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Contact Lenses - Horror Stories!

Asked May 4, 2010, 10:46 PM — 46 Answers
Hi, All!

Okay. Like so many other people I'm a contact lens wearer and sufferer.

I'm sure that we all have stories to tell about how we've lost them, damaged them, worn them for too long, etc.

I know that I have mine, and would like to share them.

What are some of yours, please? The results of and solutions to the problems would also be good to share!

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May 8, 2010, 10:06 PM
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Just one...I got my lenses melted to my eyes from standing too close to a camp fire a few years ago. Other than that, no. I was an Optician for 5 years so I was taught to care for them very well.
Melted to your eyes!?!?

How in the world did someone get them off of your eyes, please?

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May 9, 2010, 11:04 AM


Peeled them off...That's the only way.
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May 9, 2010, 12:59 PM
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not really had a problem with lenses, I only wear them rarely in cases where it would be unwise to wear my glasses e.g. Airsofting or paitballing

Only times when I have had a problem is when its been my fault and I've either worn one inside out or left them in for too long and my eyes start to ache. Other than that thought I've not really had a problem, and since in the summer months I'm affected badly by hayfever the lenses lessen that because the pollen can't get to my eyes as such so the benefits outweigh the downsides for me
Okay, this is something I never understood. How do you know if your contact lense is inside out? Isn't it the same either way?

I did buy disposable contacts once, but like I said, I couldn't get them in my eye. They were soft contacts, kept flipping into themselves. I did get one in one time, after 2 hours of trying, my eye all red. Then I gave up.

So how do you know if it's inside out?
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May 9, 2010, 01:00 PM
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Peeled them off...That's the only way.
Okay, that brings back memories of when they took the contacts off after my surgery. The contacts were stuck to my eye and they used a sharp pointy tool to peel them off.

That was the worst part of the whole thing and I feel really sorry for the guy that had to do it because I kept blinking and turning my head away. Wouldn't you if someone was coming towards your eye with a sharp pointy tool?
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May 9, 2010, 01:21 PM
You can tell if they're inside out if they're comfortable or not, when you blink if they're inside out you can feel the edge of the lense. Basically your not supposed to feel them or only very little.
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May 9, 2010, 01:50 PM


Actually if you make the lens make a bowl on your finger tip and the edges are curled out and under its inside out..... Let me see if I can find a picture example.
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May 9, 2010, 02:04 PM
Which would be why I could feel the edge more if I put it in inside out
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May 9, 2010, 02:06 PM


Yup. Most of the time when you put them in inside out, you blink and they fold and just come out...
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May 9, 2010, 02:22 PM
Ew! So glad I don't have to wear them!
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May 9, 2010, 02:30 PM
Nobody has to wear them, its a preference for those who don't like glasses or in situations where glasses would be a bad idea and they would still like to see
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