contact lens discussion thread (merged)

Bendybops19

Oooh this is great!! I have wanted to start wearing my contacts again for aaages but didnt want to have to go for yet another contact lense check up!!

Silly question - i havnt worn contacts on my current prescription so will that be ok? AND how do i find out my prescription?!?! I dont really want to have to ring and ask...

robnye

contact lense prescriptions can vary slightly from what your glasses prescription might be.

you say you havent worn lenses fore aaaages, is that months or years?

Bendybops19

robnye wrote:

contact lense prescriptions can vary slightly from what your glasses prescription might be.

you say you havent worn lenses fore aaaages, is that months or years?

Oooh i would say about 9 months? Its just i have a problem with having my eyes checked....OOooooh gives me the creeps!! Haha it took me a yr to learn how to put my contacts in!!

madkid88

ive neva worn contact lenses and been wearin glasses for bout 3 years,now ive decided i want to wear contacts,i will first need an eye test,then what would i have to do.where would i learn on how to put contacts in my eyes if i buy them straight from the internet.help would be grateful, thanks.

SlayerKat

madkid88 wrote:

ive neva worn contact lenses and been wearin glasses for bout 3 years,now ive decided i want to wear contacts,i will first need an eye test,then what would i have to do.where would i learn on how to put contacts in my eyes if i buy them straight from the internet.help would be grateful, thanks.

although its generally cheaper to buy contact lenses online, personally, i would strongly recommend that for the first time you should go via the opticians. they can advise you best and will help you choose and will show you how to put them in and give you 'practise ones' to play with. you need to have a seperate eye sight test and contact lense consultation because some people rarely cannot wear contacts. your eyes are very precioius so you want to be kind to them

goodluck

Kat xxx

madkid88

yeh thats what im gonna do, you dont have to have a 12 months contract with any opticians do u,i can have an monthly trial and then after that buy them from the net where i have seen on coastalcontacts.com are quite cheap for the extensive wear ones where i can where for about an month without taking them out.where do they do contact lenses consultation.

chinagirl

I know this is not the cheapest, but I have an optical plan with my optician which supplies me with 4 daily pairs a week, ( as I said I like to wear my glasses to work, instead of wearing contacts 7 days). This costs me £18 a month and includes eye-checks and contact lense checks and I always ask for a small bottle of universal cleaning/soaking fluid as I say I am clumsy and often drop the lense when putting them in. I make the 4 pairs easily last 7 days, as I reuse them by soaking them in the fluid overnight, (and they often feel more lubricated for it as well). This way of extending the life of my lenses makes the cost per day quite good I think! And I know my eye-checks are prepaid so can keep up to date with them too.

bluesnice

i get mine from https://www.getlenses.com and buy them through the link at https://www.greasypalm.co.uk so i get chashback (and credit card cash back on top of that!)

The service is really good and they have a 0800 customer service line. Lenses are normally delivered within a day or two of ordering. They also offer to refund the difference if you find the lenses cheaper elsewhere.

coolbreezes

Have worn lenses for 30 years (ouch!). Buy a solution to suit the type of lenses you have.They all contain the same ingredients so buy whatever is cheapest. I also have been informed by opticians who are friends that you dont need to discard solution within 28 days. this is just something the manufacturers advise to make more money. I always use mine until its empty and have never had any problems, however would never use any that had been open for a long time. :j

kissmekate_2

Hi

Is anybody in the know? Which brand of gas permeable lenses is the best for letting in oxygen, scratch resist etc?

I have chosen this type of lense as I have pretty awful astigmatisms and the optician also said that the eye tends to stay wetter with this type???

Need to buy some fairly quickly as have an interview soon and fed up of looking geeky in my beer bottle glasses (think I might be okay looking without them, but bit difficult to say, as have to squash my nose onto the mirror to see mewith out them, doh!)

Thanks for help anybody
Kissmekate