Contact lenses

[Perfectlap]

ok I finaly broke down and went down to the eye shop and signed up for contact lenses. Me and eyeglasses just seem always to want a divorce. (I'm near sighted)

So I do the exam and the whole bit and the girl in the shop helps me put them in.
30 mintues later, I STILL CAN'T GET THEM IN!!
Finally they go in and life is clear an wonderful again.
Somehow I get them out at the end of the day.

Nex day it takes me forever again. They keep bending(soft contact lenses) or my eyelashes get in the way no matter how wide I open. After about 45 mintues I get one in but the I end up tearing the 2nd one. :mad:

Who has experienced similar? Advice? Should I switch to harder lenses or do those suck too. Whatever happens I'm not forking over another $300 for eyeglasses which I'll just end up sitting on, driving over with my car (happend once after leaving them ontop of the car) or scratching.

[JackG]

Get the lense clean, turned the correct way (not inside-out), and ready on one finger. Get as much moisture off a finger on your other hand as possible, then transfer the lense to the dry finger. It will be far less likely to fall down and collapse on your fingertip. Some people blow on the finger to dry it.

Use two fingers on the other hand to open your eye, then just pop it in.

Oh, and try not to poke your eye out. :D

[98Boxster98]

Like most things, it takes practice. Balance the lens on you finger, tilt your head back and force yourself to keep your eyes open as possible. The fear that you will poke your eye (and the accompanying reflex to close the eyelid) is probably the biggest obstacle. You must learn to relax while doing it. The ole eyeball is pretty tough, though. Remember to keep everything clean - take no shortcuts in that regard. You will love the return of peripheral vision. Don't go with hard lenses unless you absolutely must. It'll get much easier very soon.

[KronixSpeed]

i have the same dam problem. in 1hr i have a hockey game and it takes me a life time to get those things in my eyes. i only wear them to play hockey as i can't wear my glasses...sucks. my biggest problem is that i can't get into my left eye.

i did learn one thing here....open the eye with two fingers hmmmmmm ill try that.

[70Sixter]

After 40+ years of wearing contacts I'm not very qualified to help an inexperienced wearer. But the previously mentioned dry finger and minimally wet lens are important.

I look straight into mirror now, but when I got my first lenses I leaned over a small hand held type mirror and lifted the lens up to my eye.

[Perfectlap]

ok got some pointers from chick at the eye shop.
try and get under the eye lash with your middle finger and push the eyelid
onto the eye socket bony part. Basically you want each eyelid to be pressed
against the eye socket, not just pulling them open.

They also suggested having the dcl (damn contact lese) resting at the very center of your index finger on nearer to the top of the slanted part of the finger but not the the very tip. err yeah.

also the keeping the finger dry thing was not something I was trying and does make all the difference.

makes me wish I invented some kind of tool to open up your eye with like from that movie Clock Work Orange.

[dash22]

I've worn hard lenses for about 9 years... which i'm guessing would be pretty different but..

Whe you put them on, you're meant to sort of look straight, so the lense goes right over you cornea.. but after a while i kind of got lazy and now just put them into the inner corner of my eye,, then just sort of look into them and they pop on..

It's a bit disconncerting the first time they are off the cornea.. and you occaisonally lose them up the top.. but if you find yourself shying away from look into the lense as you put it on, this might help a little bit..

Also.. try to open your eyes like this>> :eek:

[Brucelee]

If you are candidate, I recommend LASIK.

[insite]

If you are candidate, I recommend LASIK.

agreed. i went from 20/80 in one eye and 20/300 in the other with severe astygmatism, to 20/20 in one eye and 20/15 in the other. the depth perception is superior by far to either contacts or glasses. i highly recommend it.