Contact lenses

[Whynd1]

Had my check up at the opticians today and they mentioned due to the difference in my eye prescriptions I should consider trying contact lenses.

Have always worn specs and have varifocals.

Was just wondering forum members had any positive or negative thoughts on disposable lenses.
Thanks
Lindsey

[david63]

... negative thoughts on disposable lenses.

The cost

[Stephen]

Not sure I could get on with them myself. But I can see where your coming from

[anniec]

I've worn contacts for 50 (and a half...) years and now use monthly soft lenses (Biofinity). They are a lot cheaper than dailies (I have an annual check at the opticians then order the lenses online), involve almost no faffing around, and I never even think about them - can't feel a thing.

[CaroleF]

I wore soft contact lenses for many years until I got fed up with the whole process of putting in, taking out and soaking them and reverted to glasses. My daughter, however has worn daily contacts for several years and wouldn't go back to glasses. I'm sure the daily ones would be good, wear and then throw away but as David says, it's th cost. When I started wearing them I didn't find the putting in and taking out process difficult to learn how to do if that is putting you off trying them.

Carole

[Dancing Queen]

I wear the Daily Disposable Lenses ( Acuvue ) and have done for the last 25 years or so, so comfortable to wear I don't even know I'm wearing them, most opticians will offer a free 5 day trial so ask around at a few, there is no obligation to buy and tbh if you decide they are for you buy online as they cost considerably less.

[Ray B]

Just a point on the disposal of contact lens. It is best that they are put in the rubbish bin and not flushed down the toilet. In this way they would normally be burnt and not end up on the fields after going through the sewage works.

[Midlandslass]

I have worn hard contact lenses for 50 years, now gas permeable.
Very economical, but took a couple of weeks to get used to back in the day.
Never had a problem with them.

[anniec]

I have worn hard contact lenses for 50 years, now gas permeable.
Very economical, but took a couple of weeks to get used to back in the day.
Never had a problem with them.

Ditto, 50 (and a bit) years ago as well. Do you have annual checks? (not that it's any of my business, of course). I was fine with hard lenses, then gas permeable until about 8 years ago, when my trusted optician advised me to swap to soft lenses as the old ones were starting to alter my eye shape. The hard ones hurt at the beginning, but we were both clearly vain enough to battle through the agony

[Whynd1]

I know it's not rational but have decided not go ahead at the moment. A friend has just been diagnosed with a macular hole in one eye and the other one not good either. She has to have surgery to insert the gas bubble into the eye. So at the moment I am giving it a miss. She is very distraught as she has just been through two years of cancer treatment and now this.

[Midlandslass]

I have worn hard contact lenses for 50 years, now gas permeable.
Very economical, but took a couple of weeks to get used to back in the day.
Never had a problem with them.

Ditto, 50 (and a bit) years ago as well. Do you have annual checks? (not that it's any of my business, of course). I was fine with hard lenses, then gas permeable until about 8 years ago, when my trusted optician advised me to swap to soft lenses as the old ones were starting to alter my eye shape. The hard ones hurt at the beginning, but we were both clearly vain enough to battle through the agony

I have regular check ups, but so far eye health is excellent.
Yes a little bit of discomfort at first, but my baby son had become adept at snatching my glasses off and wrenching off an arm before I could stop him, usually when I was carrying him on my hip. It wasn't so much vanity just getting expensive having glasses repaired.

[jacksparrow]

Just a point on the disposal of contact lens. It is best that they are put in the rubbish bin and not flushed down the toilet. In this way they would normally be burnt and not end up on the fields after going through the sewage works.

I wonder if that would pose a fire hazard if they ended up in a field, especially in summer

[Onelife]

Just a point on the disposal of contact lens. It is best that they are put in the rubbish bin and not flushed down the toilet. In this way they would normally be burnt and not end up on the fields after going through the sewage works.

I wonder if that would pose a fire hazard if they ended up in a field, especially in summer

Hello my little sparrow...nice to see you dropping in again.

Anything is possible given the right conditions, but as Ray has said......best in the bin as such things flushed down the loo could find their way into the food chain.

[Ray B]

I wonder if that would pose a fire hazard if they ended up in a field, especially in summer

A lot of the soft lens would distort when allowed to dry plus they may discolor.
Me thinks Jack is being a bit mischievous