Soft Contact Lens tips

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ellraven

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Hi

My eyes dry out very quick, here are tips to make my 30 day disposable soft contact lenses last a lot longer:

Buy "Saline Solution" from Dischem (R22 for 1 litre). Pour the Saline solution into one of your old empty contact lens solution bottle. In the morning, when taking out the contact lenses from the solution, first wash it with the Saline Solution. Then place a drop of "Refresh Liquigel" into the contact lens, and place it into the eye as normal.

I found this worked the best for me, and make the lenses feel comfortable the longest.
 
+1 for the Saline suggestion. I usually just rinse my contact lenses with Saline and then put them in. I've also found that not wearing my contact lenses longer than absolutely necessary helps the comfort a lot.

Which cleaning solution do you use. I use AO Sept. I've tried them all and this one works best for me.
 
ellraven said:
Hi

My eyes dry out very quick, here are tips to make my 30 day disposable soft contact lenses last a lot longer:

Buy "Saline Solution" from Dischem (R22 for 1 litre). Pour the Saline solution into one of your old empty contact lens solution bottle. In the morning, when taking out the contact lenses from the solution, first wash it with the Saline Solution. Then place a drop of "Refresh Liquigel" into the contact lens, and place it into the eye as normal.

I found this worked the best for me, and make the lenses feel comfortable the longest.
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have you tried optive drops?
you put them in your eyes anytime of the day with ypur lenses on
 
When I first started using contacts, I needed to use eye drops.
Then I got used to it.
 
Stopped using my contacts this winter because of the dryness.. Will try this in Summer
 
Dailies solves this problem for me. Mostly wear my glasses during the week for work but wear dailies on weekends. Works out cheaper as well. Kind off pay per use, unlike 30days where you open it wear it 5 times during the 30day period throw it away. I would sometimes only wear my 30days twice that month.

Btw I can see on a computer without glasses/contacts, so what else would I want to see anyways might as well ditch both.
 
I sleep with mine and take them out every 3 - 4 days to rinse. Dont have any discomfort at all.
 
AOsept is still the best cleaner on the market IMO.

love my new contracts - stopped wearing contacts back in 2008 - then started flying last year and found glasses sucked so went back to contacts but now I have the left lens for far and the right lens for near - perfect for flying :)
 
I noticed a massive change improvement in comfort when I changed my lens solutions to Biotrue by Bausch and Lomb. I use the same pair of contacts for 14 days at a time (wearing them for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week) and by the end they still feel fresh out the pack.
 
M@gn3t1c said:
I sleep with mine and take them out every 3 - 4 days to rinse. Dont have any discomfort at all.
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I do the same. Except I only take mine out evry 3-4 months. If not longer. Usually around 6 months. Then I take em out, clean em and leave em out for couple of weeks.
 
pinball wizard said:
I do the same. Except I only take mine out evry 3-4 months. If not longer. Usually around 6 months. Then I take em out, clean em and leave em out for couple of weeks.
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A student in Taiwan who kept a pair of disposable contact lenses in her eyes for six months has been left blinded after a microscopic bug devoured her eyeballs.
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Sauce

:wtf:
 
Gnarls said:
Sauce

:wtf:
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Yeah, read that.

I've been doing it for bout 25 years now. I'm not about to change now. My optometrist freaks out, and does extra exams on my eyes every year, and there's no infections, no increased vascularity, no indication of any detrimental effect so far...
 
pinball wizard said:
Yeah, read that.

I've been doing it for bout 25 years now. I'm not about to change now. My optometrist freaks out, and does extra exams on my eyes every year, and there's no infections, no increased vascularity, no indication of any detrimental effect so far...
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I drink and drive and haven't been in accident ever. Freaks everyone out but nothing bad has happened yet.

BTW what contacts allow you to use them for over 1 month.
 
DA-LION-619 said:
I drink and drive and haven't been in accident ever. Freaks everyone out but nothing bad has happened yet.

BTW what contacts allow you to use them for over 1 month.
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First of all I'm only putting myself at risk, not any other innocent contact lens wearer.
Second, no lens allows you to wear them for that long officially. I forget what I'm using at the moment.

Oh, and to add to the post I made above, my eyesight isn't deteriorating either, and script has stayed stable for the last 5 years.
 
pinball wizard said:
First of all I'm only putting myself at risk, not any other innocent contact lens wearer.
Second, no lens allows you to wear them for that long officially. I forget what I'm using at the moment.

Oh, and to add to the post I made above, my eyesight isn't deteriorating either, and script has stayed stable for the last 5 years.
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I also used to wear my contacts for extended periods when I was busy working hectic hours. After a while the proteins and stuff build up and the clarity isn't that good.

Also using the lenses for more than the recommended time increases the risk of it tearing.
 
My eyes get so dry that I even battle to wear the daily contact lenses. I have tried different brands without luck. This only started about a year ago. Before that I had no problem wearing any lenses. Lately my eyes even get red when I shower and the water gets in my eyes. No soap just water.
 
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