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Contact lenses (pg. 4)
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| NeoPhono |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
I tried what iammesol does. I get my eye open more than ever before, but I still can't get that contact in. I dunno why it won't so that vacuum thing on my eye. Always get bent out of shape. I even force it on my eye, rub it on there, nothing... |
Don't know if it's already been said, but...
After you've placed the contact lens on your eye, and before you try to move your hand away, move your hand up, sliding a portion of the contact lens under your upper eyelid. That way, when you move your hand away, the lens will be "caught" under the eyelid and hopefully stay there. I know for me, if the lens doesn't have anything to get caught under, it stays on my finger no matter how hard I would push or how good of contact it's made with my eye. Also, a drop of contact lens solution in the "cup" of the contact lens (the part that will make contact with your eye) also helps it to "stick."
Good luck though...I remember that it can be very frustrating at first, but you'll get the hang of it.
(You can also try sliding it under your bottom eyelid. I can't remember which way I do it.) |
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| noikeee |
Don't worry, this is normal. It took me months(!) until I had no problems with putting my lenses...
Tips are: don't stress out, don't apply too much pressure with your finger on the eye, don't just be too eager to close your eyes before even removing your finger. With time and practice you start getting a feel in your fingers and eyes for when you are doing it right, and it gets easier. IMO you probably ed up slightly your lense by applying so much pressure and trying so many times, that's why it's so difficult. |
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| Sushipunk |
This entire thread creeps me out. How can you guys just stick something onto your eye??? It could have all kinds of all over it, and YOU'RE STICKING ONTO YOUR EYES!
Just buy glasses, you insecure bastards! :p
Or perhaps I just don't understand. What are the (non-cosmetic) advantages to using prescription contacts, over prescription glasses? |
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| RickyM |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
This entire thread creeps me out. How can you guys just stick something onto your eye??? It could have all kinds of all over it, and YOU'RE STICKING ONTO YOUR EYES!
Just buy glasses, you insecure bastards! :p
Or perhaps I just don't understand. What are the (non-cosmetic) advantages to using prescription contacts, over prescription glasses? |
Don't be such a ing wimp :D...it's simple really, you just put the lens on your finger tip, then it slots over your eyeball..no touching your eye involved. It sounds worse than it is. The lenses are sterile by the way, and you just wash your hands before putting them in.
And wearing contacts is good for playing sport..I couldn't imagine playing football with my glasses on any more. |
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| Moongoose |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Or perhaps I just don't understand. What are the (non-cosmetic) advantages to using prescription contacts, over prescription glasses? |
Convenience :cool: You puit them in in the morning and you forget about them until the evening. No need to clean them every few hours, they dont fog up in the winter when you come inside, in the summer there is no need or a special pair of subscription sunglasses, you are less like to loose them, sit on them, drive over them, get them broken when someone punches you in the face... There are lots of reasons really :)
And it takes a while to get used to putting them in and out but when you do, its no big deal. IN the beggining i had to get up half an hour early to go to school just so i could put them in, now its a 10s job. What i do is stick them in, tilt my head up, close my eyes and look up, down, left and right so that they fall neatly in place. |
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| noikeee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
This entire thread creeps me out. How can you guys just stick something onto your eye??? It could have all kinds of all over it, and YOU'RE STICKING ONTO YOUR EYES!
Just buy glasses, you insecure bastards! :p
Or perhaps I just don't understand. What are the (non-cosmetic) advantages to using prescription contacts, over prescription glasses? |
There's not really much to understand... I do use them mostly for cosmetic reasons (too tired of looking like a nerd for years), and don't have any problem with touching my own eyes... |
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| Sushipunk |
You're all freaks! :p
Ok, I get the sports angle, I never thought of that, or the winter thing either - We don't really get much of a winter here.
Nothing, however, is going to touch my ing eyeball. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
This entire thread creeps me out. How can you guys just stick something onto your eye??? It could have all kinds of all over it, and YOU'RE STICKING ONTO YOUR EYES!
Just buy glasses, you insecure bastards! :p
Or perhaps I just don't understand. What are the (non-cosmetic) advantages to using prescription contacts, over prescription glasses? |
They're kept in a special fluid that keeps them clean and free of harmful organisms. When you first wear them, they kill off some of the sensitivity of your eye's surface. It's quite liberating because it removes your fear of having your eyes touched. I can touch my eye with my fingertip now without any pain or watering-up. Suddenly STICKING ONTO YOUR EYES stops being an issue.
I wore them for a while, but I have drier than normal eyes so I had to blink a lot. My eyes were always itchy and I kept having to rub them. I just got sick of the irritation and stopped wearing them. The other thing was I hated putting them in in the morning, because the lenses would be cold and my eyes would be warm from sleeping, and putting something cold and watery in your warm, drier-than-average eye is not nice.
If your eyes are suitable for them then there's no question they are better than glasses. I hate my glasses- I can't play sport in them, work out in them, go jogging in them... I never wear them to go out in because you have to look after them when you're drunk. I don't wear them when I eat because they always seem to get milk or gravy or something on them. I can't wear them in the shower or when I wash my face. The cosmetic disadvantages of them are pretty insignificant, because I suit glasses okay. |
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| narcism |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I don't wear them when I eat because they always seem to get milk or gravy or something on them. I can't wear them in the shower or when I wash my face. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
They're kept in a special fluid that keeps them clean and free of harmful organisms. When you first wear them, they kill off some of the sensitivity of your eye's surface. It's quite liberating because it removes your fear of having your eyes touched. I can touch my eye with my fingertip now without any pain or watering-up. Suddenly STICKING ONTO YOUR EYES stops being an issue.
I wore them for a while, but I have drier than normal eyes so I had to blink a lot. My eyes were always itchy and I kept having to rub them. I just got sick of the irritation and stopped wearing them. The other thing was I hated putting them in in the morning, because the lenses would be cold and my eyes would be warm from sleeping, and putting something cold and watery in your warm, drier-than-average eye is not nice.
If your eyes are suitable for them then there's no question they are better than glasses. I hate my glasses- I can't play sport in them, work out in them, go jogging in them... I never wear them to go out in because you have to look after them when you're drunk. I don't wear them when I eat because they always seem to get milk or gravy or something on them. I can't wear them in the shower or when I wash my face. The cosmetic disadvantages of them are pretty insignificant, because I suit glasses okay. |
I just can't do it, it creeps me out. I seriously cringed several times just reading your post.
I ing laughed at the eating part though :stongue: How does that happen? When I eat, I never get food/gravy/milk in my eye! |
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| SYSTEM-J |
No idea. I think it's mainly when I'm eating cereal and some of it will fall off the spoon and splash in the bowl. If I'm eating anything with my hands- pizza, chicken, sandwiches- I'll probably get grease on my lenses if I touch my glasses at all.
Maybe I just fail at eating. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
No idea. I think it's mainly when I'm eating cereal and some of it will fall off the spoon and splash in the bowl. If I'm eating anything with my hands- pizza, chicken, sandwiches- I'll probably get grease on my lenses if I touch my glasses at all.
Maybe I just fail at eating. |
Lol. When I read 'gravy' I was picturing you sitting down for a nice Sunday roast and then BAM - This motherfucker is hungry, and nothing will slow his pace or enthusiasm. Grab the chook/cow/pig with both hands and GO.
Splashing milk I guess I can understand :p |
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