contact lens discussion thread (merged)

starving_artist

Now that Bausch & Lomb have withdrawn their Moistureloc product does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations for an alternative? I wear acuvue fortnightly soft lenses.

Nicki

After a break of about 5 years I have just started wearing contact lenses again. I wear daily disposables. I used to wear Acuvue lenses but the new ones are Focus ones, and although they are very comfortable to wear, probably more so than the Acuvue ones, I find them very difficult to get out. My technique in the past was always to put my finger over the lens on the coloured part of the eye, slide the lens over to the corner of the eye and out, but this doesn't seem to work with the Focus lenses. Can anyone recommend another technique or advice about how to get the darned things out - it took me about 40 mins and a lot of discomfort to do it tonight and I still have no idea what I did in the end which actually worked

Emmy

I have worn contact lenses for about 23 years !! (OMG did I really say that) and I am sure that the thing I do is something that you shouldn't but after you have been wearing them so long you just get on with it.....i just put my thimb and middle finger at opposite edges of the lense and squeeze together....this lifts it off the eye and hey presto...out.....but feel free to ignore me as said i am probably not doing it 'right'
Emmy

Alikay

I changed from years of wearing high-water-content ordinary lenses to disposables and had similar problems getting them out (I think coz they're much thinner). I put a couple of saline wetting drops in immediately before I get them out and they come out with no problems. I use those little disposable vials of drops - refresh contacts I think they're called.

silvercar

I think you need to squeeze rather than slide. As they are so thin, they will fold up and you can grab the folded bit.
I put my finger on the coloured part and my thumb on the side of the lens, as I move my finger towards my thumb the lens creases and I can lift it off.
Have you thought about going back to your optician and asking them to teach you how to do it?

partysis81

hi, did you not get an alternative sent from your contacts supplier?
i have acuvue fortnightlys, with d&a, and they sent out an alternative bottle of solution and new holder.
im at work at the mo, but i will post again later with the name of the solution i was sent, as theyre saying it is a suitable replacement.

starving_artist

I've started getting my lenses from tesco online. I guess this is the 'aftercare' you lose out on.

Nicki

silvercar wrote:

Have you thought about going back to your optician and asking them to teach you how to do it?

Yes, but that was at 11.30pm last night when I'd been struggling for a while and I didn't think they'd appreciate being woken up!

I will try the squeeze and eye drops methods, and will also call in on my optician next time I am passing that way, though as always its finding the time to do it. Thanks for all your tips.

dora37

As they are daily disposables - obviously it doesn't matter if you damage them etc, so removing them is quite easy.

I wear Focus Dailies and the way I was taught and works well is * re enacts as we speak *

Put your index finger of the opposite hand into the socket of your eye (soft skin under eye) and push gently. At the same time put index finger of other hand onto eyelid squeeze both gently (as if your eyeball will pop out!!!) and the lense will fall off the eyeball.

Sounds a bit gross, however it is easy and painless and there is no need to touch the actual eye. * I just nearly lost a lense!! *

Savvy_Sue

I don't really know why I read this thread, I only need reading glasses and not them very often, but just the thought of contacts makes me squirm and all this makes me really really squirm! :rotfl: