Contacts

Poseidon · **Contacts -** 07-28-2005, 11:02 AM

As prolly most of you know I wear glasses, and have done for pretty much all my life. Up to now i have had my glasses paid for, as I have been in education, but have to pay for them myself now I have left college/education.

This is mainly for the people that wear/ have worn them, I am looking into getting some contact lenses, but have never tried them before, What do they actually feel like when they are in? Can you actually feel them all the time? Any dangers of having them in? They work out at about £1 a day which im willing to pay, but dont want something that'll irritate my eyes.

KTOG · 07-28-2005, 11:05 AM

You feel them at first but the feeling goes away fast. With the newer types they have the feel almost refreshing. As long as you take good care of your eyes and soke them everynight you shouldn't have a problem.

Poseidon · 07-28-2005, 11:09 AM

Which are the best? Throwaway contacts or monthly ones?

jujumantb · 07-28-2005, 11:10 AM

I got them recently. I havent had any problems with them yet, cant feel them when they're in at all. They say to only wear them 12 hours at the most, I was doing 16 hours straight my second day of having them, I guess it depends on how sensitive your eyes are though.

KTOG · 07-28-2005, 11:37 AM

monthly

rdeyes · 07-28-2005, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by KTOG

You feel them at first but the feeling goes away fast. With the newer types they have the feel almost refreshing. As long as you take good care of your eyes and soke them everynight you shouldn't have a problem.

that sums it up

1080jibber · 07-28-2005, 11:57 AM

I have both contacts and glasses, but never wear my contacts anymore, here are some pro's and cons I can come up with.

And for the throw aways or the 2 week/1 month ones, you can use them longer than that. I had the ones where you throw them away after 1 week, and I used them for about 1-2 months before I tossed them out. Everyone I know with contact does the same thing.

Pro:
-dont have to wear glasses
-you can wear sunglasses

Cons:
-cleaning them (but there is the solution that lets you just place them in without cleaning them)
-you cant go anywhere over night without your stuff to clean them and take them out. (if you drink, then this will be a big problem because waking up in the morning with your contacts in is hell!!!!)
-if you rub your eyes too hard the contact will come out. (this has happen to me so many times)

Coleman · 07-28-2005, 12:05 PM

i really have no problems with my contact lenses. They are so comfortable that I don't even feel them in. I really shouldn't do it, but I sleep with them in biggrin: . People ask me, "DON'T THEY HURT WHEN YOU WAKE UP? AREN'T THEY STUCK TO YOUR EYES!?!?". Well, no. They don't stick; all I do is blink a few times and I feel great.

I like them alot better than glasses because everywhere you look, it's clear. When you first put them in you'll be amazed. You can play sports and stuff and don't have to worry about glasses breaking/falling off. The only thing i don't recomend with them is swimming...even though I do that as well ha. Some people lose the lense real easily in the water. Again, I'm really lucky and don't have any problems with them at all.

KTOG · 07-28-2005, 12:30 PM

I know what you mean with the whole sleeping in them thing. I was real skeptical at first. You wake up and they do feel like hell but just blink a bit and it goes away. However, I only do that when I have no way of taking them out.

Akuma · 07-28-2005, 12:37 PM

I have bi-weekly contacts that I haven't taken out in like 3 months.

1080jibber · 07-28-2005, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by KTOG

I know what you mean with the whole sleeping in them thing. I was real skeptical at first. You wake up and they do feel like hell but just blink a bit and it goes away. However, I only do that when I have no way of taking them out.

I was hell to me, but it might have been the drinking and the smoke in my eyes too

Coleman · 07-28-2005, 12:41 PM

yeah, smoke does make my eyes really dry. I try to stay away from smoke.

jujumantb · 07-28-2005, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Coleman

i really have no problems with my contact lenses. They are so comfortable that I don't even feel them in. I really shouldn't do it, but I sleep with them in biggrin: . People ask me, "DON'T THEY HURT WHEN YOU WAKE UP? AREN'T THEY STUCK TO YOUR EYES!?!?". Well, no. They don't stick; all I do is blink a few times and I feel great.

I like them alot better than glasses because everywhere you look, it's clear. When you first put them in you'll be amazed. You can play sports and stuff and don't have to worry about glasses breaking/falling off. The only thing i don't recomend with them is swimming...even though I do that as well ha. Some people lose the lense real easily in the water. Again, I'm really lucky and don't have any problems with them at all.

My mom had to go to the emergency room one time after sleeping in them because they were welded to her eyes, said it was one of the most painful experiences of her life oOo:

Pyro · 07-28-2005, 12:48 PM

glasses > contacts

If i wanted sunglasses id just do what Toni did and buy the oakley frames and get the lenses put in them.

Some people think you look better without glasses and some think you look better without glasses on, but so many bitches have different opinions, can't please em all.

rdeyes · 07-28-2005, 12:51 PM

aww the join of getting something caught under a contact lense