ow my fucking eyes! or:contact lenses

Sam

So I picked up my contacts yesterday. Getting them in was a pain, and it seemed like even managing to put them in once was like taking a hard exam or something. Not to mention getting them out.
I can see functionally without my glasses, so there's very, very little motivation for me to go through the pain of this all the time, other than wanting to see without having to deal with glasses of course.

But seriously, is putting them in and taking them out ever going to get easy enough to integrate into my schedule? I'm enough of a slacker as it is.

Mishra

Sam wrote:

So I picked up my contacts yesterday. Getting them in was a pain, and it seemed like even managing to put them in once was like taking a hard exam or something. Not to mention getting them out.
I can see functionally without my glasses, so there's very, very little motivation for me to go through the pain of this all the time, other than wanting to see without having to deal with glasses of course.

But seriously, is putting them in and taking them out ever going to get easy enough to integrate into my schedule? I'm enough of a slacker as it is.

I had the same feeling then recently I decided to go back to contacts after 6 years without them. The opthamologist gave me slightly smaller lenses and they became rediculously easy to put in. What kind are you using? It turns out that the monthly disposables are slightly smaller than the bi-weekly ones. I'm really happy with the monthly ones.

Sam

I'm using monthlies. They aren't hard to put in or even uncomfortable once in there. It's just that my eyes tell me to go fuck myself and put up a mexican soap opera when I try putting them in.

Joseph Stalin

It will get ridiculously easy over time. It was really hard for me to do it the first time, and now I can do it with ease in the dark. After a few weeks you should be able to do it pretty easily, with only slight difficulty. You'll probably stop thinking about it, and then you'll come upon a thread like this, and realize just how easy it got, :P

Corvus

It gets easier with practice. I imagine its something to do with overcoming the ingrained urge to close your eyes when something is getting close to them.

Some part of your brain is probably going "ahhhh!, whats that fucking thing getting close to the eye! Slam down the lids!"

Brodo Faggins

Yeah, I managed to get used to doing it after about three days (I use dailies).

Zek

It becomes extremely easy when you learn to overcome your blink reflex. Try practicing with eyedrops a couple times a day or something, it's a similar skill. The only thing hard about putting contacts in is the initial subconscious response, and that'll go away over time.

Kewop Decam

yea, everyone who puts contacts in for the first time has a hard time. It took me like 30 minutes to put in one! Once you get use to touching your eye, it will get much easier. You'll be popping them in your eye within 10 seconds.

thorpe

Sam wrote:

So I picked up my contacts yesterday. Getting them in was a pain, and it seemed like even managing to put them in once was like taking a hard exam or something. Not to mention getting them out.
I can see functionally without my glasses, so there's very, very little motivation for me to go through the pain of this all the time, other than wanting to see without having to deal with glasses of course.

But seriously, is putting them in and taking them out ever going to get easy enough to integrate into my schedule? I'm enough of a slacker as it is.

I started contacts three weeks ago, and yes, it gets much better. Its all about the technique. At first it seems impossible to do this every day with time enough to spare to get to work, school whatever, but eventually everything clicks. Don't worry about it.


edit: also, make sure whatever finger you have the contact on is a) not dirty (just for hygiene issues), and doesn't have solution or water on it. Otherwise the contact will stick right onto it like a little bitch.

nexuscrawler

Just be sure to wash you hands thoroughly befroe you put your contacts in. Any fabric will stick to your hands and cause alot of pain and discomfort when you get the conacts in. I find it 1000 times easier to put contacts in right after a shower

Corvus

thorpe wrote:

Sam wrote:

So I picked up my contacts yesterday. Getting them in was a pain, and it seemed like even managing to put them in once was like taking a hard exam or something. Not to mention getting them out.
I can see functionally without my glasses, so there's very, very little motivation for me to go through the pain of this all the time, other than wanting to see without having to deal with glasses of course.

But seriously, is putting them in and taking them out ever going to get easy enough to integrate into my schedule? I'm enough of a slacker as it is.

I started contacts three weeks ago, and yes, it gets much better. Its all about the technique. At first it seems impossible to do this every day with time enough to spare to get to work, school whatever, but eventually everything clicks. Don't worry about it.


edit: also, make sure whatever finger you have the contact on is a) not dirty (just for hygiene issues), and doesn't have solution or water on it. Otherwise the contact will stick right onto it like a little bitch.

Also, make sure your hands are lint free after you dry them. Blow on your finger tips to clear off any little fibres left on them. Believe me, you don't want one of those on the inside of your lens when you put it on your eye. They're like tiny javelins.