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I rubbed my eye today and my contact lenses squidged up into the corner, when I stretched it back into place it was inside out so everytime I blinked it moved. So, I had to go wash my hands, take it out and put it back in again. Contact lenses are so annoying.
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I've got hard lenses too, so anytime it moves anywhere in my eye I shit myself because it costs a bomb if I lose one :no:
Thats why I'm going to get another loan and get them lasered. :thumb:
Bri - do you have insurance? My mum had non-disposable ones ages ago and she had some type of insurance policy incase she lost or broke one.
/e: since my eyes are actually rather bad (4 diopters on right eye), it might pay off to inform me about the actual state of affairs in terms of surgery, costs, etc.
It was lost behind my eye for several hours.
So my eye were stinging and bloodshot but hey, the ladies loved the blue.
Please please please tell me you mean your eyelid.
Sleeping in them isn't meant to be good for you, especially if they are daily ones.
Sleeping in contact lenses is bad (unless they are the special overnight type). I've fallen asleep in mine, it just made my eyes sore and dry. But I know of someone who spent a week on a hospital ward with IV Anti-biotics after doing this :nervous:
I think it is okay if you take them out at night to re-wear them once or twice, as long as you clean them really well.
oh, didn't know that was an requirement. Excellent, because my eyes didn't get worse in the last 4 years or something. What is the price on that? I know it will probably vary wildly from country to country, but do I have to calculate with more than 1500euro? (rough guessing here) ?
Its not just the pain though, i was lucky enough to only have an ulcer off-centre of the cornea, because if it had been central, youre talking at almost instant blindness unless you can get a corneal transplant, so yeah, dont sleep in them.
Thats surely not true? Unless he's taking them out and rinsing them in saline every night... but even then?
Also i've been wearing contact lenses for years and never have i managed to turn one inside out after they've been put in
I have however been taking them out and tore them, so half the lense comes out and half stays on and is really difficult to take out!
I dont know, if i accidentally fall asleep with my dailies in then my eyes absoloutely cain in the morning and it almost hurts to wear a fresh set the following day, i doubt anyone could have a set of dailies in their eyes for 2 years and not have gone blind or have serious eye problems as a result of it
Then again you have people like me whose eyes hurt more when they wear glasses than when I wear my contact lenses. I've done stupid things before like left in daily disposables for over 2 weeks cos i've been lazy/forget/too trashed on holiday.
Eyes were still perfectly comfortable after that.
I already get scared I wear them too much as it is, I hate wearing my glasses and only wear them in the house even though they cost like £200 :rolleyes: