It's not something you can really see that well, but if you insist:
http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=3142
Now go eat some lunch.
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It's not something you can really see that well, but if you insist:
http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=3142
Now go eat some lunch.
It's not something you can really see that well, but if you insist:
http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=3142
Now go eat some lunch.
*barf*
WTF???
Anyway, yea i am getting contacts this summer and now i am a bit scared!!!
You'll be fine as long as you follow your doctor's advice. This is what can happen if you fall asleep in contacts. That's what happened to me. Just listen to your doc, and you'll be OK.
Both of you guys, just get daily disposables like I did! They're sooooo much better than the other types of contacts. You'll never fall asleep in them because they're so much easier to take out. Even if you're drunk and have been awake for 36 hours it's easy because all you have to do is wash your hands, take out your lenses and chuck em away.
Plus, you get a fresh pair every day so they always feel at their best. The chance of infection is the lowest of any type of contact lens. Even though they're a bit more expensive per year they're actually much cheaper per lens so you don't have to worry about any particular pair since you have a gigantic box full of contacts at home. So if I'm going somewhere where I think I might need to take out my contacts for any reason then I just throw a couple more daily disposables in my pocket and take em with me.
Daily disposables rock!
I did something like this two months ago. My contacts felt dry and I took them off and according to my optometrist a little too hard and i scratched my cornea. I had to buy $100 eye drops, which was like 60 drops only. And I had to do 6 a day. And I couldn't wear contacts for 2 weeks and it hurt. Luckily it wasn't severe and I'm back to contacts, but I am feeling discomfort when I put them on. Can anyone help me figure out what's wrong?
I'm so sorry to hear this! I hope you feel better soon.
This, though, gives me more reason never to use contact lenses. The idea of sticking something in my eye, let alone ripping up my eye, is more than I can countenance.
This, though, gives me more reason never to use contact lenses. The idea of sticking something in my eye, let alone ripping up my eye, is more than I can countenance.
It's not something you can really see that well, but if you insist:
http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=3142
Now go eat some lunch.
That's a disappointment. I was hoping for something more along the lines of:
The OP mislead us.
disposables are fine if you can take the contacts out at the end of the day
I backpack -- And as clean as you THINK you can get, I don't want to risk it and stick a dirty finger in my eye in the middle of the woods
It's not uncommon for me to spend 36 hours at the office -- and i don't feel like taking my contacts in and out
I like my night and days
Sorry for the delay, but glad to see I am not alone on this happening.
I wear disposable monthly contacts.
Yes, I felt like I look like sloth but really I just had a majorly puffy eye.
Yesterday I was only allowed antibiotic drops. When the doctor looked at me she went "Wow! that's a major defect!" Very not reassuring.
Today, it apparently has healed enough to allow me to have anti-inflammatory and pain relief eye drops.
It didn't really hurt initially. It felt like I pinched my eye. Then it felt like I had an eyelash in it. Then it started to spasm a bit and the tears couldn't stop and it felt like my eye was going to fall out/having a knife poked directly in it. I wasn't allowed any pain medication due to the fact it might have delayed the onset of healing.
Over all not fun.
I love my glasses but I think they make me look to bookish, but after this, even when I am allowed to wear contacts again, I may wait a bit.
I wear disposable monthly contacts.
Yes, I felt like I look like sloth but really I just had a majorly puffy eye.
Yesterday I was only allowed antibiotic drops. When the doctor looked at me she went "Wow! that's a major defect!" Very not reassuring.
Today, it apparently has healed enough to allow me to have anti-inflammatory and pain relief eye drops.
It didn't really hurt initially. It felt like I pinched my eye. Then it felt like I had an eyelash in it. Then it started to spasm a bit and the tears couldn't stop and it felt like my eye was going to fall out/having a knife poked directly in it. I wasn't allowed any pain medication due to the fact it might have delayed the onset of healing.
Over all not fun.
I love my glasses but I think they make me look to bookish, but after this, even when I am allowed to wear contacts again, I may wait a bit.
Thats pretty scary, but not as scary as getting a shot in your eye. yes with a needle! I had to when i was younger. quite unforunate, but im fine now!
And if you're wondering why, it was because i have or well i suppose i had an eye problem called Uveitis. No more inflammation cells though! yay! took about 8 years and a LOT of medication/steroids to get rid of it. Still to this day, do not know the exact cause of it.
And if you're wondering why, it was because i have or well i suppose i had an eye problem called Uveitis. No more inflammation cells though! yay! took about 8 years and a LOT of medication/steroids to get rid of it. Still to this day, do not know the exact cause of it.
I never like hearing anyone keeping their contacts in overnight.
I dont care if they are "made to wear 24/7", its just not good for your eyes. Dailies, monthlies, hourlies, whatever.
You're sleeping, wtf do you need to see well for when your eyes are closed? I am positive you will dream with perfect vision! Spend the few bucks on a contact case and a bottle of no-rub solution (remember when you had storage saline AND a weekly/monthly protein removal bath? what a pain!)
A barrier between your eyeball and the air outside is not natural. Micropores and Hydroclear and millions of $ in R&D are not going to negate the fact you have something ON your eyeball. Your eye likes the air, let them get some once in awhile.
I dont care if they are "made to wear 24/7", its just not good for your eyes. Dailies, monthlies, hourlies, whatever.
You're sleeping, wtf do you need to see well for when your eyes are closed? I am positive you will dream with perfect vision!
Spend the few bucks on a contact case and a bottle of no-rub solution (remember when you had storage saline AND a weekly/monthly protein removal bath? what a pain!)A barrier between your eyeball and the air outside is not natural. Micropores and Hydroclear and millions of $ in R&D are not going to negate the fact you have something ON your eyeball. Your eye likes the air, let them get some once in awhile.
Yikes. That's a bit scary! I've never had any trouble with my disposable dailies except when I first got them I got one lost behind my eye for a couple of days. Eventually dropped out by itself
Me too. In fact, I have a huge issue with things going near ANY eye. I can't even watch other people put in contact lenses otherwise my own eyes start to tear up and I get extremely grossed out. I can't even look at pictures of eyes without the same thing happening.
I'll be wearing glasses my entire life. Luckily I love glasses and couldn't imagine myself not wearing them, even if contacts were an option for me.