I can see clearly now the frame has gone (Contact Lenses in general)

Member Name: LonelyBeauty

Product:	Contact Lenses in general
Date:	25/02/02 (442 review reads)
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Advantages: Just about everything, no scratches, no frame to look round, play sport in them, including swimming, Contacts can even be bought online, , advantages outweigh disadvantages, no pain

Disadvantages: Can only be worn for 14 hours, hygiene, occasional splittage, cost

I've been wearing contact lenses since I was 13 years old, and it isn't just vanity it is about more than that, especially to a 13 year old girl.

Personally I think it is a matter of confidence even if they don't make you look better they definately make you feel it, and they way you feel definately affects how you act and how you are recieved.

Looks get you everywhere, I did psychology coursework to prove it, even in court attractive people are more likely to get off. Personally I hate the stereotype associated with glasses, the swotty, unattractive, studious, maybe intelligent loners. Not everyone is like that but that is unimportant.

Contacts changed my life, I got contacts for my 13 birthday in August and went back to school in September and I felt like everything was different I my first boyfriend a few weeks later.

I love my contacts they come in a box (through the door) every three months, 3 sets of contact lenses, 3 sets of solution and a new case. This service is provided by Specsavers and it always arrives well packed and on time for the change over date.

Basically I roll out of bed every morning (I'm at university), throw contact lense solution all over the lenses put them in and forget about them for the day. It doesn't hurt and it takes about 20 seconds with or without a mirror, pour boiling water over the case and it is ready to use in the evening. (shut the case so that it doesn't collect dust)

I can wear my contacts for 14 hours a day, and I do, I get up about 11:00am have them in by 11:10am and take them out about 1:00am the next day, if I am going out I have to take them out for a couple of hours during the day. Although I do often wear them for quite a lot longer if I have earlier lectures and then go clubbing at night, they still don't hurt and sight is unaffected.

Taking them out takes about 10 seconds (I do both eyes at the same time one with each han
d)

Other than most people feel more attractive without specs I believe that you get better all round sight from contact lenses because you can see out the sides and you don't get reflections in the corners.I hate wearing my glasses now, when I read music and stuff in glasses it is twice as hard I find myself looking over the glasses and you can't see right to the edge.

Plus I don't like being seen in my glasses, I wear them in public very rarely.

Contacts are very useful and they are much better than glasses, you can actually see better in them, and you can swim in them so you don't have to be blind when you do sport (I play water polo and I wouldn't be able to see the ball if I didn't wear contact lenses, in water the chlorine sometimes makes your eyes sting, the same as without contact but you have to try not to rub your eyes or the lenses will move), if you do sleep in them for short periods of time maybe in a car, you get air under them when you wake which is slightly annoying but if you blink a few times it goes away. If you cry the same thing happens but they aren't likely to fall out even if you rub you eyes as long as it isn't too hard.

With them being 80% water they don't hurt at all you you can't even feel them, when you first put them in it feels like a drip of water on the eye, after that you can forget completely about them til bed time (although my flatmate (known as Pisshead) wears contact lenses and one night he was too drunk to get his lenses out wore them for about 2 days continously and he still got them out fine and carried on as normal although this is not advised) you can't lose a contact in your eye but they do occasionally split with them being so soft, but you can keep a spare pair from the month before. Plus they are not that expensive to replace if you do lose one, however the old ones will be fine, or just swap onto the new pair a bit quicker and balance ou
t the difference with the next pair after that.

Some people don't like putting their fingers onto their eyes, and I suupose this is a valid point but give it a try, when I say you can't feel it I mean you can't feel it not just that it doesn't hurt.

I have also tried hard contact lenses I hated them, they hurt and I couldn't get them out at night, I used to have major problems getting them in and out, to be fair I was 8years old at the time (recommended by the optician), but I tried again just before soft lenses and i still couldn't cope. Hard lenses are also a lot higher maintainence because they need more cleaning etc.

As for price I think it is about £15 a month, I mean come on that isn't much, maybe one less drinking session, or you might buy a new top for a night out, this lasts for the whole month, and is very good value.

Advantages: NO glasses, quick and easy to use and clean,can see when swimming, don't steam up or get rain on them, can't get scratched,, painfree (unlike hard lenses), can be delivered to your door, relatively cheap, excellent for sport, can be worn up to 18 hours a day, some 24/7 for a month, ,I look better without glasses (although not all people do) the give me confidence, make me feel better

Disadvantages: Can split, slightly expensive, can get bits on them, or move when swimming, Hygiene is important, some people don't like finger in their eyes


What else is there to say. I love them, they changed my life, they are the best thing I own and it would take a lot to stop me wearing them.

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