon or plastic surgeon would be the one to ask.

YASSSSSSSS!!!! This worked!!!!

How should the glasses bend and curve behind the ears? This is because my ears at the back hurts, even when I'm not wearing a mask. Should it go straight back or curve as soon as it touches the ear? Need help please

Just got 2 pairs of new glasses from the country I now live in as can't go back to where I usually do ( all this convid rubbish ) cost 4x as much as I usually pay. They are pinching my ears, my old prescription is clearer ! ( no techy tests here, same as I had 35 yrs ago in UK ) so frustrated .

i learned that you’re only supposed to be wearing contacts for 8ish hours a day and right now i wear them for almost 15 hours a day, my glasses do hurt behind mainly one ear so maybe i’ll take them in to get them adjusted, i just haven’t don’t it because i never really wear my glasses

Jup I've had surgery on both my ears twice and since then they're more sensitive - and also since then, no matter what I do, glasses will just hurt after a couple of hours. Especially when wearing headsets. But in general, they will. I have gone back to the optician multiple times and they adjust it and in the store it seems fine, but a couple hours later - in some near-perfect cases maybe I won't notice for a couple of days but it always comes back - it will hurt. I have put paper kitchen towel around the frame to relief the pressure to make sure it wouldnt dig in too much. I have been given 'kiddie rubber holders' (no clue what they're called in English, I'm not a native speaker. They're shoved onto both ends of the glasses and instead of the frame forming hooks to go around the ears, the rubber does this and is more gentle) and these will also still hurt after a whle. I have taken them off and only put them on when I need to look down a lot to keep my glasses in place, but even without them and with almost straight ends, the frame will end up hurting. I have contacts too and I often find myself switching to contacts to both relieve myself of the pain and to avoid having to clean the glasses continously (the tiniest speck can annoy me and thus I clean them super often and it's annoying)... but the problem with THAT is that I can easily wear my contacts too much, dry my eyes out, vision gets blurry and if you wear contacts too long too often it can lead to implications and eventually blindness.... So I really need to get my glasses' pain problem fixed (especially since I wear a headset as well for over 12 hours a day, easily. For work and for hobby (gaming, chatting with friends, music, etc)), but even after watching this I'm not so sure how since my optician so far hasn't been able to do a satisfactory job yet. It seems clear to me what needs to happen (before and after watching this), but maybe it's not as easy as I think. Maybe my ears are just beyond saving >.< For me i also don't think it's just the bone, but also the scar tissue from the surgery. But if it clamps to the head instead of the ear it should be fine... maybe I'll go back once again. 10-ish times the charm, right?

Hi. Just found you today 🥰 I just got a new pair of glasses 👓 and as I was watching what you were doing it seemed like you were trying to achieve what mine are already like!? 🤔 I'm not sure though, all I do know is that in the back middle part of the crease, (I'm not sure if this is what you were referring to, or whether you were referring to slightly higher or lower) its real sore after a while. It would be great if you could "try" and help me 😄👍🥰

Is it possible still, even after letting a optician adjust your temples, to still get a rash or some sort of burning sensation? Btw. Its a Acetate plastic frames.

What do you do if it hurts behind the ears, but if they are loosened it falls down the nose? I’m not talking about pain on that bone it’s the actual back on the ear on the cartilage.

In my case my right temple is shorter than left. Approx 1 cm difference and i think due to this my right ear hurts from behind.

Top of my ear hurts where the glasses get support, any ideas?

I got new glasses. Hurting my right ear (ontop) so they gave me new glasses with a different frame, but still the same problem. I have gone back so many times but they just can't seam to fix it. I have also bent it a bit (can't get it right) and they hurt me ontop of my ears 😭😭😭 I have been wearing glasses for 14 years, but last 2 years is a real struggle. Why is this happening???? I need help please!

I’ve got a weird situation, maybe you can offer advice? No matter what temple length I choose and no matter how I adjust the stems, my right ear always seems to visibly bend outward when I’m wearing glasses. My left ear is totally fine and the stem / arm of the glasses easily slides behind my ear and rests flush against my head, but my right ear always sticks out a little bit (like the stem is pushing against it and there isn’t enough space between my ear and the side of my head for the stem to sit comfortably like it does on the left ear), and then my right ear becomes aggravated and starts to hurt. And when I look in the mirror I can literally see the frame stems pushing my ear outward. I think that’s why it starts to hurt… but I just can’t figure out how to fix this. I’ve tried 142mm, 145mm, 150mm… no matter what I do it seems like my left ear always looks and feels fine but my right ear gets pushed out by the glasses and begins to hurt after a little while of wearing them. I get a weird pain and sensitivity on the back of my right ear too. Any suggestions on how to fix this? And do you think permanent damage could be done to one’s ear by wearing an improper size frame? Because I did purchase a 142mm pair from Zenni 2 years ago… the stems weren’t long enough and the glasses were constantly sliding down my nose so I bought silicone grippers / extenders for the ends… but I’m wondering if the pressure of those silicone grippers tugging at the back of my ear all the time may have been the cause of whatever issues I’m dealing with now. Maybe the constant pressure caused by the stems pulling at the back of my ear caused the tissue to become damaged or more sensitive?

All glasses I wear !!especially sunglasses!

Hi I have the problem if any thing touches my ear for a minutes it was paining like a hell, even wearing mask for a while pain like hell, now I ordered My glasses and it's very very painful on upper ear to wear, please any one help me.

Does it just hurt the ears Does it also make a strong headache? Because I do not know if my headache is because of the ear or for some other reason

good ..

I haven't worn glasses in a year or more. Finally got some new ray bans and Calvin kline. Well long story short I'm an order selector in a freezer so I have to wear a beanie and well....holy hell does the shit hurt. I hope I just get used to it or else I'm not gonna be taking them off for work

Remedy for glasses temples hurting? don't know, maybe switch to contacts or pince nez glasses?

where are you located can you adjust my glasses?

So I bought quite a large pair and they were loose but now they fit nicely but my right ear hurts ...if I go back to loosen it I'm worried my glasses will become loose ,wearing this new pair all day do u think the pain in my right ear will eventually go away as I get use to them?

My biggest pet peeve is when the optician levels my glasses to a tabletop. Nobody has level ears. My brother was an excellent optician before he died. I miss him so much.

start by pointing to the spot where it hurts and then immediately show the adjustement

i wish you were on the west coast i have a pair of thick designer glasses that are hand crafted that i love but kill me behind my right ear i resort to wearing thick foam pieces on the end of the temples to relief pressure, i think you could probably adjust them cause no eye place near me can

What if it's metal? How can i do it? 😢

I have pain if i wear my headphones for a few hours, over the glasses ;)

My glasses don't make the back of my ear hurt but they make my ear hurt. Like the area where they sit on. How can I help that? Thank you

Oh my god you just saved me countless headaches. I bought the largest frames I could find but they were still squeezing my head. I guess I have quite a melon. This fixed the problem in under 5 minutes for free. Thank you so so much

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Bro the back of my ear is so sorr

Ummm what about 85 percent of us who doesn't own that machine lol I thought you were going to show us a product that we all.could use

Too much talk not enough how to with pictures. Boring

TAKE OFF THE MASK FOR CHRISTS SAKE...