Hi!
Hope everyone is doing well. If you did not know, I have screwed up eyes and I wear glasses and I have been wearing glasses for the past 10 years. Recently, my eyes have gone worse and had to change my glasses, which also came with a random offer where I could try contacts for free. My whole life I have thought that they were pretty scary but I finally stepped up with courage and gave it a try. This is the process of getting into using contacts:
Initially, when you arrive to your appointment, you are given instructions on how to wear them. It is scary. The thought of inserting something random in your eyes is quite dreading, as you end up imagining whether you will ever be able to remove it from your eyes.
They tell you to take the contacts in the end of you palm and scoop it with the index of your finger of the dominant hand. It should be in the right way; which is the circular way (not the way it looks like a V). Open your eyes widely and insert it without blinking the first few seconds to adjust it to your eyes.
The first moment it does not adjust properly and it is painful and teary, but it settles down. When both of them are in your eyes, it is a bit strange and you have this internal sense of relief knowing you are able to see things clearly without wearing glasses after God knows how long. For me it was after 10 years!
The opticians should carry out some check-ups to see if they are suitable and will be given daily dispensable ones to try them on for a week and come back in a week for another checkup. They will check up again and any trouble should be discussed with them.
As I tried them on for a week, it felt quite good as the face felt lighter without glasses. But I had to constantly make sure I do not wash my face with them or suddenly fall asleep with them. They can dry your eyes out but I was told that you can use eye drops suitable for contact lenses.
There are two kinds of people out there, one kind is that they look the same with or without glasses, and the other is that they look like totally different people with and/or without glasses. I personally felt like the second group. I look totally different with and without glasses but when I am dressed to go outside. This is my opinion so I am not sure what others think.
At the end, I refused to take monthly contacts because I realised it is a lot of maintenance and there are risks. I will order some daily dispensable ones for any special occasions. Also, I missed my glasses so I will stick with them till I really start to hate them. I already hate the cleaning part of my glasses.
I hope this has helped you and I suggest you go and give it a try with contacts if you currently wear glasses. You never know, they might be for you!
Make sure to check back every Saturday
Take Care
Yours, Nafiza
Hope everyone is doing well. If you did not know, I have screwed up eyes and I wear glasses and I have been wearing glasses for the past 10 years. Recently, my eyes have gone worse and had to change my glasses, which also came with a random offer where I could try contacts for free. My whole life I have thought that they were pretty scary but I finally stepped up with courage and gave it a try. This is the process of getting into using contacts:
Initially, when you arrive to your appointment, you are given instructions on how to wear them. It is scary. The thought of inserting something random in your eyes is quite dreading, as you end up imagining whether you will ever be able to remove it from your eyes.
They tell you to take the contacts in the end of you palm and scoop it with the index of your finger of the dominant hand. It should be in the right way; which is the circular way (not the way it looks like a V). Open your eyes widely and insert it without blinking the first few seconds to adjust it to your eyes.
The first moment it does not adjust properly and it is painful and teary, but it settles down. When both of them are in your eyes, it is a bit strange and you have this internal sense of relief knowing you are able to see things clearly without wearing glasses after God knows how long. For me it was after 10 years!
The opticians should carry out some check-ups to see if they are suitable and will be given daily dispensable ones to try them on for a week and come back in a week for another checkup. They will check up again and any trouble should be discussed with them.
As I tried them on for a week, it felt quite good as the face felt lighter without glasses. But I had to constantly make sure I do not wash my face with them or suddenly fall asleep with them. They can dry your eyes out but I was told that you can use eye drops suitable for contact lenses.
There are two kinds of people out there, one kind is that they look the same with or without glasses, and the other is that they look like totally different people with and/or without glasses. I personally felt like the second group. I look totally different with and without glasses but when I am dressed to go outside. This is my opinion so I am not sure what others think.
At the end, I refused to take monthly contacts because I realised it is a lot of maintenance and there are risks. I will order some daily dispensable ones for any special occasions. Also, I missed my glasses so I will stick with them till I really start to hate them. I already hate the cleaning part of my glasses.
I hope this has helped you and I suggest you go and give it a try with contacts if you currently wear glasses. You never know, they might be for you!
Make sure to check back every Saturday
Take Care
Yours, Nafiza
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