UUgghh I couldn't possibly put something in my eye! Well just maybe you CAN.. (Contact Lenses in general)

Member Name: skintbuthappy

Product:	Contact Lenses in general
Date:	04/07/09 (13 review reads)
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Advantages: Comfortable, invisible, & you can still wear your fave sunglasses, FREE trials available.

Disadvantages: Can be more costly than glasses & may take some time to overcome the Uuugghh factor before success!!

I discovered the joys of contact lenses approx 15 years ago shortly after realising that I was actually fairly blind and needed some help with my sight - but found that wearing glasses was very uncomfortable and not very attractive!! (I am very short sighted - and get the lovely jam jar effect with glasses where me eyes look like little dots behind the glass).

I tried various types of lenses including the hard ones which apparently some people prefer (I don't know how they possibly could because they felt to me like someone had thrown sand in my eyes!!), but I definetly found the soft lenses to be much more comfortable for me.

To be honest the lenses I use are actually so soft & thin that you can hardly feel them as long as they are inserted correctly (one side is the right side, and the other is the wrong side - and if you put them in the wrong way you will soon know about it!!).

You may be squeamish about putting something in your eye - but you don't actually have to look at it as you are doing it, I actually look down or to the side so that I can't see my finger coming towards my eye - which does seem to help - and once they touch your eyeball they can't really be felt at all.

So what are the PRO's of wearing lenses:
* Contact lenses are almost invisible so no-one will know you are even
wearing them.
* You can still wear your favourite sunglasses without looking stupid
because they are on top of your glasses!! (I'm sure most glasses wearing
people have tried this - it is possible BUT not very cool)
* You can swim in them and they won't get steamed up or wet
* If you are one of those secretaries who wears their hair up and hides
behind boring glasses but would like to be the sex siren who lets down
her hair and removes her glasses to reveal a beauty - then lenses could
be your answer!! Shock all your colleagues at the christmas do and
unleash the siren within!!!
* If you are self conscious about wearing glasses then lenses are the
answer.
* You can get lenses that change the colour of your eyes so if you have
always fancied been blue eyed and blonde haired there is nothing
stopping you!

But there are some CON's also:
* Your eyes can get quite dry sometimes - but you can try different types
and eye solutions to help with this
* You do have to clean them with the solutions (although you can now get
some that you can keep in day and night for upto a month which would
avoid this - but more pricey obviously)
* You can sometimes lose them if you rub your eye and they fall out - or
sometimes they have been know to go down the side of your eye (bit
uncomfortable but not as bad as it sounds - and they are easily
retrievable honest!!)
* They can work out more expensive than buying a pair of glasses - but not
too bad - I pay £10 a month and have monthly disposable lenses which I
have to take out and clean each night, and then after 1 month of use - I
replace them with the next set. I think this is a reasonable price - but
could opt to pay more for ones you wear day & night OR daily disposable
ones.
* You are limited with some types how long each day you can wear them for
and therefore if you constantly exceed this you are prone to eye infections.
* If you get sand / grit / dust blown into your face then that can be quite
painful if you are wearing lenses and quite often you will have to take
them out to remove the dirt etc..

SO still undecided? Well why not try a FREE trial. Most opticians do them and you can trial them for a month and see how you get on. I think they are an amazing invention and they have changed my life for the better - so if wearing glasses is something that you hate - why not give lenses a go. You'll never know if you don't try........

Summary: No more jam jar glasses or clip on sunglasses - what are you waiting for - TRY THEM TODAY.

Summary: No more jam jar glasses or clip on sunglasses - what are you waiting for - TRY THEM TODAY.