<p>Beware of O2 Optics. They hurt like **** when I had them, and they were recalled within the last two years. Switched to Acuvue Advance and have hardly had a problem with them. </p>
<p>Moodrets: I found that my vision rapidly deteriorated when I wore my glasses all the time. Contacts slowed but did not prevent the worsening of my vision. I love my contacts and have found that my vision is better even if the prescription is the same because my peripheral vision is a thousand times better. I can just move my eyes instead of my head to see something that is not directly in front of me. (This makes driving much easier and safer)</p>
<p>I think I should be in commercials that convince people to give up their glasses and go for contacts. Honestly, anyone who's never tried contacts [I mean, anyone who wears glasses instead of contacts] has no clue what they're missing. Glasses are a pain. You're pretty much constantly aware that they're sitting on your face, you can't see anything around the lenses [not just your peripheral vision sucks, but more than that I mean], etc. Contacts are like... :]
When I got contacts I thought my vision was a bit clearer, but that might just be because for ONCE I could see EVERYTHING in my line of vision, not just what's directly in front of my eye.</p>
<p>^Did you update your prescription when you got your contacts? That might account for the change...</p>
<p>Eh, I'm still currently wearing glasses, and I might get contacts eventually, but they do seem a tad more expensive (in constant need of replacement) and difficult to handle/maintain (cleaning wise and the like). </p>
<p>What I'd really want is eye surgery. My optometrist (or, rather, the guy at costco that gave me the eye exam when I was getting my eyes, checked, lol. Optometrist sounds far more professional, though) told me that I'd be eligeble for lasik in a couple of years, so I'm really looking forward to that. :]</p>
<p>Wow @ all these people who were contacts...I never realized.</p>
<p>I don't wear contacts. I use glasses ONLY inside math/science/history or something when I need to see far (and pretend to pay attention to notes). </p>
<p>Outside of that I don't wear anything. And no my vision isn't that good, but it isn't altogether terrible. How bad are you peoples' eyes? </p>
<p>I probably wouldn't be able to stand something like contacts.</p>
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Did you update your prescription when you got your contacts? That might account for the change...
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Nope. They actually changed my prescription to be LESS than what it normally was [well that's standard though, because with contacts the lenses are actually ON your eye, while with glasses they lenses are a lot further away than that; physics can explain that pretty easily lol].</p>
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they do seem a tad more expensive (in constant need of replacement) and difficult to handle/maintain (cleaning wise and the like).
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Mine definitely aren't more expensive, mainly because with glasses I was getting a new pair every ~2 years or so to account for changing prescriptions [I can't stannnnd to have my vision be blurry in the slightest, so I always replaced them, probably with little need though]. Now, if I get a new prescription [which I haven't in like 4 years though for some reason, guess my eyes are finally calming down], it doesn't cost an added bunch of money [like for frames or whatever add-ons to the lenses they trick you into buying]. PLUS any glasses frames I ever get are always like ~$250+, which is ridiculous.</p>
<p>I want eye surgery too. My cousin had lasik done [she's.. 22 I think] with the extra money she made in like this... drug testing facility. She signs up [along with her husband] and gets paid to be one of the people that they test medicine and stuff on, and she's where they get their whole "side effects may include... and in some cases death" lolll.</p>
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I probably wouldn't be able to stand something like contacts.
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If you get the right brand for your eyes, you shouldn't be able to feel them at all. They take like 2 seconds to put in, 2 seconds to take out [+ time to put solution in your case lol and close it]. They're lovely :]</p>
<p>^Ouch. But honestly, I can't stand contacts. But it's probably because they didn't fit them correctly or I'm reacting to the brand or something. I'm just to lazy to go fix it.</p>
<p>I had O2 Optics at first, and they were terrible. But since they were the first I'd ever had I was like "Oh I guess contacts are supposed to hurt" lol!
I have Acuvue Oasys and I don't think I've ever been able to feel them at all.</p>
<p>I wear contacts and i used to have the same problem, so i would just sleep in them --BAD IDEA!!!! but now i can do it really fast, like in a minute. it just takes some getting used to.</p>
<p>Lol @ the price of your glasses. I think my current frames cost somewhere in the range of $40 (although let's see, if your vision hasn't changed in 4 years, and you bought new pairs of glasses every 2 years because of changing vision, does that mean that you were demanding uber expensive glasses when you were... 11? and 9 to account for plural? [assuming your most recent change was to contacts, lol])</p>
<p>Hmmm, apparently your LASIK eye surgery price can range anywhere from $499 per eye to $2,500 per eye. Hopefully I'm nearer the bottom of that spectrum. :]</p>
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I have Acuvue something and it hurts like hell. I literally have to take advil every time I put them in just to alleviate some of the pain.
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If your contacts are hurting, you should not be wearing them. Have you never been to an eye doctor?!</p>
<p>Hmm lol I was 13 when I got contacts, so yes, MAYBE I was "demanding uber-expensive glasses" then.. lol. Although they really weren't uber expensive, that's just how much the frames cost. I think back then it was more like just under 200 dollars, and I did say...
with the "get" being present tense. You still need glasses along with contacts you know :] For when you're not wearing contacts, lol. I guess my argument that having contacts is less expensive is moot. :[</p>
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I'm SURE mine would be 2500 per eye. With my luck anyway.</p>
<p>lol. I RARELY wear them. I wore them basically for gym class because I took gymnastics (and you know... it's awkward wearing glasses and doing front handsprings and whatnot), or when I wanted to wear sunglasses or something.</p>
<p>I was originally -2.25 for the right, and -3.00 for the left. After my recent yearly exam this summer, I now have -2.75 for the right and -3.75 for the left. Just saying :)</p>
<p>OP, to reinforce what Brillar's post #28 says, contacts will readily cling to the wettest surface. So, give your eyes some time after you awaken to get rewetted after being closed all night and/or put a drop or two of saline in them before you try to put your contacts in. Make sure your finger that holds the contact is dry before you place the contact on it and make sure the contact lense is wet too. If it's taking you a couple tries, you probably need to rewet the lens. </p>
<p>When I put mine in, I pour the lens and solution into my left hand, pick up the lens by the edge with my right hand and lay it between my left thumb and forefinger. Then, I wipe my right index finger on the dry web of skin between my right thumb and forefinger and pick up the lense with my right forefinger by coming from beneath it where it sits between the left forefinger and thumb. Lastly, I gently pull down the lower lid of the target eye, approach the eye dead center with the lens until I get very close, then I look up and place the lens on the eye. If both the eye and lens are wet, it should stick right away. </p>
<p>If you're having trouble with it scrunching up and or falling out with the first blink, try doing it as above and before you blink after placing it in the eye, use your eyelashes on your upper lid to pull the lid gently outward as you close your eye and gently pat your closed eye. This will remove any air bubble that may have formed between your eye and the contact lense. The air bubble keeps the surface area of the lens off your eye and may cause it to come out when you blink. As you get more comfortable with doing it, you'll be able to apply the right amount of pressure with your finger to keep the air bubble from forming (if that's the problem).</p>
Nah, it's just putting something in my eyes is just...I don't know, I don't feel like it. I'm not in the point where I need extremely clear, perfect vision every second in my life.</p>
<p>And ouch: -6.00...when you take out your contacts can you read anything? Like one of my friends who's so blind that when he takes off his glasses he has to like put his face 4 inches in front of a book to read...a funny sight but I feel rather sorry for him.</p>