# Does anyone else hate contacts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-contacts/95328>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 26, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-contacts/95328 "2001-11-26T18:25:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-contacts/95328/1 "2001-11-26T18:25:27Z")

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I’m back in contacts, after having had laser surgery two years ago to correct my vision. My left eye still sees fine; this week I finally made it to the opthamologist’s, who confirmed that my right eye has regressed. With a new contact and a pair of new glasses on the way, I can now reexperience the joy of reading distant street signs and billboards.

I’m less happy about this than I would expect. I hated contacts. My eyes were dry all the time. I had to wear waterproof mascara. I hated having to deal with the cleaners and cases and keeping up with saline drops all the time. I hated having to avoid air conditioning and worrying about flying grit on windy days.

Yet, in all of this, I seem to be alone. I’ve never met anyone else who dislikes contacts. Does anyone?

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**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-contacts/95328/2 "2001-11-26T18:37:45Z")

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I don’t hate contacts, but I find that I wear them less and less as I get older. Some mornings, it just isn’t worth the bother, compared to tossing on one of my two pairs of glasses. Depends on if I’m having a “vanity” day or not.

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**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-contacts/95328/3 "2001-11-26T18:56:50Z")

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Yeah…after 25 years of hard lenses, I was plenty happy to see them go when I had my eyes lasered. Don’t think I could go back to them again. I can’t tell you how many bottles of drops I went through as I got older.

I did miss them at times during the weeks prior to my surgery when I was wearing glasses. Given a choice, I’d probably still go with contacts over glasses, but I’d wear my glasses a heck of alot more.