I need to no as im planning on getting contacts, does the optician do the test where you feel a small puff of air in your eye if your 13? And does he put drops in, and DOES ANY OF THIS HURT? coz im a lil bit nervous! =s
2007-08-16 04:54:24 · 14 answers · asked by miss.scaredycat 2 in Health ➔ Optical
Not really, but glasses feel way better.
2007-08-16 04:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by Angie 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
No, none of that hurts. The puff of air is uncomfortable, surprising and unpleasant, but it doesn't hurt. It is a glaucoma test--I'm not sure whether everyone gets it or just adults. The drops for contacts don't hurt at all--they are very similar to tears. Part of the exam (any exam, not just contacts) may be to look at your retina, which would require the eyes to be dialated--this is annoying because your pupils stay wide open, so you need sunglasses to get home and probably want to stay indoors until it wears off--but it doesn't hurt, it just makes bright light really annoying.
You'll be fine. A lot of people are funny about touching their eyes or letting someone else do it. Once you get contact lenses, you'll get used to it. The only time contacts hurt is when you get some dirt on them or something. Most of the time you don't feel them at all.
2007-08-16 12:03:33 · answer #2 · answered by wayfaroutthere 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The puff of air is not painful, but it always makes me jump because of the noise of the machine.
now if you are just getting fitted for contacts you have probably already had the eye exam and it wont be repeated. (That test looks at the pressure in your eyes. It is a test for glaucoma which can rob people of there eyesight if untreated. It is more common in the elderly and in diabetics but all persosn should have it tested with there yearly eye exam.)
Now it may take a bit to get used to but actually placing the contact on the eye does not hurt, though depending on the contact you may feel like you have a hair in your eye.
2007-08-16 12:14:11 · answer #3 · answered by cece 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Tell them up front you want to put them in yourself and they will let you. It may take you a long, long time the first time -- it did me. It does not "hurt". Follow the directions about the contacts very carefully about how much to wear and how to clean them and you'll be fine.
The tiny puff of air is to see if you have glocouma -- a condition some people do not even know they have that causes blindness. The tiny puff of air needed to test for it does not hurt. It sees how your eye reacts to the puff of air thus telling the doctor if there is pressure behind the eyes or glocouma.
You'll be just fine and glad you did these things for yourself.
2007-08-16 12:04:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have been wearing contact lenses since I was 12. I don't remember it ever being painful. They are sometime uncomfortable at first until you get use to them but never painful. They don't always put drops in your eyes. The drops do not hurt either. Your pupils just dilate and maybe you can't drive for a little while because you are a little dizzy. Only for like an hour tops. That is just my personal experience it is always different for everybody. I hope this helped. Good Luck with your contacts!
2007-08-16 12:00:42 · answer #5 · answered by CB 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I recently got contacts. My eye doctor did the air puff thing, and then gave me an eye exam. Two weeks later, I had an appointment in which the doctor gave me the lenses and insturcted me how to put them in, take them out, and take care of them. It takes a little getting used to, but it is way better than wearing glasses!!
2007-08-16 12:05:54 · answer #6 · answered by Yahoo 360 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it doesn't hurt. I think the biggest problem you will have is trying to keep your eye open for the fitting itself. They may use some drops to help but it will go smoothly and you will get used to the contacts in a few hours or less.
2007-08-16 12:07:03 · answer #7 · answered by David S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
" Does a contact lense FITTING hurt"
no.
"and do they put drops in your eyes?"
sometimes.
"does the optician do the test where you feel a small puff of air in your eye if your 13?"
sometimes, but this measurement is not contact-lens related
"And does he put drops in"
sometimes
"and DOES ANY OF THIS HURT?"
no.
2007-08-16 11:59:17 · answer #8 · answered by princeidoc 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
first of all-relax-im 13 and i have had contact lenses for about 1 or 2 years! they r so much more amazing then glasses !!!ahh i love them!! yes but ask him or her to put the puf of air on ur forehead then u cna feel how light it is! it dosent hurt at all-it feels like wind in ur eye! and they dont usally dialate ur eyes b/c they doctor puts a contact in ur eyes all they do is look at the measurments of ur eye- none of it hurts it is juss like a rain drop coming in ur eye-hope i helped! find help in the Lord!
2007-08-16 13:54:02 · answer #9 · answered by Savanna G 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
the fitting doesnt hurt.. they dont put drops in your eyes if you dont want them too.. im 13 and im getting contacts tommarow.. my mom said that they dont need to put a puff in your eye at 13.. she said that it doesnt hurt at all.. its just a little blow of air in your eye.. really nothing! you dont HAVE to have that.. if they offer to.. just say no, unless you want to.. it doesnt hurt at all though.. no drops, no puff, and no pain.. hope i calmed you down.. lol, dont be nervous..
2007-08-19 16:34:55 · answer #10 · answered by Liz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no it doesnt hurt. my advice to you though is always read the label before putting your eye drops in. One morning i woke up and put the cleaning solution drops in my eyes instead of the eye drops. Not good!
2007-08-16 12:02:31 · answer #11 · answered by Balrog 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋