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cleaning your contacts
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I just got one of these little devices, an electric lens cleaner - used my existing solution but I think it actually works really well .. I seem to be able to wear my contacts for longer without them bothering me, the device seems to do a really good job of cleaning them, better then simply letting them soak in over night.
Anyone else using something like this?
Anyone else using something like this?
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Mine was on sale for £10.50p - half the normal price - no idea if this is throughout boots or just in that one store there was only one left in their reduced to clear section.
Quite a pricy little item but then I figured if it does a better job of cleaning and helps prevent even one future eye infection then it's worth it.
It says to be used with their own solutions but I'm sure you can use any after all they make a fortune on solutions, I always get mine from abroad where it's usually less then half the price it is here.
When you leave it running for a few minutes you see little bubble appearing and I'm sure the movement of all these bubbles across the lens helps clean it
Also if it helps prevent eye infections etc then it is worth it as DG said.
Could get my dad one next christmas :chin:
Yes that's what I have soft lenses
It shakes the lenses side to side but very quickly and seems to shift off lots of tiny particles.
The instructions say a two minute run in the machine is like soaking it in overnight.
Although for a normal sale price of over £20 you'd expect it to come with batteries so you'll need some AAA ones but I had rechargables of those.
I think the difference in this machines compared to soaking over night only is the same difference as soaking your clothes in a bucket to remove stains compared to using a washing machine to shake the stains off.
The very first time I used it I noticed quite a few particles floating in the solution after cleaning, but since not seen as much - I guess because the lenses are cleaner
I think this device is also good for people who's eyes are sensitive to smokey places like nightclubs, seems to get out the little particles more.
Where you get yours from?
I got mine from Boots as well, but it was quite a while ago. I think they changed the packaging and thats why they were all reduced.
Thanks
Well next time don't keep the good info to yourself.
yeah there is contacts you can get you wear in your sleep
they must be hard cos they change the shape of your eye whilst you sleep and once you remove them your eye retain that shape for a day and can see normally and then you need to put them in again when you go to sleep - no idea what they are called though
got me interested now .. looked it up for you
http://www.ortho-k.net/
The practice of reshaping the cornea with rigid contact lenses is called orthokeratology. It may have originated in ancient China, where the nearsighted are said to have slept with sandbags or stones upon their eyelids. In modern times, the practice was first proposed in the early 1960s. At the time, some eye doctors were already prescribing teenagers the flattest contact lenses available; they hoped to keep the cornea from becoming too curved and halt the development of myopia. (Whether orthokeratology lenses can really do this has been the subject of considerable debate.)
In the early years, orthokeratology lenses could be worn only during the day. (The material used to make contact lenses did not allow enough oxygen to reach the cornea when the eyes were closed.) Doctors prescribed progressively flatter lenses until the cornea had reached its ideal shape. After that, the patient needed to put on a pair of "retainer" lenses every now and again to renew the effect. The procedure was inconvenient, unpredictable, and capable only of correcting relatively mild myopia.
The procedure has since improved. Overnight lenses can be made from new, more permeable materials. Using "overnight orthokeratology," Matsui can wear the lenses while he sleeps and take them out every morning. During the day, he can play baseball without worrying about losing a lens or having a limited field of view.
New manufacturing techniques have also made it possible to design a lens with "reverse geometry," in which the center is flat and the perimeter is curved, the opposite of regular lenses. This shape is supposed to produce better results, more quickly. Since 2002, the FDA has approved a number of these devices for overnight wear.
In general, modern orthokeratology has several advantages: It's cheaper than LASIK surgery, and the procedure is reversible. But doctors still disagree about how well orthokeratology works and what its dangers might be