On the subject of contact lenses: I sometimes wonder if I will have droopy looking eyes when I get older because twice a day I breifly stretch my eye lids open in an unnatural Ludovico-like way.
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Contact Lens
- Thread starter Doomsday
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I've just got contacts a few months back. I wanted to get them because I have a really bad habit of breaking my glasses by accident (ex falling asleep with on). At first they were a bit of a pain to get in but after a while it becomes like a second nature to do it. I've opted for the 2 week disposiable ones and I'm happy with them.
The only problem I have with contacts is that now that it's allergy season I sometimes can't wear them because they bother my eyes a bit to much.
The only problem I have with contacts is that now that it's allergy season I sometimes can't wear them because they bother my eyes a bit to much.
Obviously it'll take some time to get used to poking your finger into your eye, but once you get used to it it's great. Just don't fall asleep with contacts on, or it'll hurt like shit when you try to take it out when you get up. Also use disposables first if you do plan on getting contacts.
I've *had* contact lenses for a while now but I'm too lazy/scared to learn to put them in... the idea of touching my eye is chilling, especially as a germophobe. Plus there's something just.. weird.. about physically placing something over your eyeball and changing the way you view the world.
Yes exact same problem. I used contacts for about two weeks (dailies) and just couldnt get used to it. Also, apparently my eyeballs are ultra-sensitive or something, and will tear a lot during the day with contacts on. Now i stick to glasses for the most part, except when i have to go for a match or swimming.
I would say use contacts if you can get used to it, it does make people (me at least) look better. However, i find that the irritations are too much and its just not comfortable for me.
Offtopic oh what the shit, i look like batpig with my glasses
I've worn contact lenses pretty much every day for about 5 years now. Initially, I didn't care much for them since I was fine with my glasses, but I like them quite a bit now. I take them out every night after I shower, and then I switch into glasses.
The biggest problem I've had with contact lenses is when I draw or play video games (or do something that requires long periods of staring), they get really uncomfortable and dry. I always carry a small bottle of contact fluid in my purse.
As for putting them in, I usually put the lens on my index finger, use my middle finger to pull down the bottom eyelid, look upwards, and then just put the lens in. I find it much easier to put them in when my fingers are dry. That way the lens doesn't stick to my finger as opposed to going into my eye.
The biggest problem I've had with contact lenses is when I draw or play video games (or do something that requires long periods of staring), they get really uncomfortable and dry. I always carry a small bottle of contact fluid in my purse.
As for putting them in, I usually put the lens on my index finger, use my middle finger to pull down the bottom eyelid, look upwards, and then just put the lens in. I find it much easier to put them in when my fingers are dry. That way the lens doesn't stick to my finger as opposed to going into my eye.
You guys are all lucky compared to me when it comes to eye sight. I have a rare condition called Keratoconus, which makes your cornea slightly cone shaped... which means I actually don't have the option of wearing glasses as they do absolutely nothing for me.
But the only contacts that I can wear are hard contacts, as in not like the usual bendy ones that look like they could be plastic wrap. My contacts are like little pieces of plexiglass lol... and they suck. They really suck and are incredibly uncomfortable and I hardly ever wear them.
But the problem with that is that I have pretty awful vision. I only so far have the advanced condition in one eye, but in that eye I'm legally blind, but the other is passable, so atm I just get by with shitty vision =/.
Luckily I've heard they are coming out with new contacts especially for this shitty thing, and I think it's like a gigantic contanct lens that fits over like your whole goddamn eye, even the white part, so I'm freaked out as hell to try it... actually I'm not sure I've even be able to wear them It'll be so weird; I'm gunna try 'em and find out I supppose
Alright so that's my contact experience lol, so I think if you have the option to wear contacts, (and normal contacts I mean lol), then you definately should. I had normal contacts for a while and really there isn't much reason not to. After like 3 days you will never feel them in, they are much less of a liability than glasses, and (most likely) you'll look alot better with them than glasses.
But the only contacts that I can wear are hard contacts, as in not like the usual bendy ones that look like they could be plastic wrap. My contacts are like little pieces of plexiglass lol... and they suck. They really suck and are incredibly uncomfortable and I hardly ever wear them.
But the problem with that is that I have pretty awful vision. I only so far have the advanced condition in one eye, but in that eye I'm legally blind, but the other is passable, so atm I just get by with shitty vision =/.
Luckily I've heard they are coming out with new contacts especially for this shitty thing, and I think it's like a gigantic contanct lens that fits over like your whole goddamn eye, even the white part, so I'm freaked out as hell to try it... actually I'm not sure I've even be able to wear them It'll be so weird; I'm gunna try 'em and find out I supppose
Alright so that's my contact experience lol, so I think if you have the option to wear contacts, (and normal contacts I mean lol), then you definately should. I had normal contacts for a while and really there isn't much reason not to. After like 3 days you will never feel them in, they are much less of a liability than glasses, and (most likely) you'll look alot better with them than glasses.
Good for you. Just keep at it (not too longer time to begin with) and you won't even notice them in a week or two.
By the way are you using 'daylies' or 'monthlies'?
By the way are you using 'daylies' or 'monthlies'?
Good choice hehe.
I agree, I had glasses since I was 1 year olds, I still have those glasses somewhere, but contacts are such a good idea, maybe only when your going out to hang out with people, or on a date. Glasses for if your being lazy. I really hated glasses I felt it held me back so much, plus I always got yelled at for loosing them, and they break so easily
I love my glasses. They make me feel educated.
I wear girl's glasses. They're light blue, and the frame is made of plastic and I think I look far better in them than I do without them.
Granted, contacts have their advantages (While I was playing dodge-ball on one of those giant inflatable circus things that you can jump around in, someone threw a ball at my face, and one of the lenses fell out) but I've always seen contacts as a thing of vanity, and I'm really not attractive enough to be vain.
I wear girl's glasses. They're light blue, and the frame is made of plastic and I think I look far better in them than I do without them.
Granted, contacts have their advantages (While I was playing dodge-ball on one of those giant inflatable circus things that you can jump around in, someone threw a ball at my face, and one of the lenses fell out) but I've always seen contacts as a thing of vanity, and I'm really not attractive enough to be vain.
Totally natural. I got contacts a couple of months ago. Putting them in is a BITCH initially (taking them off a bit less so), but after some advice from the optometrist I got better with the whole blink reflex thing pretty quick:
- When putting contacts on, KEEP BOTH EYES OPEN. Yeah it's hard and all that, (so is putting shit in your eye because jesus christ you're putting shit in your eye) but if you are able to keep both eyes open you will lessen the flinch reflex a lot. I am tempted to make some kind of retarded joke involving mold breaker and serene grace because I am posting on some kind of a pokemon forum but I am going to go with my better judgment and not do so because for one thing I have like 3 posts.
- Also uh I would assume this is pretty standard but if you haven't been doing so, I always pry the bottom eyelid down with the middle finger of the right hand, put the lens on the index finger of the same hand and use my left hand to pry the upper eyelid up. Yeah I use the same hands for both eyes to keep things simple or something. Ultimately it's about personal preference but I found that the easiest way to go.
- Taking contacts off is probably the easier part, if you're going to be a little bitch about it you can just put your finger in the side of your eye closest to your nose (even if it's almost closed) and just rub it off in an outward motion. How I would take it off with the "pinch method" (how you should be doing it) is I would put my index finger and thumb right so they would touch the very bottom of my eyeball, then LOOK DOWN at where my fingers are so now my fingers are conveniently placed around the pupil, and then just pinch and remove. So much easier than actually sticking your fingers where your pupil is.
Overall I'm glad with the move I took from glasses to contacts because once they are in shit just feels so much smoother, especially if you are at all physically active.
Also, I don't really buy into that shit about "you can't swim with contacts" because I've done so on several occasions, even opened my eyes underwater etc. and I haven't lost any lenses like that. I mean, it DOES happen but not as often as eye doctors will have you think ...? something like that.
edit oh yeah and to get the lens to STAY on the eye after you put it in, I look all the way down and close my eyes hard (not HARD hard, but more than just a quick blink).
My recommendation.
I would suggest contact lenses. It sounds like you want your appearance to improve, and the sacrifice is the small inconvenience of having to adjust them four times a day, so why not? In replacing one with the other, you might lose the look of being "educated," but anyone who assumes another to have intelligence on glasses alone is silly and should wait to make such judgments until after they've gotten to know whomever it is!
I would suggest contact lenses. It sounds like you want your appearance to improve, and the sacrifice is the small inconvenience of having to adjust them four times a day, so why not? In replacing one with the other, you might lose the look of being "educated," but anyone who assumes another to have intelligence on glasses alone is silly and should wait to make such judgments until after they've gotten to know whomever it is!
Getting contacts in, uh...20 minutes.
I have a brand of contact lenses that are incredibly freaking expensive because I have a really bad astigmatism in both eyes. I get 4 pairs that are supposed to last 3 months each pair (for a full year of use overall), but they're so expensive I wear them until they tear or become uncomfortable. I think the ones I'm wearing now I've worn everday for at least 9 months or so.
But I've had my contacts since I was 13 or 14, and I love them. I have huge thick heavy glasses that I only wear at night for an hour at the most before I go to bed.
But I've had my contacts since I was 13 or 14, and I love them. I have huge thick heavy glasses that I only wear at night for an hour at the most before I go to bed.
I actually like my glasses...But then again I'm a complete pussy when it comes to putting things in my eyes.
I used to wear contacts. They were pretty easy to put on for me (put contact on one finger, wrench eye open with the other hand, stab self in the eye) and weren't even uncomfortable or anything. Then my eye itched this one night and I scratched at it and it turned red and swollen, and I couldn't see for the rest of the night because my eye was swollen shut and my contact fell off. After that I became "too lazy" to put contacts on, even if it only took ~30 seconds.
I am considering wearing contacts again, though. My glasses are very good at attracting thrown objects.
I am considering wearing contacts again, though. My glasses are very good at attracting thrown objects.