Use contact lenses?

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!!!

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.

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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

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

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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

Originally Posted by timwilky

Don't do a Tara with your contacts

oh god know that was so painful

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! )
- 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.

Originally Posted by Carl

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.

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!)