r/contacts

Hi I just got contact lenses after wearing glasses only for last 15 years or so. Troubles I’m having are: insertion-mostly got the hang of it, REAL problem I’m still having is with removal. My fingers are big and because my vision isn’t real bad and I’m farsighted I simply can’t see the lens in my eye and am having trouble getting it out. Last time I was trying and trying until my eye was red and irritated. I couldn’t get my eye to stay open. Finally I shoved my chair away from the table, looked down and there was my lens on the floor! I feel like if lens had some color I could see it better. I’m using my trial lenses but I want this to work. After I get them in I’m having zero issues with them. Even though not bifocal lenses they make reading easier. Apparently they don’t make weighted lenses for my level of astigmatism. I would really love to hear any insights on removing easier so I don’t irritate my eyes every time I remove them. HELP?

Ok, I tried to put it on but it fell and on the dresser, and I couldn't find it for 5 hours, it was I cleaned it thoroughly with all-purpose solution, but I'm afraid to use it, hence my question: can I use it?

I just went to my eye doc. He's great, other than he is on the older side and pretty set in his preferences. it's never been an issue until this exam. He does not recommend presbyopia drops and doesn't think that having to finally use readers is a big deal. I've been wearing contact lenses for almost 30 years to avoid wearing glasses of any sort.

I noticed that I have to hold my cell-phone out at arms length. for this exam- he said to just get readers if I need them. I didn't think, at the time, that as my new prescription is worse- that now "arms-length" is not enough to still view my phone. I don't want to have readers on over my glasses for most of the time ! My doc. said my prescription is likely too bad to contemplate monovision contacts. Is that true?

OD: 8.6/-4.00/-.75 X 90

OS: 8.6/-4.25*-1.25 X 90

My eyes are otherwise healthy- no signs at all of cataracts, or glaucoma, etc. I'm so upset that I wasn't thinking to when I filled the new script for contacts that I'd no longer be able to really look at my phone easily. I almost wish I had kept my old presecription (the power was -3.75 previous to this exam) where I could still easily look a my laptop and phone while having my contacts on.

do I have non-glasses alternatives for my presbyopia?

hi guys my contact lens shop gave me the wrong brand of contacts, instead of the biomedics they gave me biofinity, and ive had a history of blurriness when they changed my contact lens brand before, airoptix was especially blur after a while despite having the same diameter and base curve as my biomedics, im scared that the biofinity will be blur too, as biomedics uses hydrogel while the biofinity uses silicon, will this make a difference?

Hi! I’m hoping someone can provide me some feedback because I’m unsure on what to do. I’ve been wearing contacts since like my freshman year of high school (I’m 22 now) and have been going to the same eye dr for years for my glasses/contacts. Well, there’s been a change in staff, my old dr moved to another state 😣. I recently just got a new contact exam and she provided me with a trial pair of daily disposables by Bausch + Lomb and told me to try them out for about a week and let her know how it goes and she’ll finalize my prescription. All is well and she finalizes it and sends me a copy which I like to keep for my records. But, my old doctor had me on Air Optix which I loved and was also comfortable with and it had the color that I liked best. I’m not sure if my doctor offers any colored lenses anymore so I’m stuck on where to order from and should I keep the remaining daily disposables and still have purchase my Air Optix color I enjoy? Will it be possible for me to use my prescription for a different brand? I hope these aren’t stupid questions. Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Hi. Today i had my appointment. It took around 40 mins. at first my optometrist put these contacts in. it took her some time but she did it, my reflexes were a bit intense but she was able to touch my eyeballs. just the contact didnt want to stick to them, my eyes got kinda tired.

it turned out that my eyeball is a bit flatter than the contact so i will have to get my personalised contacts. She took out one of these contacts, i did same to the other one. But when we did it 40 mins have passed so i had to go. She gave me 5 trial contacts to try at home. Im really determined but also kinda sad cause i didnt put them in by myself. my reflexes are kinda strong andim not very comfortable with that process but would really love to be able to wear them.

do u guys had similar experience? how long did it take for you to get used to them and what helped

I have astigmatism that is quite severe and usually wear contacts half the time and glasses the other half. Recently I went to an optician who told me I need prism lenses so I ordered those. He told me I should not wear contacts anymore and stick to glasses because only they can fix my eye issues. Is this true? He said I can wear contacts occasionally but should not be wearing them frequently.

Hi. I wear glasses. I live in a pretty noisy house, so I always wear noise cancelling headphones. Though I started to notice that the noise cancelling sometimes didn’t work very well. After looking into why, I realized that the reason is because I often wear the headphones while I’m wearing glasses, which disrupts the seal over my ears and causes the noise cancelling to worsen.

So, maybe a silly reason, but it’s made me begin to consider getting contacts. The problem I’ve run into though is that I get pretty bad dry eyes. And I’ve read that contacts are bad for dry eyes.

But exactly how bad is it? Does anyone have an experience with getting contacts with dry eyes?

LT wearer of normal contacts (monthly then replace). Recently started wearing glasses more and love that I don’t use readers like I do when I wear contacts. However, I do still like the quick convenience of wearing contacts, especially when working out.

Any daily wearers out there that can tell me if you like them? Downsides?

Bonsoir voilà que j'explique la situation : Je suis en train de tenter de restauré une chignole je l'ai donc mise en pièces dans une bassine avec du bicarbonate de soude en poudre. J'ai ensuite remplie le bac en eau chaude mais ayant été en contact aves la vapeur je me retrouve avec des picotements aux yeux. A savoir il n'est question de de vapeur d'eau chaud aucune goutte rien dans les yeux. Uniquement sujet à la vapeur. ( Je tenais le pommeau de douche le temps de remplir le tout. Car oui n'ayant pas grande place pour travailler. ) Mais pour en revenir, Pouvez vous m'aidez ? Avez vous des conseilles ? Des faits rassurant ? Cela c'est passer hier à 22h il est à présent 1h00 (Trop inquiet pour fermer l'œil ) et je sent comme une gène ( Genre cil dans l'œil ) mais je n'ai cesse de me regarder dans le miroir depuis lors il n'y a aucun changement. Aucun irritation à première vue. Je vous remercie de bien vouloir m'apporter votre aide. Bonne soirée.

I'm quite new to contacts. I have read online that if you open your monthly contacts for the first time, from that point they will be good for one month. So if you decide not to wear them for X amount of days, but keep them hydrated in the contacts fluid, it won't matter because they still expire at the end of the 31 days.

Okay so basically, I just got contact lenses today. I was taking them out when one by one they both accidentally slipped and stuck to my mirror so I took them out washed them with solution and rinsed them with it then put them back in the solution.

Then I realised there were small hair kinda stuff in the solution so I took my lens out and put them in their original box where they came from and rinsed the contact case with tap water(mind you where I'm from tap water isnt the best for drinking) and then I left them to dry and shook them then put solution in them and then put my lens. Then I got to know that tap water is REALLY bad for contacts!

So I put the lenses back in their original box and emptied the solution from the contact case and rinsed the contact case with the solution 2-3 times then I filled it with solution again and after that I took my lens one by one rinsed them with solution in my palm 2-3 times asw then put them in the contact case and its been 1.5 hours since I left them in the case. And the contact case is closed.

I've read you should leave them in there for 6-8 hours or more so that's what I'm doing. I would've bought another lens but the event is tomorrow and I've got no time. Is it safe if I wear the lens after 8 hours?

TDLR, rinsed case with tap water then dried it then cleaned with solution, what do I do?

so i have a single contact lens that have dried out because my dementia-ass forgot to put the solution on one of them and left it to dry out but i managed to rehydrate it again, but the question is: is it safe to still wear it?