18-01-12, 12:47 PM
It's worth persevering with contact lenses if there is any chance you can eventually get on with them.
I wear day/night soft contact lenses. You put 'em in and wear permanently for a month - then change.
Because you are not handling them daily removing and cleaning etc. they don't need to be very robust. Hence they are very thin which makes them comfortable and also very gas permeable.
In fact the reason my optician moved me onto these was because I was wearing normal daily lenses for too long each day and my eyes were suffering from oxygen depletion. So ironically the solution was to wear lenses permanently !
I find I generally forget all about them and just spend one night each month at changeover time without them to give my eyes a short respite. On very rare occasions, if my eyes have got particularly dry or tired, I may take them out overnight for a rest but I can't remember the last time I felt the need to do this.
On a slightly different tack whilst we are talking about lenses I have a different prescription for each eye. Previously my lenses corrected short sightedness and I had to additionally wear glasses for reading. Now my left lens is targeted for reading and my right lens for distance. Don't ask me how this works but apparently when you get used to it your brain sorts it out. Not all people are suitable for this approach (depending on prescription) and not everybody adapts well to it but its great for me - no more glasses needed and my overall vision is very good.
I wear day/night soft contact lenses. You put 'em in and wear permanently for a month - then change.
Because you are not handling them daily removing and cleaning etc. they don't need to be very robust. Hence they are very thin which makes them comfortable and also very gas permeable.
In fact the reason my optician moved me onto these was because I was wearing normal daily lenses for too long each day and my eyes were suffering from oxygen depletion. So ironically the solution was to wear lenses permanently !
I find I generally forget all about them and just spend one night each month at changeover time without them to give my eyes a short respite. On very rare occasions, if my eyes have got particularly dry or tired, I may take them out overnight for a rest but I can't remember the last time I felt the need to do this.
On a slightly different tack whilst we are talking about lenses I have a different prescription for each eye. Previously my lenses corrected short sightedness and I had to additionally wear glasses for reading. Now my left lens is targeted for reading and my right lens for distance. Don't ask me how this works but apparently when you get used to it your brain sorts it out. Not all people are suitable for this approach (depending on prescription) and not everybody adapts well to it but its great for me - no more glasses needed and my overall vision is very good.
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