STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

I have just started (last month) wearing the Acuvue Oasys, and they are AMAZING. Best contacts ever, and I've been wearing contacts since I was 15. Before these, my favorites were the Acuvue 2.

I've been wearing O2 Optix monthly disposables for about a year now and they are the most comfortable kind I've ever worn.

i have almost always worn Accuvue 2 (10 years or so) but my eye doctor said i needed more oxygen and switched me to Focus Night and Day. They seem fine too. i can't even tell they are there.

I have Acuvue Oasys, but my eyes still get very dry. I also have tend to have very dry eyes to begin with though. Other than that I have no problems.

Acuvue Advance for Astigmatism.  Just switched to these.  Much, much better than Acuvue Toric for me.  I recommend them.

squishy wrote:

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thanks for all your replies!  this is definitely helping me out.

i have this irrational conception/fear that contacts are uncomfortable to wear, will damage your corneas and are a pain to deal with on a day to day basis.  do you have to wash them everyday?  can you occasionally go to sleep in them?  will they stick to your eyeball like gum on shoes?  and for you gals with dry eyes, what do you have to do to hydrate them?  eye drops?

thanks for humoring me :)

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My eyes are super sensitive so I don't even use disinfecting solution--it burns like crazy.  So I just store mine nightly in sensitive eye saline and it works fine for me.  I don't usually have to wash them.  I wear biomed 22 or something like that.  I think it's a high oxygen type, but not sure.  I just know they work.  They are 2-week disposables and I usually get 4 or 5 weeks out of them.
I can't sleep in mine because my eyes get so dry.  It feels like saran wrap on my eyeballs.  I can wear them for probably 18 hours or so before they get awfully uncomfortable.
And seriously, you get so used to the contact routine that you hardly even notice you're doing it after a while.

I wear Frequency 55 Toric (for astigmatism) and love them. I have tried a few and these are the best for me.

I have also tried the high oxygen ones and they burned my eyes, I felt like they were so uncomfortable, I went back to my Frequency contacts immediately.

For year I slept with my contacts in until FINALLY an eye doctor showed me what would happen if I continued to do that. It scared me into taking them out every night since then.

Just be patient, don't get upset if they are hard to put in at first and make sure you are 100% happy with what you have.

The first time I wore mine, I was so excited to be able to see like this!

Good luck!

I've been wearing Acuvue 2 for over five years. My eyes aren't overly sensitive, but they can only tolerate so much, you know? They're two week disposables, but I use them until they rip, tear, or get lost. I've had lenses that lasted well over four months, actually... I don't know how healthy or sanitary it is, but I go to the eye doctor regularly and he hasn't said anything is wrong with my eyes or lenses. I guess I'm in the clear in that respect. I sleep them every once in awhile, when I fall asleep watching a movie or reading, but I try to wear them 16 hours, max. When I do sleep in them, I take them out, wet them with a little no-rub solution, and pop 'em back in. I don't ever clean my lenses; I soak them in multi-purpose saline solution at night and that's it. They're not uncomfortable at all, but sometimes my eyes get irratated... I use the saline solution to moisten them and I'm back in business. They're not a pain to deal with at all, IMO... it's so much a part of my daily routine, like brushing my teeth. The only pain is learning how to put the contacts in. It takes a little practice and can be frustrating, but once you get it, you're golden.