some people told me I had to take my contacts off some hours before going to the doctor's office. (they said sth about accommodation)
How much time should I spend without them? (I don't have a pair of glasses because I lost them, I'm going to the doctor to get a new rx but taking my cont. off would mean spending a few hours without seeing very well)
Is it extremely necessary to do that or can I just go there with the contacts on and just take them off for the exam?
2007-12-02 12:18:37 · 14 answers · asked by strawberryfields 2 in Health ➔ Optical
If you are planning to get retinoscopy/refraction (getting new glasses) done, better take them off at least 6-7 hours before the visit. Even soft contact lenses are capable of slighlty altering the corneal curvature.
2007-12-02 14:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by Shivam 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worst case, three months.
No I'm not joking! I've had patients where the contact lenses had so affected the corneas that it took three months without their presence and influence before the spectacle Rx stabilised. It's more common wth gas permeable hard lenses, and where there's been overwear with soft lenses, but I've seen it even with moden lenses and good compliance.
The real answer in your case it to ask what your practitioner prefers.
For a contact lens check, it's best to see the eyes with the lenses in, near the end of the day, when it's going to be easier to spot fatigue problems in the cornea.
If spectacles are mainly going to be used in the evening, just after contacts have been taken out, "contact lenses just out" may be the most practical appraoch.
But to really know what shape the cornea would like to be, as opposed to having a "pretty good, pretty reliable" measure, that takes a real break from contacts. This isn't always possible or practical. But it's the ideal.
If the vison is less good than you expect when you pick up your new glasses, there's a fair chance the problem is with your *contacts*.
That may not happen, but it does happen to some people.
Optometrist, retired.
2007-12-02 12:44:59 · answer #2 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had the same problem with my contacts. My eye Dr. told me I was not blinking enough so the contacts were drying out my eyes. The drops just made it worse because it seemed that I always had to use them...and more of them! I finally switched to extended wear daily lenses that last for approx. 10 -12 hours without feeling like you have plastic wrap on your eyeballs. I feel the discomfort after about 6 hours and the eye doc told me this was normal. Some people cannot comfortably wear the lenses for long periods of time. It also depends on your environment. Dry, air conditioned rooms will make your eyes seem drier faster. I find now that I can wear the lenses for about 7 hours and then it is time to take them out. I have worn contacts for over 20 years now...there is no miracle lens out there!
2016-05-27 07:46:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always want to see patients with their contacts on first. That way I can see what they look like after they've been on the eyes for a while. Leave them on until you get into the exam room and your doctor tells you to take them off.
2007-12-02 12:26:05 · answer #4 · answered by squatchimo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to remove your contacts. I went to get an eye exam earlier this year and I was fine with the contacts in my eyes. I guess every doctor is differne tho so I would suggest calling your doctors office and ask them.
2007-12-02 12:21:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can keep them on but when you get to the eye doctors go to the bathroom and take them off
2007-12-02 12:22:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call the doctor's office directly - just to be sure. But, I wear mine in unless they tell me not to. If they dilate your eyes, you may have to be without for a few hours afterwards...you may want to ask about this as well.
2007-12-02 12:22:22 · answer #7 · answered by Charley 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
only if you have those thousand dollar contacts where if you wear them at night and take them off in the morning and have good vision all day. if you don't have those than don't worry. you can wear them all the time, i do it all the time. your eye doctor takes them out you take the test then he puts them back in
2007-12-02 12:24:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think its necessary for you to take your contacts off before, just wear them there and take them off there. Thats what I did and they had no problem.
2007-12-02 12:21:33 · answer #9 · answered by love laugh live 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always go in wearing my contacts and then remove them prior to the examination under dr. instruction.
2007-12-02 12:20:55 · answer #10 · answered by mina74 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋