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OverVolt said:
MANY SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACTS ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH NO RINSE DISINFECTING SOLUTIONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE PRESERVED WITH POLYQUAD. I believe the preservative gets trapped against the eye between the polar nature of the silicone and has nowhere to go. It has come out that alot of the preservatives in eye solutions are actually cytotoxic to your eye. Poly-quad is definitely less cytotoxic than BAK, but I think does some pretty good damage if trapped there. BAK has been implicated in dry eye disease in those who use eye drops for glaucoma for example.

Use hydrogen peroxide based contact lens cleaning systems that degrade into saline water after 6 hours, if you are using silicone hydrogen contacts.

I personally had it pretty bad from OPTIFREE and Oasys personally. Totally fine with clearcare and Oasys. It wasn't the contacts themselves.
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Never had that issue with Optifree and Oasys. ClearCare is good but the 6 hour thing is annoying. There were days that I would come home late and take them out to be able not to put them in the morning because it would burn like hell cause it hadn't hit that 6 hour mark.

I use BioTrue now though.

http://solution.biotrue.com/
 
lxskllr said:
The results are too mixed. Most people love it, but there's a substantial minority of "meh", and a handful of horror stories. I'm not willing to risk the only eyes I have for trivial convenience.
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Yeah, the horror stories kinda freak me out a bit. Especially since my entire career is dependent on being able to see. Of course the price too is a huge deterring factor.

At least if you do wear glasses, there's plenty of fashionable frames to choose from these days. God, I remember my mom having these big owl lenses when I was a kid.
 
CoPhotoGuy said:
Sounds like a ridiculous amount of work.

Here's what I do:

1 - Put glasses on.
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,,,and get them knocked off in sports, bend them when you fall asleep in them, scratch them when you drop them, get sore spots on your ears/nose, and catch them when they fall off your face when you're sweating.

I also think my attractiveness goes down 72.4% when I wear glasses.
 
I hate contacts. I wore them for a year and they were such a nuisance. The worst is when you'd get one stuck in an eyelid and spend 20 minutes trying to fish it out. I went to glasses after that year and have never had a desire to go back.
 
SteveGrabowski said:
I hate contacts. I wore them for a year and they were such a nuisance. The worst is when you'd get one stuck in an eyelid and spend 20 minutes trying to fish it out. I went to glasses after that year and have never had a desire to go back.
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That seriously happens to be once a year and only if I leave my contacts on so long to dry.
 
Wore glasses for a decade, tried contacts many times (I even worked at 1-800 Contacts), never liked them. Couldn't handle the burning/feeling of them in my eyes, and my current job it's difficult to wear them.

Got PRK a few years ago (they 'sand' your eyes down instead of cutting the lens open). Surgery was absolutely painless. Afterwards there was a fair bit of pain but nothing too excruciating, and about 2 days of blindness (not complete, just really blurry).

Two weeks later I could see an ant taking a shit on a leaf 76 miles away. It was epic, I'll never forget that moment. It's totally worth it to get the surgery.

It's pretty cheap nowdays, I think probably less than 1k per eye (insurance might cover you as well), and they can do astigmatisms.
 
lxskllr said:
I like glasses. Kind of a hassle, but they work every time, and there's little chance of damaging your eyes. In fact, it helps protect them, since you have a cover on all the time, instead of needing safety glasses, but not using them.
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If you are using ordinary glasses in the place of saftety glasses or prescription saftety galsses all you are doing is putting a piece of glass that will break right next to your eyeball.

Good work.
 
I had the same experience OP. In fact, it took me about 5 visits to the Eye Dr. to get them in, and then they were the wrong script. Eventually, the Dr. said I would get used to them and sent me out the door. I never did and they sit on my sink unused.

Unfortunately I have Kerataconus and regular contacts are a no-go for me. The ones that I have are hybrids with a rigid interior with a soft skirt and cost about 700 bucks. Thankfully, insurance paid for them. My next step is Intacs implants or crosslinking when the FDA gets done approving it.

Good luck getting them to work.
 
Puppies04 said:
FTFY.
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It's also called aging.

My sight has always been perfect, but I just recently tried my wife's glasses and Holy Crap, they worked really well. (32yo)
I might go see an eye doctor and get a pair of glasses just for the hell of it.
 
It takes a while to become comfortable with contact lens use. Use whatever works for you. If I'm in the office staring at a computer screen all day I prefer glasses. If I'm outside or being active, I prefer contacts.
 
sourceninja said:
So I tried to get contacts today. After an hour of frantically poking myself in the eye I somehow manage to get one contact in. The next 5 minutes are crazy stinging and then, hey I can see!

So then I try for another hour trying to get the second one in. No luck and my eye is not as red as an apple.

So I decided to reschedule my appointment and go back to work. Only I can't get the freaking contact out! Then it moves and the horrible stinging is back and I can't open my eye long enough to get it out.

Finally I get mad and talk the doctor into taking it out for me. I'm really disappointed, I really wanted to end my dependence on contacts before the new riding season starts.

I'm starting to wonder if I should just get lasik.

*end blog rant*
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It takes a few weeks to get used to putting in and taking out contacts. It's pretty hard the first time around.

Also, a trick to taking out contacts: gently slide the contact down towards the white part of your eyeball. Then gently pinch the contact and pull it out. The white part of your eye is a million times less sensitive than the colored part.
 
Fritzo said:
What you're experiencing is normal. It takes about two weeks to learn how to put them in properly. Also, if you're getting stinging you probably got lint on the lenses.

Keep at it. You'll eventually get it. The biggest obstacle is learning that it's OK to touch your eye.
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+1

Took me at least an hour to put my first pair in and take out.
 
Takes a bit to get used to putting them in, but now I can put them in and take them out while walking down the street. Not a huge fan of them though; have not yet been able to find a brand/style that I can wear for more than 4 hours at a time.

KT
 
Puppies04 said:
If you are using ordinary glasses in the place of saftety glasses or prescription saftety galsses all you are doing is putting a piece of glass that will break right next to your eyeball.

Good work.
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Better than nothing, and most people don't buy glass lenses anymore due to the weight. Besides, I always get rated lenses for my glasses, because I need them.
 
Your finger should never actually touch your eye. That will cause some pain and stinging, and probably what caused your scratch.

The contact should suction itself to your eye, but at the beginning it will be hard not to blink. I have had contacts for over 10 years and I still awkwardly hold my upper eyelid to prevent myself from blinking. Once the contact is semi-sticking to my eye, I roll my eye around to make sure it won't fall out. After that, I usually forget they are in.

But do keep in mind that your finger should never actually touch your eye.
 
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