I just got contacts

[bobby9101]

I just got contact lenses yesterday, so glad to not have to wear glasses half the time.
So far I like them, other than my eyes get a little irritated when I put them in, and yesterday (the first time I have had to take them out) it took me an hour to get them out! I am not good with not blinking when I am touching my eye

 

[gmtfan]

I am lucky that I don't have handicap eyes until now (30) (maybe I am not a good reader and I don't use PC that much:hehe. Hope they are going to go well for the next 20 years

 

[weblord]

american eye institute offers eye laser tech here I never tried them out yet, but it's a yearly treatment, it'll remove your glasses and contacts as well. :lala:

 

[bobby9101]

I didn't want to get lasik, because apparently I'll need glasses again later in life, so I will just wait 20 years for lasik to get better

 

[weblord]

yeah that's what they call it, they offer it here like U.S.$500/year
my eye was diagnosed and Im wearing a 300 eye glass on left and 314 on right eye. near sighted. but if I view the monitor I have to remove them so i can see the letters. I only need them to read signs and billboards and a feet across i guess i can't recognize faces so i have to wear them.

I have to make my eye small and focus and my eyebrows will "kiss" each other making me look like angry and if not wearing eye glass I bypass people that i know never even say good morning to them, but contacts i really can't wear I have sensitive eyes

I didn't want to get lasik, because apparently I'll need glasses again later in life, so I will just wait 20 years for lasik to get better

 

[bobby9101]

yeah that's what they call it, they offer it here like U.S.$500/year
my eye was diagnosed and Im wearing a 300 eye glass on left and 314 on right eye. near sighted. but if I view the monitor I have to remove them so i can see the letters. I only need them to read signs and billboards and a feet across i guess i can't recognize faces so i have to wear them.

I have to make my eye small and focus and my eyebrows will "kiss" each other making me look like angry and if not wearing eye glass I bypass people that i know never even say good morning to them, but contacts i really can't wear I have sensitive eyes

Here it's a one time treatment

 

[bocajohnh]

Congrats on the new eyes! I've had contacts for 20+ years and they are worth any trouble you have in the early days, weeks or months.

...I am not good with not blinking when I am touching my eye

Yeah, this is one thing that takes a while to get used to. From my experience, and most recently watching my kid learn hers, you just have to keep working at it, have confidence, and then one day you'll be doing it so easily, your friends will FREAK OUT watching you touch your eyeballs.

 

[DewKnight]

I was scarred as a kid. They gave me the hard contacts to use and they just totally messed me up. I'll never try contacts again, not even those soft ones that everybody uses.

 

[GreenGambler]

I've never had them but want to get some I think. Or have Lasik surgery. When I was in second grade I had to wear a patch on my right eye because my left eye is a "lazy eye".. It was funny.

 

[000]

So far I like them, other than my eyes get a little irritated when I put them in, and yesterday (the first time I have had to take them out) it took me an hour to get them out! I am not good with not blinking when I am touching my eye

No worries bud, you'll get used to it soon. I've had mine for nearly two years now, and I love them. At first I was very bad with the whole touching the eye thing, but I got over it. Glasses are a pain in the butt :imho:...

Congrats and good luck!

 

[Achaias]

I've never had them but want to get some I think. Or have Lasik surgery. When I was in second grade I had to wear a patch on my right eye because my left eye is a "lazy eye".. It was funny.

Yarr?

Welcome to the world of sight. I've had contacts for a while now but still enjoy my glasses occasionally. I still have a good 15+ years if I wanted to get lasik done. By that I mean everything they tell you about having to get glasses later on as your eyes become "lazy". I always thought it was ironic that my Optometrist was the one who was telling me not to get lasik, as if he needed the business. Honestly 15 or 20 years without anything in or around your eyes would be worth it. Who knows, by that time they may have a procedure for that too.

 

[bizwiz]

I never had contact lenses before, only glasses but they look cool

 

[Bill]

I tried contacts, but didn't like them at all. I only have to wear glasses for far distance. Only time I really use them is driving at night.

-Bill

 

[weblord]

im still fascinated when i see people wearing contacts, and imagining inserting those in my eyes, just make my hairs on back of my head rise up.

i think i need my eyes done there btw.

Here it's a one time treatment

 

[dgridley]

I'd like contacts but can't get them because I wear bifocals (or so i'm told).. also I'd be afraid they'd fall out or I'd get an eye infection.

 

[bobby9101]

I'd like contacts but can't get them because I wear bifocals (or so i'm told).. also I'd be afraid they'd fall out or I'd get an eye infection.

they stick to your eye very very well

 

[weblord]

these would be cool

 

[dgridley]

Still, you hear of people losing a contact all the time

they stick to your eye very very well

 

[dezinerite]

Great! Although my elder sister wore them for years and according to her they were such a hassle (buying the right treatment solutions, washing the lenses, knowing which one goes for which eye). She did the lasik laser eye surgery a few months ago.

I'm always on the PC, but I got my eyes checked a few months ago and according to the optician, I didn't need glasses.

 

[weblord]

there are occasional dusty winds here i think my uncle wears contacts and he still need to wear an eyeglass just to prevent wind from blowing his eyes.

Still, you hear of people losing a contact all the time