Contact Lenses
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Whenever that happens, I just push the stray eyelash deeper into my skull by rubbing my eyelids a lot. I often wonder what happens to them. I feel like I have a collection of eyelashes buried behind my eyeball.
I used to wear contact lenses for a couple of years. I think it took me around four hours (!) to get them in the first time. 
My eyes would close on their own whenever my fingers got near them. After four hours and a lot of tears, the contacts were in! Yay! After that first time, it was really easy for me to put on my contacts. It is worth noting that, even after not having used contacts for two whole years, when I tried to use some, I had no problem at all.
Concerning their use, I personally went back to wearing glasses because (i) I work with computers a lot and my contacts were bothering me after a few hours in front of a screen (that was not the case with tv though) and (ii) I really like the way glasses look on me.
I'd say, go for it!
My eyes would close on their own whenever my fingers got near them. After four hours and a lot of tears, the contacts were in! Yay! After that first time, it was really easy for me to put on my contacts. It is worth noting that, even after not having used contacts for two whole years, when I tried to use some, I had no problem at all.Concerning their use, I personally went back to wearing glasses because (i) I work with computers a lot and my contacts were bothering me after a few hours in front of a screen (that was not the case with tv though) and (ii) I really like the way glasses look on me.
I'd say, go for it!
I've worn contacts pretty much exclusively for about thirty years, since they first came out with extended wear. I sleep in them, keeping them in for about a month at a time.
They show you how to put the lens in. You don't actually have to touch your eye with your finger or anything; the lens is hydrophilic and as soon as it touches your eye it's kind of sucked onto it. The sensation is a slight coolness for a moment.
They show you how to put the lens in. You don't actually have to touch your eye with your finger or anything; the lens is hydrophilic and as soon as it touches your eye it's kind of sucked onto it. The sensation is a slight coolness for a moment.
I was squeemish about my eyes before I got contacts. Now, I don't think twice about it. You don't actually touch your eye. You just offer up the lens to the eye and it just goes in. Getting them out is simple and straightforward too. I'd recommend lenses, particularly for the summer if you are outdoorsey, or like wearing sunglasses. The only thing I'd caution with them is to be scrupulosly clean and pay attention to hygiene.
I suspect your prescription has changed more than you realise, so probably worth it!
I don't like the idea of contacts, and moreover, I actually like how I look with glasses so have never had much incentive to try contacts.
It's not so much the ick factor, but the hassle factor of contacts that puts me off. Glasses are just quick and easy, and you can choose a style too, which is a nice bonus.
Anyway, I suspect that when the inevitable happens and I need reading glasses, I'll get laser surgery to minimise the myopia, so just leaving behind the presbyopia. That way I'll just need the reading glasses, which I can leave hanging on a chain, and avoid the need for varifocals.
I've worn contacts a few times. I really like the idea of having them, but it just takes so long to put them in, and I find it really hard to get them out as well. It would come with practice, so I'm planning to rely on them more in the future, particularly as I look far better with contacts.
Luckily I'm not THAT blind, but it's definitely something I want to go for. They are so fiddly though.
Luckily I'm not THAT blind, but it's definitely something I want to go for. They are so fiddly though.
I was concerned because I had gotten glasses in high school, never wore them, and felt that my vision had probably gotten really bad. I was nervous about getting my eyes checked but we were in India where they do everything super fast (and cheap) so I figured I'd go for it. I sat down in the chair and he kept pointing to the eye chart and I couldn't find it. I was like oh god, my eyesight is so bad I can't even find the chart! Luckily I was just looking in the wrong place.
Anyway, my prescription hadn't actually changed at all, which surprised me. I do wear my glasses every time I drive now no matter what the conditions, but I don't wear them outside of that at all.
I sat down in the chair and he kept pointing to the eye chart and I couldn't find it. I was like oh god, my eyesight is so bad I can't even find the chart! Luckily I was just looking in the wrong place.
That is pretty funny.
I don't mind the way I look with glasses. I just find them very uncomfortable.
Most of the time, I don't even realize I have them on my nose. I've been known to search for my glasses while wearing them on my nose, and trying to adjust the frame when I'm not actually wearing them. I'm sure everybody who wear glasses do that from time to time.
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I have long eyelashes, so it gets to be a common problem for me, as well.
Most of the time, I don't even realize I have them on my nose. I've been known to search for my glasses while wearing them on my nose, and trying to adjust the frame when I'm not actually wearing them. I'm sure everybody who wear glasses do that from time to time.
I poked my eye once doing just that. So I wear my glasses not just for improved vision, but also for safety!
They are probably not the right size. I have had them since I was 16.
They're lenses, and they're in contact with your eye. What oxymoron?
Anyway, I don't know where you heard that, but it's simply not true. Modern contact lenses are perfectly safe if they're fitted properly by a qualified optometrist. As for "putting them in wrong," the only way you can do that is by switching them left for right, and that won't damage your eyes. In any case, rigid gas-permeable (RGP) lenses are made slightly different sizes so it's impossible to mix them up.
I started with the old hard lenses when I was 18. I've tried soft lenses but I get better vision correction with RGPs, which I've been wearing for the last 25 years or so.
No.
Just like riding a bicycle, as they say . . .
When I first decided to get contacts, I was worried about applying them, too. After a couple of days I was able to do it without even thinking about it.
When you go to the eye doctor, does he/she do a pressure test for glaucoma? It involves touching your eyeball. If you can survive that, you can handle inserting contact lenses.
Ask for a sample set. Personally I like the "wear them once and throw them away" kind. Don't need to carry around cleaning supplies and saline.
You should really get new frames, then. A good pair of glasses should be essentially unnoticeable when you have them on.
Putting contacts in and taking them out never bothered me. I wore them happily for 15 years. What made me stop was that by then I was wearing reading glasses more and more, so contacts didn't seem worth the bother.
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