Use contact lenses?

[Carl]

I'm having terrible trouble getting the Specsavers own brand ones in my eye in the morning. I use daily daily disposables (too lazy to clean them every night!), but the specsavers own brand I have trouble getting them to stick in my eye first time.
Only been using them for a couple of months but got used to it quickly and at first had a mix of specsavers own and another make - never had trouble with the others.

Anyone else recommend any particular brand and also supplier of choice? I'm gonna order them off net cos they're cheaper!

Slightly different thread but hey gotta have variety!!! ;)

[SVrach]

I had a problem getting the daily use ones OUT. I now am using the ones you keep in for a month,the daily use ones are alot thinner and i have made my eyes bloodshot before just trying to take them out,lol,but i never had any probs putting them in.

[G]

The big problem is when they become warm, they become really soft. So when you try to put them in, they fold around your finger rather than your eye and it REALLY does my head in

[Flamin_Squirrel]

I find the one thing that makes it difficult for the lense to stay put is if the lense is too wet - nothing to encorage it to stick you your eye.

[timwilky]

Don't do a Tara with your contacts

[G]

I can never find a good compromise on contacts as it is.

vision more than 1m away can be perfect but close up vision can be terrible which will trigger a 3 day migrane.

So now I just stick to glasses, need some new ones infact :(

Will treat myself to some eye surgery when the optician tells me they have stopped declining so rapidly :(

[Tara]

Don't do a Tara with your contacts

oh god know that was so painful

[muffles]

I use Bausch & Lomb daily disposables ordered from Specsaver Direct (online). Didn't know Specsavers did their own brand!

These are £18/month which I thought was pretty good.

In terms of getting them in, since as noted daily disposables are a lot thinner, it takes a bit more careful handling. I have no idea if what I do is the same as anyone else, or common, but it's:

- put finger (hereafter known as the 'first finger') into contact lens container and pull out lens (lenses are always in there facing down - i.e. in a bowl shape - er, assuming it's not a bowl you have turned over! :smt043)
- use thumb and forefinger of other hand to hold the lens by the edges and get it off your first finger
- turn it round using your thumb and forefinger as the pivot points and put it back on your first finger, ready to place in eye
- with your head level (not looking up or down) put your first finger up to your eye and put the contact in position
- tilt head back and slowly pull away first finger - also be careful on the first 1 or 2 blinks so it settles correctly and doesn't pop out

Never had any problems with them, apart from them being quite delicate and can rip easily. But then, they're disposable, and it doesn't happen often.

[sarah]

Anyone else recommend any particular brand and also supplier of choice? I'm gonna order them off net cos they're cheaper!


I think it partly depends on the shape of your eyes. It's worth trying a few different brands out to see which suit you best.

[muffles]

Oh and in terms of having trouble getting them out, I am not sure if this is what you are referring to but contacts do deprive the eye of moisture/lubrication to a degree (except maybe those monthly continuous wear ones - never investigated properly!).

If they "stick" to your eye as you take them out it means they got too dry - you can do things to avoid/get round this:

- don't wear them for too long - max recommended for disposables is 12 hrs/day at least for mine
- have a 'blinking session' before removing them - helps to lubricate/moisten them
- get some of the 'refresher' eye drops and put these in at various points during the day (this is apparently a good idea if you wear them for long periods anyway - but I haven't got round to getting my own, have only stolen other people's!)

[muffles]

I had a problem getting the daily use ones OUT. I now am using the ones you keep in for a month,the daily use ones are alot thinner and i have made my eyes bloodshot before just trying to take them out,lol,but i never had any probs putting them in.

Actually, if you just mean you can't seem to grip them, then the way I do it (probably same as you are doing now tbh, if you are wearing other contacts) is touse thumb and forefinger and "squeeze" it - make it rise up in the middle of the contact lens and pop off.

[Tara]

I think it partly depends on the shape of your eyes. It's worth trying a few different brands out to see which suit you best.

agreed i got mine from tesco but they are a brand i tried a few before i got mine.

i have been known tho to take my cornea off before now tho

[CoolGirl]

Simple - check you've got the right fit. differnet brands fit differently so best not to mix and marth.

if they are too tight thet will 'clamp' to the eye, drying out the area underneath and causing too much of a suction effect. Your optician will be able to tell at the end of a day's wear as there will be a visible ring, like the mark you get if your socks are too tight.

If they are too loose, they won't stick properly.

[stewie]

agreed i got mine from tesco but they are a brand i tried a few before i got mine.

i have been known tho to take my cornea off before now tho

You took your cornea off :smt119 ?! thats it, Im gonna stick with specs

[Tara]

You took your cornea off :smt119 ?! thats it, Im gonna stick with specs


thought my contact lens was still in and it wasn't and no i wasn't drunk i had to wear a pink eye patch for nearly a month whiel it healed it was sooooooooo painful

[stewie]

Holy cow, Ill bet it was ;)

[Tara]

it was light sensitive to so i had to keep the patch on which wasn't good then i broke my glasses and one of the arms was missing for ages it wasn't a good time

[Flamin_Squirrel]

it was light sensitive to so i had to keep the patch on which wasn't good then i broke my glasses and one of the arms was missing for ages it wasn't a good time

I first read that as "and one of my arms was missing for ages, it wasn't a good time" :shock:

That wouldn't be a good time alright!

[Tara]

I first read that as "and one of my arms was missing for ages, it wasn't a good time" :shock:

That wouldn't be a good time alright!

:D

[Ceri JC]

Johnson&Johnson daily disposables for me. Using them rather than specs when riding is probably the best 'upgrade' for my bike, bar the rear shock and that includes doing IAM, Z6 tyres, etc. Can't beat 26:26 vision (well, unless you're aboriginal...) ;)

[GastonJ]

I use the specsavers ones normally and they aren't that good, they'd sooner stick to my finger than slide onto my eye. When I was up in Scotland the other year I ran out. Thinking all Specsavers were linked via computer I just dropped into one in Aberdeen, and soon found out they weren't. Anyway they did fix me up with some which I had no problems with, fet much thinner than the normal ones, but worked a treat. I've also tried to scrape my cornea off when I thought I hadn't managed to get the lens, hurts like hell for ages.

I've got to have a test in July and I'll be changing from Specsavers.

[Carl]

Wow so many replies in an afternoon! wtf do you lot do all day?!!! lol

I haven't really had problems getting them out (or the lenses!), just these ones either pop inside out and stick to my finger or when I think they're in my eye I blink and find it on my cheek. Partly the idea was that it would be great for the bike but seeing as I'm selling it I've not had chance to find out :( I don't like wearing glasses on the bike (not got any choice my eyesight is awful), as when it gets a bit bumpy they move around too much and screw your vision up plus peripheral vision sucked too. Maybe I'll sneak a quick blast round the corner later :riding::smt077

Think I may just go online (cheaper), and get some Acuvue's or something but I'm going to stick with disposables for the time being for ease of use but the montly wear in ones sound great. failling that maybe laser surgery but I don't know if I could stand that! Plus its expensive and the money from my bike is already earmarked for other "projects" such as a house!

[Carl]

Anyone tried these? http://www.daysoftlenses.com/GB

Sure these are ones I saw advertise in an inflight magazine the other day - ah the jetset lifestyle.

[anna]

I have to give it to all contact lense wearers the thought of actually putting anything near my eye is just repulsive to me to the point that I cant watch anyone else do it either!

I know a lot of people have told me that they felt the same to start with but the benifits outweigh the bad bits of it but I'm not sure if I had to wear glasses that I would ever be able to fit contact lenses in myself!

[Frank]

I dont have any problems with my eyes,so I am of no use to you

[GastonJ]

One of my work colleagues had his eyes lasered a couple of years back, he said it was just uncomfortable for a few days. Problem is that you can't hold back age and now he has reading glasses to allow him to read and work on his computer.

[Lucas]

Johnson & Johnson's acuvue daily are good, been using them for years :cyclops:

http://www.acuvue.com/

[Filipe M.]

Bausch & Lomb Soflens for me...

[anna]

ewwwwwwwwww lasers and eyes ewwwwwwwwwwwww