How to convince my mom that contacts are safe enough?

A few weeks ago, I went to the eye doctor, and I asked my mom if I could get contacts. She told me about how she used to wear contacts but then she stopped and all that… And she thinks contacts are too risky (for like eye infections, etc.) and says I shouldn’t risk “beauty” or whatever for “health”. Some of my friends have worn contacts for years and never had a problem. She says “You can get laser eye surgery when youre older”. not to be bratty or anything, but I want contacts now way more than I will when I’m older. She won’t even let me TRY them at all to see how they affect my eyes.
How can I explain to her how contact lenses are safe enough?
my mom knows how contacts are these days, I think. she’s not clueless though.

Talk to your mom, and see if she’d be willing to just go TALK with the eye doctor about contacts, and their benefits/risks. She might feel more comfortable about you getting them if she’s able to talk to the eye doctor herself, and address any concerns she has about contacts. Most people do feel more comfortable about them after they’ve spoken with a trained professional and gotten all the facts on contacts. Contacts are actually very safe as long as you take good care of them (proper cleaning/storing, changing to a new pair as directed, only wearing them each day for as long as recommended, etc). Contacts are definitely a lot safer than laser eye surgery…anytime you are talking about any kind of surgery, there are ALWAYS risks involved…and with laser eye surgery, blindness is always a possibility, even though there have been tremendous advances with it nowadays.

Good luck!