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Medical Forum / General / Vision / April 2005Acuvue Contacts Causing Irritation in Sclera - Help Picking New Brand
I had been using Surevue's without a problem for years. The old box says they're BC 8.8; DIA 14; -3.25; 2006/10.. maybe that's the exp. I don't have the info for the Acuvue's handy. Anyway, I guess they discontinued Surevue's, so my optometrist started giving me Acuvue 2's. Right away I noticed the Acuvue's were much more bowl shaped. The Surevue's were much more flat, like a plate. It seems like the bowl's edge rubs against the white and causes irritation and now scaring which make it worse. They are more comfortable than the Surevue's... AT FIRST. Very comfy for the first few hours. But after 6-8 hours the insides of the scleras become red. I told the ladies at the optometrist they were irritating me and they insisted that the Surevue's would be irritating but the Acuvue2's aren't. They were just raving about how comfy the Acuvue's are. Finally convinced them to switch me to Acuvue 1, which is a little better, but still causes irritation. Is there a flat contact lenses out there that won't irritate so much? Please reply to group and cc me if you don't mind: msuever-temp4newsgroup1234@mailblocks.com Thanks!! Mark > I had been using Surevue's without a problem for years. The old box says > they're BC 8.8; DIA 14; -3.25; 2006/10.. maybe that's the exp. I don't have [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Please reply to group and cc me if you don't mind: > msuever-temp4newsgroup1234@mailblocks.com Likely the Accuvue 2 is not fitting properly. Return to your fitter for assessment; the fitting fee you paid should include a post fit check and reorder of lenses. Dr Judy >Anyway, I guess they discontinued Surevue's, so my optometrist started >giving me Acuvue 2's. I hate to be the one to tell you this, but Surevue is *not* discontinued. Six-packs are still available everywhere. What is not available, however, are the diagnostic lenses that practitioners rely on to make sure the lenses fit. Therefore, when a practitioner runs out of diagnostics, they usually don't like to continue fitting/dispensing such a lens. Why does such a thing happen? Because manufacturers come up with bigger and brighter ideas (hmm....not always), like the Acuvue2 or the Acuvue Advance. They of course want to put their dollars toward marketing and manufacturing the new stuff. The old stuff gets dropped by the wayside even if it is a very good product. >I had been using Surevue's without a problem for years. The old box says >they're BC 8.8; DIA 14; -3.25; 2006/10.. maybe that's the exp. I don't have >the info for the Acuvue's handy. >Anyway, I guess they discontinued Surevue's, so my optometrist started >giving me Acuvue 2's. >Right away I noticed the Acuvue's were much more bowl shaped. The Surevue's >were much more flat, like a plate. It seems like the bowl's edge rubs >against the white and causes irritation and now scaring which make it worse. >They are more comfortable than the Surevue's... AT FIRST. Very comfy for >the first few hours. But after 6-8 hours the insides of the scleras become >red. >I told the ladies at the optometrist they were irritating me and they >insisted that the Surevue's would be irritating but the Acuvue2's aren't. >They were just raving about how comfy the Acuvue's are. Finally convinced >them to switch me to Acuvue 1, which is a little better, but still causes >irritation. >Is there a flat contact lenses out there that won't irritate so much? >Please reply to group and cc me if you don't mind: >msuever-temp4newsgroup1234@mailblocks.com >Thanks!! >Mark Mark, It is possible that you are like me, one in a million that can FEEL the 123 mark etched on the contact itself. Surevue was one of the last Vistakon lenses to NOT have an inversion mark on the lens. I used to wear the Acuvue "1" way back when there was no inversion mark. Acuvue added the AV mark on that beautiful lens and toasted my ability to tolerate the lens in my eye any longer. So, it is possible, IMHO, that you might be feeling the 123 inversion mark on the Acuvue 2 lens or the AV branding mark on the Acuvue "1" lens that never existed on the Surevue lens. I wish you much success in finding another comfortable lens. BTW, I now wear an Acuvue 1 day lens. Yes it has the 123 inversion mark but because the lens is very thin (and I wear -9.0 lenses) I tend to not feel the mark. Have you considered the 1-day Acuvue? Regards, -Jim
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