Contact Lenses

LegacyUser

I was thinking about getting contact lenses and was wondering if anyone could help me in choosing what ones I should go for daily,monthly or continuous wear? I'd appreciate any help on this.

tk123

You need to go to an optician and they'll tell you whats best for your eyes - certain perscriptions need certain lenses...I wear daily ones myself....

Imposter

Go to an optician. It's not something you can just buy off the shelf. Once the optician does their checks and stuff you can then probably buy them cheaper elsewhere. They will assess why and when you need them and advise on what is best for you.

lomb

daily would indeed be best as they are changed daily and so are safer as they are thiner (as they dont have to withstand extensive use) the best are 1 day acuvue. i have tried everything else and the only thing that comes close are biomedics. the baush ones are total rubbish surprisingly. acuevue are dear but are worth it as they can be cleaned using standard cleaners and can be used for 7 or 8 days. incidentally the material is the same as their acuvue weekly lenses except they are thiner.the thiner they are and the more hydrophillic they are higher the oxygen diffusion thru them and again the healthier they are.

anyway dailys arent suitable if u have an astigmatism greater than .75-1 or more or something like that as are not made to correct astigmatism.

the reason people go for weeklys/monthlies is they are cheaper or need astigmatism correction. the hard ones are a disaster, however if u have severe astigmatism this is the only real choice.

whatever u do, dont wear lenses for extended periods of time, not even the continuous wear ones. although clinical trials show they are 'safe' there is at least 1/1000 who suffer major problems and some may have to give up contact wear completely. hope all that helps

Imposter

The advice above is dangerous. I cannot wear most lenses because the solution they are kept in causes me problems. Everyone is different. See an optician.

Firetrap

Like the others said, your optician will advise you as to the best contact lenses to wear. When I was getting mine, the optician tested me out with a few different types to see which one was the most comfortable and was the best fit.

I'm wearing them for nearly 15 years and haven't had any problems. I've moved over to daily disposables in the last year and love them to bits. No bottles of solution, no cleaning, no storage. But, if I was wearing them more often, the optician would have suggested I stay with monthly disposables from a cost point of view. The most important things for contact lens wearers are hygiene, go back for checkups (optician will advise on this) and don't over wear them.

lomb

Imposter wrote:

The advice above is dangerous. I cannot wear most lenses because the solution they are kept in causes me problems. Everyone is different. See an optician.

there is nothing dangerous about the above advice. it is straight from medical textbooks. in fact the above advice is very sound. the solutions u refer to- well some people are allergic to certain things but very few people in fairness. it says on the side of the bottle that if u feel any discomfort to see a doctor or optician.

even the lenses when they are packed in blister packs have a sodium chloride solution and a perservative i think. obviously the cleaning solutions are much more powerful than that. however most problems can be avoided with an extra step of rinsing the cleaned and disinfected lense with sterile saline in an aerosol before application.

and yes the poster should see an optician. but should also be informed.

Gordon

Indeed, the only optical advice on boards should be regarding mice. Or mouses.