contact lens discussion thread (merged)

pavlovs_dog

cant comment on varifocals (im not as ancient as you )but have been be-spectacled for half my life.

dont know if you ever wore specs before these, but i always find it takes a good few days for my eyes to get used to a new prescription and new frames. the eye is a muscle, and it gets so used to looking to a certain spot to see through the best part of the lens, and it takes time for the eye to 'un-learn' this and learn to look somewhere new.

ease yourself in gently, and give it a few days. if you are still having grief, go back to the opticians.

btw, did you go to specsavers?

DebtphobicDeirdre

:wave: I work in an Opticians as a receptionist. It can take up to a week to adjust to your variocals. They aren't to tight or uncomfortable in any way are they? I would give the Optician a ring anyway. A manufacturing error could mean they are the wrong strength. Hope you are better soon.:wave:

aurora_borealis_2

I did go to specsavers - 2 pairs for 1

They aren't tight at all.

It is like a muscle ache (still hurting now)... DD3 has an appt tomorrow so I'll ask them to check mine at the same time.

03022242

hi im looking for solutions such as optifree, no rub solution, or AMO complete moisture plus etc somthing that retains moisture, i used to use i.e. moistureloc from Renu

they normally retail for abotu £10 for 355ML bottle in stores, cheaper on the net?

cheers folks!

RoCas

I purchase contact lens solution from http://www.cluboptique.com/. They're competitively priced for the type of solution I use and they're always quick and efficient.

Ted_Hutchinson

I found with mine I adjusted almost straight away and was happy to drive home in mine. My partner just couldn't manage at all, it's very frustrating as she loses her reading specs almost as regularly as I did when I used to have 2 pairs, But she is lost without her reading specs so when she left them at her sons house it was a minor disaster.
So she really did try very hard to get used to the varifocals but to no good. She persisted for over a month before getting Specsavers to change the lenses back to standard, which they did very willingly. I'm so glad my specs stay on all day and I've no reason to take them off till bedtime. Saves me hours of time hunting for the other pair and when their on they are out of harms way, less likely to be sat on, trodden on , or otherwise squashed.

So try to spend some time with them on each day but if you find your eyes cannot accomodate to them, don't blame yourself, your not alone.

emeraldbugle

Has any one used these? I usually buy boxes of 30 Focus Dailies, but a box of 90 is so much cheaper.

A box of 30 is $17.95 and a box of 90 is $35.95. Shipping is $19.95.

https://www.lens.com

Thanks

Ellie2758

I've had 2 pairs of varifocals (on my second pair now - I'm REALLY old). The first pair I got used to very quickly - within days - and did not have any eye aches etc. The second pair were very difficult to cope with and I ended up taking them back and they were re-made for me. There mustve been a tiny error in the measurements. It was Specsavers that I went to as well.

aurora_borealis_2

Just off to the opticians now My eyes still hurt and i haven't worn them today!

recovering_spendaholic

I got variofocals from Costco last year but they were pricey at £160 just for the lenses, but they took no getting used to and were brilliant. When I went for my eye test this year my reading prescription had changed so I shopped around for cheaper varios. I got some for £99 in Specsavers and they assured me that they were varilux, just like my old ones but they are most definitely not the same. If I look up quickly I get a kind of dizzy feeling as things distort and they are not good at all. I went back and they insist that they are the same lenses but the prescription is the same but I can't get used to them. I went back to Costco and got the new prescription made up in their varios and guess what? perfect vision! Go figure...