Soldato
The thought of touching my eye or poking in my eye with lenses freaks me out, someday I might get over this fear
Contact Lenses - Who wears them?
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I pay £45 for 3 months supply of monthlys, after the first year i started using them for longer and longer so now I tend to wear them for 2 months before throwing them. Obviously very strict cleaning and storing regime needed. But it means now I get them for £45 for 6 months.. Been fine for the past 2 years like this..not one infection or sight problem.
ps Contact lenses changed my life, best investment ever..
ps Contact lenses changed my life, best investment ever..
Soldato
Do these things have a shelf life? I don't mind glasses most of the time, but once in a while they're a complete pain.
Go have a free consultation. Comeback when they tell you the cost is over £3,000's
£399 per eye for the crappiest treatment for people with near perfect vision using a blade to peel away the skin on the front of your eye to reveal the cornea. No one gets that price.
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L: -4.5 Cyl: -1.25 Axis:30
R: -4 Cyl:-0.75 Axis: 160 (not that it really matters anymore, thanks Optic Neuritis
)
I use Air Optix for Astigmatism monthlies, very comfortable!!!
I pay £20.50 monthly to my local optician and that includes peroxide, eyedrops, and checkups. Considering lenstore comes out at £70.85 for what I get every three months, I think that's pretty good going!
R: -4 Cyl:-0.75 Axis: 160 (not that it really matters anymore, thanks Optic Neuritis
)I use Air Optix for Astigmatism monthlies, very comfortable!!!
I pay £20.50 monthly to my local optician and that includes peroxide, eyedrops, and checkups. Considering lenstore comes out at £70.85 for what I get every three months, I think that's pretty good going!
Soldato
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Does anyone ever re-use daily lenses? I know they say you shouldn't but what are the reasons why? I don't mean multiple days wearing them for 8 hours I just feel like it's such a waste and quite costly to use a pair for an hour or 2 when i go to the gym/pub/whatever then throw them away.
Especially when it's £45 for 30 pairs as i have astigmatism so none of the online places have better deals.
Is there any truth to this article? (DM i know :/)
Does anyone ever re-use daily lenses? I know they say you shouldn't but what are the reasons why? I don't mean multiple days wearing them for 8 hours I just feel like it's such a waste and quite costly to use a pair for an hour or 2 when i go to the gym/pub/whatever then throw them away.
Especially when it's £45 for 30 pairs as i have astigmatism so none of the online places have better deals.
Is there any truth to this article? (DM i know :/)
Soldato
L: -4.5 Cyl: -1.25 Axis:30
R: -4 Cyl:-0.75 Axis: 160 (not that it really matters anymore, thanks Optic Neuritis
I use Air Optix for Astigmatism monthlies, very comfortable!!!
I pay £20.50 monthly to my local optician and that includes peroxide, eyedrops, and checkups. Considering lenstore comes out at £70.85 for what I get every three months, I think that's pretty good going!
Not really that good value.
As http://www.getlenses.co.uk/air-optix-for-astigmatism.html
12 Months + 1 month free (12 + 1 Pairs) - £139.90 ideal if you prescription has not changed in a while.
Then the rest of the stuff is pocket change, so it will save you about £100 a year for doing next to nothing.
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Does anyone ever re-use daily lenses? I know they say you shouldn't but what are the reasons why? I don't mean multiple days wearing them for 8 hours I just feel like it's such a waste and quite costly to use a pair for an hour or 2 when i go to the gym/pub/whatever then throw them away.
Especially when it's £45 for 30 pairs as i have astigmatism so none of the online places have better deals.
Is there any truth to this article? (DM i know :/)
Why don't you use monthly disposables? I have astigmatism and use continuous wear lenses by Bausch and Lomb, you can wear them non stop for a month and completely forget about them being in they're so comfortable.
I buy http://www.contactlenses.co.uk/details787_167.html so works out at under £15 a month. I have no problems with them at all and don't notice a difference between them and focus dailies.
Soldato
I'm not really bothered for wearing them if i'm spending all day working at my PC that's the thing. I was only really questioning reusing them if i was for example going out in the morning then later at night, don't particularly want to spend 10 hours in between staring at my screen with them in or use 2 pairs up.
Soldato
I pay £40/month for daily disposables from Specsavers and I'm only at -1.0 and -1.5.
I think I'm going to go back to monthly disposables as they were half the price.
I think I'm going to go back to monthly disposables as they were half the price.
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I wear them... not that often anymore as I have a few fancy-schmancy pairs of prescription frames, but I do always keep a few months' worth in stock at all times.
I'd recommend daily disposables if you can afford the extra expense. Whereas monthlys are supposedly more 'convenient' and cheaper - trust me - there is nothing worse than returning from a drunken night out and losing a monthly, or damaging it in some small way. Also you'll find that for the last 7-10 days of every month on a monthly contact, it will start to feel more uncomfortable and will dry out quicker, etc. Basically unless you are super careful and meticulous about looking after them - which isn't easy, they're very fragile - you'll basically kick yourself for having monthlys.
The lenses themselves are no bother at all. After taking them out and putting them in for a week it's so natural you don't even notice. I regularly do it drunk or in some state of out-of-mindedness, because I always wear lenses on big nights out to nightclubs and stuff (have had expensive designer frames knocked off my face too many times, or bent in some way on a night-out, e.g. accidentally bumping into someone on a dancefloor).
I'd recommend daily disposables if you can afford the extra expense. Whereas monthlys are supposedly more 'convenient' and cheaper - trust me - there is nothing worse than returning from a drunken night out and losing a monthly, or damaging it in some small way. Also you'll find that for the last 7-10 days of every month on a monthly contact, it will start to feel more uncomfortable and will dry out quicker, etc. Basically unless you are super careful and meticulous about looking after them - which isn't easy, they're very fragile - you'll basically kick yourself for having monthlys.
The lenses themselves are no bother at all. After taking them out and putting them in for a week it's so natural you don't even notice. I regularly do it drunk or in some state of out-of-mindedness, because I always wear lenses on big nights out to nightclubs and stuff (have had expensive designer frames knocked off my face too many times, or bent in some way on a night-out, e.g. accidentally bumping into someone on a dancefloor).
Soldato
I wear daily disposables from Specsavers. Around £22.00 a month DD. Although i always run out; not having a pair of glasses.
Good thing with SS is that if your on Contact lense DD, you get any designer glasses half price. Should really invest.
Good thing with SS is that if your on Contact lense DD, you get any designer glasses half price. Should really invest.
Soldato
Does anyone wear rigid gas permeable lenses?
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I have keratoconus in both eyes (left eye is the worse, i can only see things if there about an inch away from the eye)
So i use a RGP lense for the left eye, have done for 4years, my eye changed shape again (for the worse) and had to have a full sized RGP lense, which ive been using for 6weeks or so now.
so i think i can answer questions on them, so ask away
Soldato
I too have keratoconus in both eyes which is why I asked. So far I've been fine and haven't needed to correct it. But I'm concious of my right eye getting worse. It's now at the point where I struggle to read with only my right eye open.
So I guess I might end up with a RGP in my right eye at some point. I was told by the optician that they are very uncomfortable, though. So I'm trying to hold off as long as I can, really. There is a new type of hybrid lense; have you tried those?
So I guess I might end up with a RGP in my right eye at some point. I was told by the optician that they are very uncomfortable, though. So I'm trying to hold off as long as I can, really. There is a new type of hybrid lense; have you tried those?
Soldato
detested them at the start when i wore the trial ones, wearing monthly now and i get them from my local opticians, who charged/gave me £48 for 3 pairs without solutions.
parents thought it was a bit expesive so thinking of changing to specsavers once i finish my 3 pairs.
they really make a difference to wearing glasses, only bad thing is that you can't take naps with them on like on public transport which i do a lot.
parents thought it was a bit expesive so thinking of changing to specsavers once i finish my 3 pairs.
they really make a difference to wearing glasses, only bad thing is that you can't take naps with them on like on public transport which i do a lot.