Anyone wears contacts or ever wore them? How do they feel, had any bad experiences. I'm thinking about trying them, but I don't want it to roll back into my head. I think you can die from that

Steadwood said:

I feel scared for you, and I'm slightly amused. I'm afraid to ask, but tell what happened when you woke up.

Steadwood said:

Did you have hard or soft contacts?
I have soft contacts and never had any problems... Ocassionaly I fall asleep with the things in (kinda annoying and flow spoiling to get them out while you're about to get laid...)
But the next morning they're just extremely dry and pretty irritating to get out and once they're out my eyes are reddish and itchy for about half an hour... After that it's all good...

Neversin.
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unlucky7 said:

It's a while ago now....but I seem to recall my eyes itching like hell ...so I rubbed em making it worse.....

The lenses had stuck to my eye balls and I couldn't budge em....

I was advised by the optician to go to hospital as there was a risk of microscopic pieces of my eye ball coming away...

It hurt like hell afterwards...and I had a sore head for ages...as with my eyes being bandaged ....

....I couldn't see where I was going ..

unlucky7 said:

I just got contacts in March,and I really like them. It took me a little bit of time to learn how to put them in quickly, but now it's a piece of cake. Also, I could wear them comfortably all day almost immediately, but in regard to vision, my eyes had to adjust a bit. It's kind of like getting a new prescription for your glasses.

Since they are soft lense contacts that expire every month, I order a six month supply. My contacts are not the extended wear, so I can't sleep in them. Other considerations would be the extra expense for cleaning solution and wetting solution, needed on a daily basis to disinfect and restore your contacts. Also it is a little bit of a hassle to wash your hands with anti-bac soap before putting the contacts in and taking them out. Finally, I updated my perscription for my glasses just in case my eyes become irritated due to allergies or maybe even an abrasion, and I can't wear my contacts.

All in all, contacts were are good investment for me because having them "freed" me relying on glasses. They are a little more expensive than wearing glasses, but at this point the extra cost is well worth it.

Neversin said:

They were of the harder variety ....and it was some time ago....

....but after my experience..I wouldn't advise anyone to sleep in them or wear them past the recommended time..

contacts made my eyes go like this --->

Steadwood said:

I've heard a lot of horror stories about hard contacts that's why I settled for soft ones, I knew a girl ones who fell asleep with hard contacts and like with you the next morning was a drama...
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone...

Neversin.

i have perfect 20/20 vision

but when my eyesight starts to go, and i know it will sometime in the next five years or so, i plan on getting a big ol pair of black hornrims, cuz i look SEXXXAY in hornrims and also i can't handle the idea of having to put a finger to my eyeball.

I wear contacts all the time. I would suggest the disposable ones...you have less of a chance of developing an infection from them.
I really like them

applekisses said:

thanks, but now that I read all the horror stories I think I'll just try those eye improvement exercises, i don't know, i'll buy the book

hiya

i've worn contacts for about - eh, 12 years now.

originally on permanent (don't think they had disposables back then), but now on daily disposable. honestly, unlucky7, they're the easiest thing in the world, and i've never had a problem.

like neversin mentioned, i quite often fall asleep with mine in by accident and although this isn't good for your eyes, frankly it's not that big a deal except for a bit of eye soreness.

and anyway, falling asleep with them in is just my laziness really - i'm sure you'd do better.

oh i should add that i'm on (and always have been on) soft contact lenses.

i wouldn't ever go for the hard ones myself.

I am wearing hard contacts since I was 10 (that's 27 years ) and I never ever had any problems. I once fell asleep and had forgotten to take them out and when I went to toilet in the middle of the night my one eye was hurting and so I was rubbing it and lost the lens without noticing. In the morning I found it and the other one in my second eye

Steadwood said:

My optician told me that the hard lenses are far less dangerous if you are wearing them on a regular basis than the soft ones. There are more infections with soft lenses than with hard ones.

Serious said:

Ok ....I'm not gonna argue with your optician

.....Just going off my experience....and it was a while ago.....

Steadwood said:

I guess the problem with hard contacts is that not everyone really can wear them, it depends on your eyes. And sure you should never ever wear them while you are sleeping

Steadwood said:

That sounds like a horrible experience

I have one soft bi-focal contact lens in my left eye, the right is perfect 20/20 made by Bausch-Lombs Toric 66 is the namebrand and it is extended wear, however i dont wear it over 10 hours and never had any problems, my vision has improved more this way than with glasses. I am not a candidate for LASIK since it doenst work for everyone.

Contacts are godsent...

Freespirit said:

Oh yes they are
Hi Julie
[Edited 10/29/04 7:03am]

Serious said:

Good Morning Martina. It's morning here... and cool after a day of rain.

Freespirit said:

It's 4:10 pm here, the sun is shining and I can see clearly because of my contacts

Serious said:

I like that kind of humor... Tribute to contacts... glasses free... Yes, that is how I feel. ~Smile.

Just the other day I tore my last contact, I immediately looked for my prescription and when I found it I realized it has expired last month. I was like NOOOOO, so I manipulated the expiration date from a 9-4-04 to a 12-4-04, I couldn't imagine having to make an appointment (the time it would take) and then I would be stuck wearing my glasses to work, no fareekin way!!!

I think I am going to take a shower put my eyes in... and take that beautiful walk out to nature, picture time.

Beautiful day... what a gift to be able to see, don't take it for granted... one day the ability may fade.

TheFrog said:

ok

Serious said:

It's ok ...The worst bit was not seeing and bashing my head and such....crossing the road was a real adventure

...No harm done...my eyes will not accept contacts now...or I may be wearing them