monthly contact lenses

flogen

Not sure where else to ask...

I wear daily contact lenses (not every day), and am coming to the end of my latest batch.. I was thinking of getting some of those monthly ones instead.

Just wondering how they work? Are they basically like permanent lenses (take them out at night, leave in fluid to clean etc) or do you just wear them constantly, day and night for the 30 days???

If you do need to maintain them I mightn't bother, if I was going through that hassle I'd just buy proper ones and be done with it!!

simu

Well, mine:

They're monthly. You take them out while you're asleep and leave them in a little case with fluid overnight. They actually say not to wear them for more than 8 hours in any day but I usually wear them all my waking hours without a bother.

You get the cases and bottles of fluid with the lenses. It's not too much hassle at all really.

Repli

I have the monthly aswell same as simu but when I leave them in over 8 hours my eyes start stingin the **** outta me! I am gettin dailies next it's headwreckin havin to clean them and if u don't have the case with u, ya can't take them out even if they r hurting or if you r staying in some1's house or something.. Why are u giving up the dailies?

aCA

I switched to using monthly day & night lenses. Put in a pair at the start of the month, you wear them all day & night for the month. Ive found them really handy, no storing, cleaning and taking them out at night. No having to put them in each morning. I think they are definitely worth giving them a try if your currently using daily or the monthly lenses that you take out each night.

flogen

Repli wrote:

Why are u giving up the dailies?

For a few reasons I guess; I want to eliminate glasses as much as possible but spending 35 a month on dailies is a bit much; monthly ones cost 45 for 6 months (way cheaper!)... although I was hoping to get day and night ones, with come in a bit higher at 125 for 6 months (but still cheaper than 6 months of dailies).

I'd rather avoid the hassle of cleaning etc., and would probably stick with the current set up if I had to..
All day and night ones seem like the best option, although the price is big enough to pay out in one go...

@ aCA; how do you find them? Have they gotten uncomfortable? What about things like in the shower, do you need to take them out? I'd imagine anything like swimming you'd need to take them out... do you get cases for them just incase?

Eurorunner

I have been using focus monthly lenses for the last two years without any problems. I did try focus 'night and days' but these irritated the hell out of my eyes - I was advised that these particular types of lenses didnt suit me but that the equivalent 'night and day' lenses from another manufacturer may work very well (may try this next time).

As regards your cost comparison between monthlys and dailies, if your anything like me you should factor in losing the odd monthly lense - maybe when your away somewhere and find that you have to take them out but have no solution with you or a couple of them get damaged before the month is up, etc.

Faith

I was using monthlies and switched to dailies about a month ago. I way prefer dailies, tbh. It's so much more convienient when you're staying at someones house or whatnot. You don't have to cart a lens case and a bottle of solution around with you.

Monthlies also made my eyes dry out a lot.

snappieT

I like the monthlies. I was working fine off dailies until about a month ago, but they stopped helping me see as well as they did before. Turns out I needed toric lenses instead, and the cost of these at daily level is horrible, so I went on monthlies.

Some days, and only some, my eyes get dried out, but I bring drops with me to help. I average wear of 14 hours a day, and if I'm going out clubbing, I'll bring my lense container in the vain hope I won't be coming home ;-)

Beware though, it took them 6 days to get monthlies to my prescription in, so give yourself some time.

rcs

I've been wearing monthly's for the past few years. It used to sting a bit at the start but then I got used to them, but if you've been wearing dailys you should be fine.

You now can get monthly's that you leave in for 30 days but they are more expensive than ordinary monthlys, not sure exact prices.

Nothing more annoying though, after a night on the beer, when you wake up the next morning and you only find one contact lens in the container & the other has gone AWOL somewhere! Especially if you just opened a new one that day. :mad:

faceman

The 30 day day and night lenses are great but dont suit everyone. i wear them and i used to use regular monthlys. I highly recommend for those of you who wear contacts alot to get Comfort drops from your optician. Only cost about a fiver and you just put eye drops in at your leisure to keep your wet.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

I wear monthlies now.. I just pop them in and I can leave them in for 30 days before I gotta throw em away but I'm prob gona take them out at least once a weak for a good soak.

they're grand, no irritation at all.. far less than any other kind of lense I've used.. only thing I've noticed is that some mornings my vision can be wquite blurry for ten-fifteen minutes until my eyes stop farting about and realise I'm wearing contacts.

Narcissus

@Mordeth: What about when you are in the shower or washing your face?would you have to take them out? would the water affect them in any way?

robinph

I get dailies from visiondirect.com which only costs us just under 120 for enough to last me at least 6 months.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Apapaia wrote:

@Mordeth: What about when you are in the shower or washing your face?would you have to take them out? would the water affect them in any way?

i haven't noticed anything strange with water, but I'm only wearing these ones for around 8 days so far. just try not to get shampoo in your eyes

baztard

I got weekly ones a few months ago, that you leave in day and night for the week. Had them in about 36 hours when they started to get a bit sore. Not wanting to take any chances, I took them out to give my eyes a rest. Taking the right side one out was like sticking a hot needle in my eye, bloody painful. Even afterwards I felt like there was something stuck in my eye. Took the day off work and went back to the optician the next morning due to pain/uncomfort. The optician took one look and sent me straight to an eye doctor. The doctor told me that lens had fused with my cornea, so when I took it out it tore part of my cornea away. Ended up having to put anti-biotic cream in my eye, take oral anti biotics, and put drops in my eye to keep it dilated. Went around looking like a crazed junkie for two weeks after, with one eye normal and the other all droopy and seeping

KdjaCL

flogen where are you paying that price for dailliers?





kdjac

flogen

Getlenses.com KdjaC, bear in mind that's for 1 month at a time, it'd be cheaper if I bought in bulk (which I haven't done yet!)

*Angel*

I've been using monthly contacts for about a year now, suit me grand, 'cept when I lose them... I was told cos of my age not to wear them much, she made me get the 5 days a week for 10hr ones, cos apparently it'd damage my eyes otherwise.

bandraoi

I used to have the leave in for 30 days contact lenses.

Till I got an eye ulcer.

What the opticians won't tell you is that optamologists HATE those contact lenses and they want to see them banned. The reason they want to see them banned is because they are one of the biggest causes of sight loss in young people.

They are grand till you get a problem, such as my eye ulcer, but if you do it is very very serious and problems are quite common.

When I got the eye ulcer, I had a pain in my eye one evening (after over a year wearing them) took out the lens, went to the GP when it was still sore the next day.

He took one look at me and sent me to the mater eye casualty. I was seen that morning, the next morning (Friday), the monday after, then every week for three or four weeks and then two weeks later again.
For the first weekend I had to put in 4 sets of drops on the hour every hour, then every two hours for a week and then 4 times a day for two more weeks.

I was lucky, my ulcer wasn't infected and I lived near enough the hospital. If I'd been unlucky I would have been admitted and had acid poured in my eye on the hour every hour for 24 hours (including being woken up in the night)

That sort of thing is relatively common with 30day leave in contacts.

Misticles

flogen wrote:

Not sure where else to ask...

I wear daily contact lenses (not every day), and am coming to the end of my latest batch.. I was thinking of getting some of those monthly ones instead.

Just wondering how they work? Are they basically like permanent lenses (take them out at night, leave in fluid to clean etc) or do you just wear them constantly, day and night for the 30 days???

If you do need to maintain them I mightn't bother, if I was going through that hassle I'd just buy proper ones and be done with it!!

some monthlies ya can wear all day and night and take them out for bed but others ya dont wear anymore than 7 hrs a day...
Remember saline dosnt disinfect contact lens!!!