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A woman who put off getting glasses for years was left in shock when she finally took the plunge—and realized what she had been missing.
Kiera, 24, was recorded by her friend Abbie, also 24, shortly after she got her new glasses and couldn't help but comment on the level of detail she was able to see.
Abbie, from Reading, England, told Newsweek it was a "pure moment" for Kiera, but "a funny laugh for everyone else."
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In a clip shared to @atkwx00, Abbie's TikTok account, on August 12, Kiera can be seen staring at a tree, as a friend comments that she's "literally learning to see."
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Kiera then marvels at being able to see everything, down to the "fibers" on the grass, saying, "This is what it's like to see."
At the end of the video, she takes off her glasses and waves her hands in front of her as though she cannot see at all, and her two friends burst into laughter.
"I've known her for many years now, and she is always cracking me up, so I didn't expect anything less on that day," Abbie told Newsweek.
She said Kiera had worn glasses when she was younger but had stopped for seven years before picking up a new pair. She added that Kiera never expected she would be "so shocked" at the difference in her eyesight after wearing glasses again.
"My friend is still finding different things to look at that still amaze her and loving her new glasses and eyesight," Abbie said.
TikTok users found the clip hilarious and relatable, and it has received more than 46,000 likes and 270,000 views in two days.
"This was me. I could see each individual leaf on a tree," one wrote, as another said, "This was me when I realized colors don't blend into each other."
"I never realized how blind I was until I started to drive," another added, while one user said they felt "superhuman" when they finally got glasses.
In the United States, about two-thirds of adults wear some form of glasses, according to the Vision Council: 34.5 million wear over-the-counter reading glasses, and 166.5 million wear prescription glasses.
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Abbie, who also wears glasses, said she was delighted to have a "glasses buddy" in Kiera.
She said neither she nor Kiera expected the video to go viral, but they "keep checking the comments to see everyone else's experience with glasses."
Abbie added, "It's nice to be understood by others with poor eyesight."
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