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Originally Posted by ChihuahuaMomma

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.

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Melted to your eyes!! :eek:

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

Thanks!

Peeled them off... That's the only way.

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Originally Posted by albear

not really had a problem with lenses, i only wear them rarely in cases where it would be unwise to wear my glasses eg airsofting or paitballing

only times when i have had a problem is when its been my fault and ive either worn one inside out or left them in for too long and my eyes start to ache. other than that thought ive not really had a problem, and since in the summer months im affected badly by hayfever the lenses lessen that because the pollen can't get to my eyes as such :D so the benefits outweigh the downsides for me

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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? :confused:

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Originally Posted by ChihuahuaMomma

Peeled them off...That's the only way.

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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? :eek:

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.

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.
http://www.coffmanvision.com/web/Por...ight-wrong.jpg

Which would be why I could feel the edge more if I put it in inside out :D

Yup. Most of the time when you put them in inside out, you blink and they fold and just come out...

Ew! So glad I don't have to wear them! ;)

Nobody has to wear them, it's 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 :D

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Originally Posted by albear

nody has to wear them, its a preference for those who dont like glasses or in situations where glasses would be a bad idea and they would still like to see :D

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This is why I had the surgery Bear, I couldn't put contacts in to save my life and I hate glasses. :)

To be honest id rather wear glasses than have someone shoot my eyes with a laser :o

Plus you can have fun with contacts and get funy ones and secretly laugh at people as you walk past and they give you second glances sayint 'what the hell?' :D

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Originally Posted by albear

to be honest id rather wear glasses than have someone shoot my eyes with a lazer :o

plus you can have fun with contacts and get funy ones and secretly laugh at people as you walk past and they give you second glances sayint 'what the hell?' :D

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You can only have fun with them if you can get them in your eye! ;)

The laser wasn't that bad, the burning eyeball smell only lasts for a few seconds. No, I'm not kidding. :eek:

Albear, I wore a green one and a blue one on accident all day and people were giving me weird looks and went into the bathroom at the end of the day and noticed that I was wearing too different colored lenses.

Yeah, contacts aren't for everyone I know, Alty :)


CM I hope you had a good laugh about it afterward :D

I did, cause it was SO OBVIOUS and I didn't notice it...

I LOVE my contacts!

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Originally Posted by albear

which would be why i could feel the edge more if i put it in inside out :D

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I can't even get mine to stick to my eyes if I try to put them in, inside out!

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Originally Posted by albear

nobody has to wear them, its a preference for those who dont like glasses or in situations where glasses would be a bad idea and they would still like to see :D

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Not much of a choice there with me concerning wearing contacts. Prescription for my glasses is way too old. Can't yet afford new lenses, and I absolutely have to be able to see in order to drive and play music!

Ahh sorry clough :(, teach me to use a blanket statement.