Contact wearers what type do you wear?

In My Humble Opinion
1

I might try contacts so I am looking for advice on brands or just types. I would probably use the extended wear soft ones that last more than a day.

2

I’ve been wearing Air Optix Night & Day for probably over a decade now. Sleep in them up to a month. Unbelievably comfortable.
I do have to keep a bottle of generic eye-drops on the night stand though because they do dry out overnight in the eye. When you first wake up in the morning a single drop in each eye and they’re as good as new.
I see an ophthalmologist every year rather than a basic optometrist for other eye issues (keeping hereditary glaucoma at bay) and she says my eyes are completely healthy on an annual basis.

3

I would suggest letting your eye doc make that recommendation, based on the condition of your eyes.

4

I use Acuvue Oasis. My last three Eye Doctors have been very against the overnighters for regular use. I used to get a few pairs for camping, when getting my hands clean enough in the morning was next to impossible. B ut it was quite a struggle to avoid rubbing my eyes long enough for the 5 minutes or so to get eye drops in and lubricated in the morning.

5

Yes I will ask the eye doc for advice as well.

6
    1. I’ve worn contacts for years. Got Lasik and didn’t need them. Then got a cataract in one eye and had that removed and a lens put in that eye. Now I put in a contact in the other eye every day and just throw it out every day. About a dollar a day.

I no longer need reading glasses, distance glasses or anything. Talk to your doc. I was stunned at how well this is working out. Absolutely stunned. I’m 59 years old and this is the best vision I’ve had in my life.

7

The last ophthalmologist I saw told me he had bad news, that I didn’t have any cataracts yet. We are looking forward to them so I can get implants that will correct my vision. I’ve been wearing gas-permeable rigid lenses for over 30 years, and I am happy to have them, but it would be neat to not need them.

When I first started wearing them, there were no soft lenses for astigmatism, and none strong enough to correct my very, very bad myopia. I did try soft lenses once they were available, and they were more comfortable but a total PITA to care for or take out.

I had a colleague who also looked forward to cataracts. She wore the strongest available contacts and eyeglasses over them.

8

I thought I would be the only person here wearing rigid gas-permeable! I started with hard lenses when I was a teen back in the 70s and have stayed with rigid for the same reason as you. My ophthalmologist said when I asked re. soft lenses that they wouldn’t give me the correction that I need. My sister, 3 years older than me, had cataract surgery last year so possibly it’s in my near future.

9

I wore rigid gas-perms for over thirty years! But alas, around the age of 50 my eyes stopped creating enough natural lubrication and they became very uncomfortable. I reluctantly switched to soft lenses. I’m glad to have the comfort, but miss many other features of the RGPs.

10

I’ve worn soft lenses of various kinds for almost 40 years now. For the last decade or so I’ve worn Bausch & Lomb daily disposables (currently “Bio-True”) and I love them. Super-comfortable, and when I did a little comparison of the cost of a year’s worth of daily disposables v. longer-wear lenses plus supplies, the difference wasn’t near as large as i might have thought. Plus, I SCUBA dive; I like being able to throw a spare pair in my gear bag and not be freaked out over the cost should a pair flush out of my eyes.

I still wear reading glasses, because I’ve never been able to get a lens prescription combo that eliminates them (we tried, but I didn’t like the different focii under normal, non-reading conditions).

Your eye doctor will have some recommendations based on eye shape, conditions, prescriptions, etc. Start there and see what’s the most comfortable. Comfort, to me, is key.

11

Biofinity, they’re monthly. Optometrist usually puts a few brands on secondary recommendation, and gives samples.

I wore RGP for years, but got sick of them getting stuck in my eye and waiting for 30-60 minutes for the swelling to subside. Plus dropping one was always a mad scramble.

12

Those are what I’ve been wearing for ages now. Nitpick: it’s Oasys.

13

I have been using RGP since the 70s and still like the comfort, ease of use and how well they let me see considering my myopia (+7) and astigmatism. Need reading glasses on top of them by now, but I am fine with that. I am not looking forward to any operation, cataracts, LASIK or otherwise. The longer I can stay scalpel free, the better.

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I’ve been going with round ones