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InspectorExstead · 02-17-2003, 01:30 AM

Ok..for those of you who have had glasses in the past and then switched to contacts, which did you like best? are contacts easy to adjust to, you know the putting in, taking out? does it ever get annoying? how long does it take until your eyes stop getting watery once you put them in? i've been thinking about getting contacts for like a year and i'm finally going to the doctor's office tomorrow, but i need to know about "the contacts experience." plus my mom's like "be 100% sure...." because they charge for a lot of money for the time they take to show you how to put it on. also, if you get them for the doctor's office, do you get them the same day? because the assistant said they'd need more money to show me how to put them on tomorrow, so why would they show me if they're not giving them to me tomorrow. so...please write back!

Warm & Fuzzy · 02-17-2003, 01:32 AM

- - off topic - -

I think contacts are cool, even though I don't have them, lol. But I just hate it when people say, "Hold on, let me take my eyes out." Just the way that's worded gives me the creeps.

*CoughDannieCough*

Ewan's My Man · 02-17-2003, 01:37 AM

I have em, I love em...VERY easy!!! I don't even feel them!

Of course...my dad's my eye doctor...so that helped a little

AllIWantIsYourClutch · 02-17-2003, 01:18 PM

Contacts are God. I love mine sooooo much. It's really hard at first, but dont get frustrated. I was sitting at the eye doctor for an hour and a half trying to get mine in, but by the next day it was soooo easy. (I'm trying to answer all your questions) It doesnt get annoying....it's like a routine after a while...Your eyes dont really get watery unless you have problems getting em in and you keep touching em. They're not like....gonna keep flowing.....yea its hard to explain.

So yes. Get contacts.

InspectorExstead · 02-17-2003, 03:59 PM

thanks for the advice people. i just came back from the eye doctor and i can't see anything...i'm going next monday for a fitting for them because it was really crowded and my momma had to go to work.

Kay Scarpetta · 02-17-2003, 04:07 PM

I'm getting them in 2 weeks. Thank God. I can't stand my glasses any longer

*PinkLady* · 02-17-2003, 04:40 PM

I'd like to get contacts b/c I hate my glasses, but I'd only need one because I have perfect vision in my right eye and I'm half-blind in my left. So it wouldn't make sense. Too bad...

dawsongirl · 02-17-2003, 05:23 PM

I knew a girl who only wore one contact.

Anyway, contacts are great. I get sick of wearing these damn glasses. The one bad thing (for me anyway) is say I wake up and don't want to put them in right away. So I put my glasses on for a couple hours, then switch to contacts. If I do it right away, I get dizzy. And they're a bitch to sleep in. DRYNESS!!

Oh, and you might tear a few at first. But you outgrow it. I haven't torn one in years.

Czas na Zywiec · 02-17-2003, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dawsongirl
I knew a girl who only wore one contact.

Anyway, contacts are great. I get sick of wearing these damn glasses. The one bad thing (for me anyway) is say I wake up and don't want to put them in right away. So I put my glasses on for a couple hours, then switch to contacts. If I do it right away, I get dizzy. And they're a bitch to sleep in. DRYNESS!!

Oh, and you might tear a few at first. But you outgrow it. I haven't torn one in years.

The nice thing is that I have the monthly disposeable ones, so if I tear one, I always have a couple of backup pairs. I get them every six months and I can ususally wear a pair for about a month and a half if I need to. But I haven't lost of torn any lately since I've had them for about 2 years now.

Mossopp · 02-17-2003, 06:28 PM

My mates Emma and Marco both wear contacts. They were sick of people calling 'em geeks all the time so they ditched their glasses!
Personally, I think sometimes glasses can be rather foxy! I know a few women who look better with their glasses than without them. I wear glasses for reading and watching TV and stuff. I don't need to wear 'em all the time but I've been told I really suit them so I do try'n wear them as much as possible.

Camillian · 02-17-2003, 06:32 PM

I like them because now i don't have to wear my glasses. But they are kind of any annoyance to put them in/out of your eyes you don't feel the contacts in ur' eyes. But like the first week u get em' it feels like there is something stuck in ur' eye.

Mijada · 02-17-2003, 07:30 PM

I used to wear contacts but they were a hassle. I didn't have much trouble putting them in but it was hard for me to take them out and they would irritate my eyes especially during allergy season. I just wear my glasses now and I'm about due for a new pair. I want to get the framless ones. I think those are cool.

Rockapella722 · 02-17-2003, 07:48 PM

I'm a lazy person and I never really CLEAN my contacts, I just take them out and put them in the holder thinger. I got lots of bacterial growth on my lenses that way. So I switched to hard lenses, which are so much easier than soft. Not only do you not see the lines at all around your colored thinger in your eye, they're much easier to clean.

You can tell when someone has hard of soft lenses. You CAN still see the outline of the soft ones. Hard ones are so little. They're cute.

~RKP722

AllIWantIsYourClutch · 02-17-2003, 07:53 PM

Oh yea..

I have never torn a contact. Well I mean...sometimes they get stuck to the side of my case and then they rip, but I've never torn one putting it in or anything...thats just me.

I dont see how people can sleep with contacts in. Oh man it hurts like a bitch.

JDS84 · 02-17-2003, 08:28 PM

I like contacts the best. When I first got them I was 14 and I had so much trouble getting them in my eyes. My dad had to put them in for me. Now they are so easy to put in. They are alot better than glasses.

02-17-2003, 01:30 AM	#1
InspectorExstead Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 29, 2001 Location: The Golden State Posts: 12,902	Contacts Ok..for those of you who have had glasses in the past and then switched to contacts, which did you like best? are contacts easy to adjust to, you know the putting in, taking out? does it ever get annoying? how long does it take until your eyes stop getting watery once you put them in? i've been thinking about getting contacts for like a year and i'm finally going to the doctor's office tomorrow, but i need to know about "the contacts experience." plus my mom's like "be 100% sure...." because they charge for a lot of money for the time they take to show you how to put it on. also, if you get them for the doctor's office, do you get them the same day? because the assistant said they'd need more money to show me how to put them on tomorrow, so why would they show me if they're not giving them to me tomorrow. so...please write back!
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02-17-2003, 01:32 AM	#2
Warm & Fuzzy Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 02, 2001 Posts: 10,254	- - off topic - - I think contacts are cool, even though I don't have them, lol. But I just hate it when people say, "Hold on, let me take my eyes out." Just the way that's worded gives me the creeps. CoughDannieCough
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02-17-2003, 01:37 AM	#3
Ewan's My Man I'll Cover You Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 29, 2001 Location: Beneath the opera house... Posts: 5,682	I have em, I love em...VERY easy!!! I don't even feel them! Of course...my dad's my eye doctor...so that helped a little
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02-17-2003, 04:07 PM	#6
Kay Scarpetta Defy Gravity 8.26.05 Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 04, 2001 Location: La Vie Boheme Posts: 28,013	I'm getting them in 2 weeks. Thank God. I can't stand my glasses any longer
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02-17-2003, 06:28 PM	#10
Mossopp asleep at the wheel Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 30, 2000 Location: Helensburgh, Scotland Posts: 3,726	My mates Emma and Marco both wear contacts. They were sick of people calling 'em geeks all the time so they ditched their glasses! Personally, I think sometimes glasses can be rather foxy! I know a few women who look better with their glasses than without them. I wear glasses for reading and watching TV and stuff. I don't need to wear 'em all the time but I've been told I really suit them so I do try'n wear them as much as possible.
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02-17-2003, 01:18 PM	#4
AllIWantIsYourClutch peaceout. Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 02, 2001 Location: Illinois. Posts: 53,424	Contacts are God. I love mine sooooo much. It's really hard at first, but dont get frustrated. I was sitting at the eye doctor for an hour and a half trying to get mine in, but by the next day it was soooo easy. (I'm trying to answer all your questions) It doesnt get annoying....it's like a routine after a while...Your eyes dont really get watery unless you have problems getting em in and you keep touching em. They're not like....gonna keep flowing.....yea its hard to explain. So yes. Get contacts.

02-17-2003, 03:59 PM	#5
InspectorExstead Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Oct 29, 2001 Location: The Golden State Posts: 12,902	thanks for the advice people. i just came back from the eye doctor and i can't see anything...i'm going next monday for a fitting for them because it was really crowded and my momma had to go to work.

02-17-2003, 04:40 PM	#7
PinkLady Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 04, 2002 Posts: 7,457	I'd like to get contacts b/c I hate my glasses, but I'd only need one because I have perfect vision in my right eye and I'm half-blind in my left. So it wouldn't make sense. Too bad...

02-17-2003, 05:23 PM	#8
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	I knew a girl who only wore one contact. Anyway, contacts are great. I get sick of wearing these damn glasses. The one bad thing (for me anyway) is say I wake up and don't want to put them in right away. So I put my glasses on for a couple hours, then switch to contacts. If I do it right away, I get dizzy. And they're a bitch to sleep in. DRYNESS!! Oh, and you might tear a few at first. But you outgrow it. I haven't torn one in years.

02-17-2003, 06:32 PM	#11
Camillian God bless America Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 25, 2002 Location: In Ms. Spears Mansion Posts: 560	I like them because now i don't have to wear my glasses. But they are kind of any annoyance to put them in/out of your eyes you don't feel the contacts in ur' eyes. But like the first week u get em' it feels like there is something stuck in ur' eye.
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02-17-2003, 07:30 PM	#12
Mijada Spencers mom Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 02, 2001 Location: eastern US Posts: 4,093	I used to wear contacts but they were a hassle. I didn't have much trouble putting them in but it was hard for me to take them out and they would irritate my eyes especially during allergy season. I just wear my glasses now and I'm about due for a new pair. I want to get the framless ones. I think those are cool.

02-17-2003, 07:48 PM	#13
Rockapella722 .B.A.D.G.E.R. .G.I.R.L. Senior Member Join Date: Oct 28, 2001 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 1,489	I'm a lazy person and I never really CLEAN my contacts, I just take them out and put them in the holder thinger. I got lots of bacterial growth on my lenses that way. So I switched to hard lenses, which are so much easier than soft. Not only do you not see the lines at all around your colored thinger in your eye, they're much easier to clean. You can tell when someone has hard of soft lenses. You CAN still see the outline of the soft ones. Hard ones are so little. They're cute. ~RKP722
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02-17-2003, 07:53 PM	#14
AllIWantIsYourClutch peaceout. Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 02, 2001 Location: Illinois. Posts: 53,424	Oh yea.. I have never torn a contact. Well I mean...sometimes they get stuck to the side of my case and then they rip, but I've never torn one putting it in or anything...thats just me. I dont see how people can sleep with contacts in. Oh man it hurts like a bitch.

02-17-2003, 08:28 PM	#15
JDS84 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 11, 2001 Location: My Old Kentucky Home Posts: 3,377	I like contacts the best. When I first got them I was 14 and I had so much trouble getting them in my eyes. My dad had to put them in for me. Now they are so easy to put in. They are alot better than glasses.
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