thinking about getting contacts...

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

anyone here switched from wearing glasses everyday to contacts?? the main reason i want to get contacts is i HATE glasses. i also not being able to wear sunglasses w/o prescription ones. opinions?

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[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

i say go for it.

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

only DISADVANTAGE i can think of right now is the fact that i have astigmatism, so contacts for me will be a little bit more expensive.

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/ban.gif.ce8465566702ef9f72e97e794ed1c86a.gif glasses = teh shitness //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

SK

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

shitty eyesight ftl. 20/20 here, but i have trouble hearing LOL cant be perfect.

 

[kpozr2 10+ year member]

LASIK surgery??? my dad only had to get one done. now he has mono-vison. he sees far with one eye and up close with the other. tis the shiz.

 

[Rc 415 10+ year member]

Do it man, its the best desicion I ever made, I love contacts now!

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

lasik surgery is WAYYY too expensive, and im poor //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

Do it man, its the best desicion I ever made, I love contacts now!

how long have u had urs for??

 

[Good*Bad*Ugly 10+ year member]

I am also getting contacts very soon, I am curious about the price, and wondering if insurance covers it? But they seem much better than glasses, I hate glasses.

 

[kpozr2 10+ year member]

its 1100 for 10mins sitting there. outpatient, and no glasses/contacts needed. thats what im going to school for.

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

only DISADVANTAGE i can think of right now is the fact that i have astigmatism, so contacts for me will be a little bit more expensive.

I HOPE you have vision insurance. The good news is the price keeps coming down. Every time I renew my perscription I get twice as many for half as much. When you go in, GET your perscription...you can then call 1800contacts, get glasses for emergencies, etc.

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

its 1100 for 10mins sitting there. outpatient, and no glasses/contacts needed. thats what im going to school for.

ever talk about the 'dark side' of lasik? I was steered away from LASIK by my eye doctor, a partner in a LASIK clinic, to wait for a less possibly catastrophic way to correct vision. My perscription would have taken away quite a bit of lens thickness and the long-term results aren't in yet on car accidents(air-bags), and injuries resulting in blindness that wouldn't have if LASIK hadn't been done. I agreed to wait. My eye doctor wears glasses...I'd like to know the percentage of eye doctors that have had LASIK done...hmm.

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

go with contacts for sure. i have been wearing them for 8 or 9 years now. i just switched from the acuvue 2 lens to the acuvue oasis lens. the oasis is by far the best lens i have ever had. my eyes dont get stressed from lack of oxygen and they are so comfortable. i just forget about them during the day. dont even notice them. i have tried a bunch of lenses and these work the best for me, as well as every other person that has tried them. go to your eye doctor and get a trial pair. haha, good luck getting used to putting them in and taking them out.

 

[RumbleNTheTrunk 10+ year member]

i got a ****ed up left eye...its shaped like an egg //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif gotta wear the tork accuvues on that one...I love my contacts you dont even notice them and whenever I want to go back to being blind i have the option(see no reason to do this but it sounded good versus lasik)