Can anybody give me the facts about hard contact lenses??????

Question

i've been wearing eyeglasses for about a year and a half, for keratoconus, i think i might be ready for the transition to contacts, but everyone i know that wears them, says that their lenses fall out of their eyes at any given moment during the day............i need someone who wears them to please give me all the facts that they can....

Answer 1

my contacts stay on all the time. Hard contacts i think are old news. The flexible ones are the new types, and they are very comfortable. They are disposable, and are pretty durable. They are also breathable. If you follow the procedures when you put em on and when you take em off, you won't have any problems. I never had a contact lens fall off. I have acuvue, and i got a quarter year supply of em. You wont even know they are there

Answer 2

I have gone from a warped cornea (from non permeable hard lenses) to keratoconus (thinning of the cornea). Some say that rigid gas permeable lenses (RGP) are actually better for the correction of the above conditions than glasses. If your eyelid moves too close to your eye, soft lenses won't work. Blinking will just flick them across the room. A proper fitting set of lenses should not bother you and after maximum a week, most of the time days, you will not feel them. With the thinning of the cornea, insist on the smaller lenses as the larger RGP's may just touch the eye lid and will irritate regularly. The best optometrists may sell you the larger hard lenses (sometimes called optimum performance) which are also twice as difficult to get in and out Some like to put a dot on the right lens to indicate side. I have never had this dot survive more than a week. Others like to use color...blue for left, green for right. This is absurd If the cornea changes the fit changes as well You can see a good fit in the mirror.. The top arc of the lens should be just below the top arc of the eyeball.Use a large towel over the counter and plug the sink. Solution bottles get their tips clogged and have to be unplugged or the tip snipped.slightly.Let's see an HMO give out this info...many don't cover contacts at all.

Answer 3

A great way to correct the shape of your cornea is through good contact lenses with proper wear (and if you have vision insurance, can qualify you for medically necessary contact lenses. The insurance may pay for your fitting and the first 6 mo supply). In the practice I'm with, that option is typically a soft contact lens, not a hard lens.

The key contact lens success is a good fitting. This is a process that may take a few weeks to months, esp with your history of keratoconus. Contacts falling out shouldn't be a problem with RGP or soft lenses. Be prepared to ask a lot of questions about the contact lens fitting process before scheduling an appointment, so you know that the provider you chose will work with your condition.

Answer 4

Rigid or "hard" contacts were the first lenses; they were developed in the 1960's. They are made of a type of plastic called PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), which is very durable, but does not allow oxygen in the air to directly reach the cornea. When the eye blinks, the lens moves, which allows the oxygen dissolved in the tears to reach the cornea. Rigid lenses are the least comfortable type of contacts and are not really used anymore. However, some people still prefer them for their durability and lower cost. For all details, information and remedies about contacts check out http://use-contactlens.blogspot.com/

Answer 5

if you are thinking of hard contact lenses, then you should know that they are hard to wear, i am supposed to wear them and i cant. my eyes water all the time, they get irritated quickly and you are very aware of them all the time. you have to start gradually, and work up. i cannot wear them. i have opted for cornea transplants instead. i can see very well with hard contacts, but i just cant tolerate them. soft contacts do not do the job for ME. i probably have a different condition than you, also, and yes, soft contacts CAN fall out under certain conditions, but not as a general rule. i am not an eye docyor, but i have had a lot to do with contact lenses lately. i prefer the glasses if i could, but glasses do not help anymore. hope it helps. oh, hard contact, if fitted properly cont have a habit of falling out.

Answer 6

I have a pair and I can tell you that they are VERY uncomfortable. I got them years ago and wish I could wear them because they give me clearer vision than my soft lenses. Some people are able to get used to wearing them but I can't. I can't get over the feeling that I always have something in my eye when I have them on. I also don't like how bloodshot my eyes get from the irritation when I'm wearing them.