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Originally posted by JohnT
Contacts scare me. You don't even want to know my opinion on Lasik surgery.
Contacts scare me. You don't even want to know my opinion on Lasik surgery.
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Exactly! I'm quite happy with my glasses compared to the alternatives.Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all! -
Glasses are SO 19th century.
Contacts are made of a gel-type substance that is actually about 80% water. There are no sharp edges (when they're hydrated) and the comfort level is total (assuming a good fit). You literally are not conscious of anything being in, or on, your eyes.
The earlier comment regarding oxygen supply is fairly accurate. That's why, even when using the so-called monthly contacts, you should take them out every night. maintenance time is actually very minimal these days. (Take them out, put them in no-rub saline solution overnight, then rinse them off and pop them in in the morning..) For me (long-time user), maintenance is a minute or two per day -- same as keeping glasses clean.
Lasik? As long as there's a failure rate >0, forget it. I remember when they were raving about radial kerototomy a few years back, claim great success and no long term side effects. The people the went under the knife now have scarring on their eyes and an inability to generate enough tears. Funny how the claims for Lasik sound exactly the same. Maybe those claims are true this time, but I'll let someone else play guinea pig.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
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After wearing these monthly contacts for about two years now there have been no problems. They still get plenty of oxygen. The only problems have come when it's been really dry (due to a furance in a small room taking out all the moisture in the air). They are absolutely wonderful.
Lasik has been around for a long time now. I'll probably get it in a couple years depending on the money situation."Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
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You keep your glasses clean??
Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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If I wore them, I would.
I wear my contacts during all waking hours.
Glasses are used to get from the bathroom to the bedroom, and from the bedroom to the coffeepot. That's about it.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
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Yeah, but then, nothing touches your eyeball.Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Glasses are SO 19th century.
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unless they are JOMG girls"I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
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I need my glasses so I can watch the pornYou don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto LuongoComment
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Contacts aren't good if you have a strong astigmatism. I've always been told glasses will give me better vision.
May get LASIK ... someday....Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Ben Franklin
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I'm with JohnT here. I don't want anything touching my eyeballs, whether it be slivers of plastic or focused light. I've been wearing glasses for a little over half my life now and it's simply not an inconvenience anymore. No reason to go and do something that makes me twitch just thinking about it.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
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Glasses isn't an inconvenience as such - it's preferrable to wear glasses when everything is blurred without, but there is a couple of irritating things with them. They get dusty, scratched, fogs up in rain and gives annoying turbulences when cycling.
None of this goes for contact lenses - they even have the plus that you get your full view back.
It is right that you think that you never will get used to stick a finger into your eye the first time you try to do it, but it soon becomes natural and can be done in a minute.
I have used dispensable lenses for some five years without problems - it has actually been a plus since my vision has changed a couple of times and I just got lenses with correct strength instead of buying new glasses.
That is not quite true - if you accidentally flips the lens, there are a sharp edge - though, it only takes a second or two before you get aware of itOriginally posted by -Jrabbit
Glasses are SO 19th century.
Contacts are made of a gel-type substance that is actually about 80% water. There are no sharp edges (when they're hydrated) and the comfort level is total (assuming a good fit). You literally are not conscious of anything being in, or on, your eyes.
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No no no, I have a general neurotic aversion to eyes in general. I can't even stand to see fingers in the vicinity of eyes, whether mine or someone else's.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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If you get the monthly kind, you only have to touch your eye once a month."Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
"At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
"Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
"In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General LuddComment
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I wear my glasses to drive and watch TV. That's about it... so I don't think I need contacts for that.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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