Can anyone help me out here. Is goggle type really that important in competition? There's performance, competition, recreation, etc types. Right now I'm using Speedo Hydro Spex and everywhere I read that they're for fitness swimming and recreation. I like them alot. They really don't fog at all and stay on real well at meets(haven't had them around my neck yet).
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I was using a plastic surgeon for some other problems and he noticed, when I had my glasses off, that the skin was losing the fat pad from the pressure (daily) of the goggles. And I guess the skin seemed thinner than the rest of my face (which eye skin is normally but I guess mine was even thinner than normal). I had to press the goggles into the eye socket and I always had racoon eye from the pressure.
I was in my late 30s early 40s at the time. The goggles had just a plastic gasket around the eyes and the fit wasn't quite right. I switched to a speedo padded type (black open cell foam) and developed an allergy to it. I finally went to a Baraccuda and now it doesn't look (face wise) as if I've been swimming. I haven't had an allergic reaction to their closed cell foam BUT I do wash it down with Phisoderm every couple of weeks.
I wasn't looking to have cosmetic eye surgery in the next 10-15 years so I changed goggles.
I was using a plastic surgeon for some other problems and he noticed, when I had my glasses off, that the skin was losing the fat pad from the pressure (daily) of the goggles. And I guess the skin seemed thinner than the rest of my face (which eye skin is normally but I guess mine was even thinner than normal). I had to press the goggles into the eye socket and I always had racoon eye from the pressure.
I was in my late 30s early 40s at the time. The goggles had just a plastic gasket around the eyes and the fit wasn't quite right. I switched to a speedo padded type (black open cell foam) and developed an allergy to it. I finally went to a Baraccuda and now it doesn't look (face wise) as if I've been swimming. I haven't had an allergic reaction to their closed cell foam BUT I do wash it down with Phisoderm every couple of weeks.
I wasn't looking to have cosmetic eye surgery in the next 10-15 years so I changed goggles.