Comments on: Is This Contact Lens Defective? http://www.MarkWelchBlog.com/2002/09/05/is-this-contact-lens-defective/ blog musings by Mark J. Welch Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:20:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shelley http://www.MarkWelchBlog.com/2002/09/05/is-this-contact-lens-defective/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Shelley Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:22:38 +0000 http://markwelchblog.com/?p=79#comment-916 Your story sound pretty typical. Most vision Dr.s I have seen provide the same friendly, yet lacking treatment and advice. I wear contacts. I've been wearing them for 11 years (since I was 17). I wore glasses before that. My decision to switch was partly cosmetic, but also because of comfort. I hated the glasses getting in my way if I wanted to rest my head on something, hated the redness and pain they left on the bridge of my nose (I have extremely sensitive skin), and I hated not having clear peripheral vision. I wear contacts for about 10 hours a day. I have worn the Biomedics 55 brand the entire time, with the occasional trial pair of something more trendy and "recommended" but they never worked for me. Sometimes I wonder if the trials never worked because they were defective. I seem to get a defective lens about every 10 times I open a new one of my regular brand. When I expressed discomfort with extended wear lenses, I was told that some people's eyes just don't react well to them when, really, the discomfort was similar to what I experience in my own tried and true brand when I get a defective one. If the Dr. doesn't see a visible scratch, they say its my eye and not the lens. I believe I would need at least 5 trial pairs of a lens to accurately assess its appropriateness for me, but a vision Dr. would never agree to my logic. This is how I determine the safety of my lenses: I trust my eyes :) Seriously, though, I know that my Biomedics can be the most comfortable lens in the world if not defective therefor, if I experience any irritation that does not simply rinse off, I replace it. Your story sound pretty typical. Most vision Dr.s I have seen provide the same friendly, yet lacking treatment and advice. I wear contacts. I’ve been wearing them for 11 years (since I was 17). I wore glasses before that. My decision to switch was partly cosmetic, but also because of comfort. I hated the glasses getting in my way if I wanted to rest my head on something, hated the redness and pain they left on the bridge of my nose (I have extremely sensitive skin), and I hated not having clear peripheral vision. I wear contacts for about 10 hours a day. I have worn the Biomedics 55 brand the entire time, with the occasional trial pair of something more trendy and “recommended” but they never worked for me. Sometimes I wonder if the trials never worked because they were defective. I seem to get a defective lens about every 10 times I open a new one of my regular brand. When I expressed discomfort with extended wear lenses, I was told that some people’s eyes just don’t react well to them when, really, the discomfort was similar to what I experience in my own tried and true brand when I get a defective one. If the Dr. doesn’t see a visible scratch, they say its my eye and not the lens. I believe I would need at least 5 trial pairs of a lens to accurately assess its appropriateness for me, but a vision Dr. would never agree to my logic.

This is how I determine the safety of my lenses: I trust my eyes :) Seriously, though, I know that my Biomedics can be the most comfortable lens in the world if not defective therefor, if I experience any irritation that does not simply rinse off, I replace it.

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