i have a bad feeling about Lasic surgery for some reason...i just don't trust it.

missfee said:

me either, I wonder what happens when you get older/age?

SpisaRibb said:

My friend is an eye dr. he doesn't do lasic himself (he mostly does cosmetic stuff), but he said he would recommend it because the risks are too great.

Things do go wrong.

Stymie said:

Are they rigid gas permeable (i.e., hard) or soft lenses?

I found that hard lenses were easier to put in, as they're smaller in diameter and don't change shape. I'd pull down my lower eyelid, put the lens in the "pocket" I just created, and slowly let my lower eyelid go back up. Voilà.

Ten years after pretty much giving up on the hard contacts (I found them uncomfortable), I recently started wearing soft lenses, since there are now "toric" soft contacts that can correct my astigmatism. They're much more difficult to put in, due to a larger diameter, their tendency not to keep their shape, and my relatively small eyes. But it's getting easier with practice.

Still, I really like the soft lenses. Once they're in, I can barely feel them. And unlike the hard lenses, which would sometimes move off-center, the soft ones stay where they should.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Maybe this has changed now that soft torics are available, but when I first got contacts in 1994, my eye doc told me the ratio of contacts to glasses wearers (1:4) had been staying the same for quite some time. He said that for every person who starts wearing contacts, another person decides they're not worth the hassle and goes back to glasses.

SpisaRibb said:

The torics that I wear (Bausch & Lomb SofLens 66 Toric) are designed so that they automatically rotate to the right position and stay there. It's pretty simple: the bottom is slighly heavier than the top, and after I insert them, they orient themselves properly after I blink a few times.

CinisterCee said:

Hard lenses will sometimes do that, especially if they dry out. They're also easier to remove when you want them out: you just pull the outer corner of your eye and blink.

OTOH, I've found that the soft lenses do a very good job of staying in. When I want to take them out, I have to touch my eyeball, pinch the lens, and pull it out. (It's not as bad as it sounds.)

matt said:

They are soft lenses. I wore them yesterday all day but they felt really weird. I will give them a few more days before I chuck them since I really want to ditch the glasses.

Stymie said:

Everyone should go the way of contact lenses. The glasses look is out. There are not that hard to handle.

Stymie said:

Well, you could give hard lenses a try. They are easier to put in, and they tend to do a slightly better job of correcting your vision. And while many people find them uncomfortable, some people actually find the hard lenses to be more comfortable, at least after they get used to them.

Spats said:

Actually my glasses make me look nerd sexy, but I still wear my contacts to...so the glasses look is not out....obviously your sense of style is out dated. Yo the 80's called they want your whole wardrobe back.

matt said:

Bad idea those damn things will make her want to scratch her eyeballs out the first time she wears them. You of all people should know this.

mostbeautifulgrlntheworld said:

Don't matta. I just took my unused boxes back. I ditched the contact lenses.

Stymie said:

so let's have a pic of you new specs!

iam going to get laser eye surgery one day. If my eyes fuck up because of it, then they could not be any worse then they are now.


Right, i just checked, the NHS does not do this porcedure!

I just spent 20 minutes tryng to put in a pair of theatrical contact lenses I ordered for halloween. I've got 20/20 vision and I've never worn them before. I can't even get one in. I don't think my eye is big enough. Or I can't get it open wide enough. Or something. harrumph. They were expensive too.

CarrieMpls said:

Yeah, that was one of my main problems with them. You just have to practice and be patien. I just don't have that kind of time in the mornings.

Stymie said:

I'm bringing them over to Darin's tomorrow and he's going to help me.
I need to get the feel for them before Saturday!
[Edited 10/25/06 18:06pm]

I was imagining you trying to put those contacts in and not having the patience for it

OMG!!!!!


I SAW YOU'RE BERLIN PICS!!!!!

SO YOU DECIDED TO KEEP YOUR CONTACTS???

THEY LOOK GREAT!

YOU LOOK GREAT IVY!!!!! WOW!!!!