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contact lens easily spoil on left eye
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Nick Chan - 21 May 2007 04:31 GMT hi, my contact lens easily spoil on my left eye, like currently my monthly lens feels spoil in less than a week, but right eye lens still ok.sometimes just 3 days. both power are -4.5 was using o2 optix and now b&l purevision. same thing happening
what's wrong? should I just switch to non silicone hydrogel types for my left eye? I only started o2 optix last year, then changed to b&l because of o2 optix availability problems in my country.
Jan - 21 May 2007 13:21 GMT Nick Chan schreef:
> hi, my contact lens easily spoil on my left eye, like currently my > monthly lens feels spoil in less than a week, but right eye lens still [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > my left eye? I only started o2 optix last year, then changed to b&l > because of o2 optix availability problems in my country. Ask your fitter to look at your problem, maybe it is just the switch to BL Purevision.
BTW, this is just one thought, there are many others but only a face to face view on your problem gives the best answer.
Jan (normally Dutch spoken)
spammer - 21 May 2007 21:16 GMT > hi, my contact lens easily spoil on my left eye, like currently my > monthly lens feels spoil in less than a week, but right eye lens still [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > my left eye? I only started o2 optix last year, then changed to b&l > because of o2 optix availability problems in my country. Have your eyedoc check for dry eye in the left.
Neil Brooks - 21 May 2007 22:58 GMT > > hi, my contact lens easily spoil on my left eye, like currently my > > monthly lens feels spoil in less than a week, but right eye lens still [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Have your eyedoc check for dry eye in the left. Sort of what I was thinking, too.
The OP may be able to figure this out rather quickly by trying an eye drop like "Blink" or "Aquify" for a week. If that solves the problem, likely some sort of tear film dysfunction accounts for it.
Could also be a fit issue.
But ... what do I know?
Mike Ruskai - 22 May 2007 07:23 GMT >hi, my contact lens easily spoil on my left eye, like currently my >monthly lens feels spoil in less than a week, but right eye lens still [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >my left eye? I only started o2 optix last year, then changed to b&l >because of o2 optix availability problems in my country. Are there even extended wear lenses that aren't silocone hydrogel?
In any case, it's not exactly clear what you mean by "spoil". You mean it feels like there's something between the lens and the eye? Can't see clearly through it?
I've tried PureVision lenses, and find them intolerably uncomfortable - the edges are not smooth at all. I've settled on Acuvue Oasys, which I sometimes wear for a few days at a time.
But more often than not, I'll take the lenses out once a day, give them a rub and rinse with multi-purpose solution, then pop them back in. I'll do this a few days in a row, then leave them out overnight (or day, depending on when I'm sleeping at the time).
You don't mention if you use drops at all. I find that after waking up with lenses in, they are quite dry, and a couple drops are quite necessary to avoid blinking incessantly for a couple minutes while waiting for my tear ducts to wake up.
It may be something as simple as you sleeping on your left side, and overnight inadvertently pushing bits of dust into your left eye, if that's the definition of "spoil" you mean.
Hopefully that gives you a clue or two about how to test your own theories before visiting your eye doc.
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Nick Chan - 23 May 2007 08:27 GMT hi thanks all for the quick reply
I don't use any eyedrops. Maybe I should.
Spoil i mean by, if I wear the 'spoiled' left lens on my right eye, it is the same effect, it somehow became no longer usable.
I'll try the drops.Meanwhile I just bought acuvue clear. (now i remeber why I didn't like acuvue, it is soooo soft , so hard to handle)
On May 22, 2:23 pm, Mike Ruskai <BUTthann...@DONTearthlinkLIKE.netSPAM> wrote:
> >hi, my contact lens easily spoil on my left eye, like currently my > >monthly lens feels spoil in less than a week, but right eye lens still [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Ignore the Python in me to send e-mail. helena - 23 May 2007 20:42 GMT > hi thanks all for the quick reply > [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I've had issues with my eyes drying up recently, too, and went to my doctor who told me to try drops and we briefly talked about changing contact lens brands -- I asked him about PureVision, since I had heard good things about the low light quality and I'm intrigued by continuous wear...Your doctor can get you a free trial of PV lenses, too (which I saw on their website). I haven't tried PureVision but thought they sounded like a good possibility. Has anyone had luck with them?
callimico66@yahoo.com - 24 May 2007 05:48 GMT I haven't tried PureVision but
> thought they sounded like a good possibility. Has anyone had luck > with them? I have dry eyes, and PureVision didn't work for me. I wear Extreme H2O and Biomedics XC (different lenses in each eye--it's a bit weird). The Biomedics XC gives me crisper vision than the Extreme--I think it has the "aspheric" design. It lasts a longer time, too (I can get almost 3 weeks--I just wear them 8-10 hours a day). Both these lenses are supposed to be more comfortable on dry eyes.
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helena - 24 May 2007 19:12 GMT > I have dry eyes, andPureVisiondidn't work for me. I wear Extreme > H2O and Biomedics XC (different lenses in each eye--it's a bit weird). > The Biomedics XC gives me crisper vision than the Extreme--I think it > has the "aspheric" design. It lasts a longer time, too (I can get > almost 3 weeks--I just wear them 8-10 hours a day). Both these lenses > are supposed to be more comfortable on dry eyes. Hmmm...thanks - I appreciate the feedback. As I said, one of the things that draws me to the idea of PureVision contacts was their "low light" benefits. I definitely have a harder time seeing at night when I'm driving, so it sounded like PV may be a good option for that...I'd be interested to see if someone who maybe doesn't have dry eyes has had luck with them? I was curious about success stories, but I guess the free trial is a good way to try them out if no one has stories to share with me :)
Mike Ruskai - 25 May 2007 14:22 GMT >> I have dry eyes, andPureVisiondidn't work for me. I wear Extreme >> H2O and Biomedics XC (different lenses in each eye--it's a bit weird). [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >the free trial is a good way to try them out if no one has stories to >share with me :) The "low light" benefit amounts to the size of the optical zone of the lens. In low light conditions, your pupils open up wider, so if the contact has a zone of correction smaller than your dark-adapted pupil, light rays entering the outer areas will not be brought to focus.
Ironically, of the lenses I've tried, Focus Night & Day have the smallest optical zone, and hence worst night vision (stars look like fuzzy blobs - atrocious).
The PureVision are published as having a 8.9mm optical zone. Acuvue 2's are published as having 8.0mm. I'm guessing that Acuvue Oasys and Advance both also have 8.0mm optical zones (it's not published).
I've not used Acuvue 2 lenses, but I have tried all of the other three above. I see at best a tiny edge for PureVision in night vision performance, but I find them extremely uncomfortable.
A while ago, someone else posted on this issue that he found Acuvue Advance to have the best night vision.
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helena - 25 May 2007 19:36 GMT > ThePureVisionare published as having a 8.9mm optical zone. Acuvue > 2's are published as having 8.0mm. I'm guessing that Acuvue Oasys and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > A while ago, someone else posted on this issue that he found Acuvue > Advance to have the best night vision. Hmm. that's interesting - one of my friends who wears PV said they took some getting used to...that they were different from other ones she'd worn but that once she got used to them she swears by them. If the low light benefits are worth it, I think it's worth checking out the trial (can't hurt, especially since it's free to try them) - since everyone's eyes are different, the comfort levels probably vary per person too. I'm definitely looking into them - thanks for everyone's feedback...
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