Am i supposed to feel the contact lens?

[Krassus]

I got contacts for the first time yesterday, and am concerned because i can feel the lens a little bit - i sometimes become aware of it when i move my eye or blink. Is this normal? Is my eye just adjusting to it, or is that here to stay? The lens i'm using is a one-in-a-month 'soft' type.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

That's just adjustment. Give it time.

Edit - Unless you have the lens in backwards (reversed) or there's a big chunk of eyelash/dust ... but you'd more likely feel pain then. 😛

- M4H

 

[lchyi]

Yea you'll feel it for the first couple times. Is it hurting or bothering you? I have gotten a few contacts that haven't fitted me properly before. Try asking your optometrist if it doesn't go away in a few days.

 

[deerslayer]

You should get used to it. It just takes some time. Make sure you check your contacts before you put them in, both for anything stuck on the lens like hair or dirt, and make sure they are not inside out, because it hurts like a #($*&( when you put them in inside out.

 

[chin311]

yeah, ive worn them for years.

at first you feel it and are like "OMG how can you not notice them?"
but after a few days or so, you can hardly tell they are in, unless they are dried out or s0mething.

 

[nitsuj3580]

From the get go I never felt mine. My optometrist made me put them in and take them out before I could leave his office when I initially got them. First one took me a couple of tries because my eye kept fluttering but when I finally got it in, I first thought I had dropped it but it was actually in my eye.

You will definitely get used to them though and recognize if you have a hair in it or have it reversed.

I also took mine out in the evening at first and that seemed to work well. Let me eyes adjust to wearing them for extended periods of time little by little.

 

[Joker81]

I've never had problems putting in backwards and I can see the same.
The worst part about contacts is that if you sleep with them in they sometimes dry to your eye ball and it can hurt alot tearing them off.

 

[wfbberzerker]

i can definitely tell if they are inverted inside my eye, but if they are in right, i can rarely tell that they are there.

 

[Encryptic]

Your eyes are just getting used to them. Once you've worn them for a little while, you won't notice them most of the time. I wore contacts for years and that's the experience I had with them.