Post by Host on Jul 10, 2005 8:10:32 GMT -5
Hey guys,
I was miserable a few months ago because I was wearing soft contact lenses when I started sprouting fibers.
As you know, these little fellows can stick to anything-except maybe Teflon. Not too sure about that.
Anyhoo, they were always floating into my contact lenses and getting stuck. Once one was there, it was i-m-p-o-s-s-i-b-l-e to get it it off. It somehow melted into the contact lens and would scratch my eyeball when I had that lens in. I went through five boxes that cost me 140$ each. It was insane.
Even cleaning them or trying to pluck the fibers off with tweezers did no good. I was spending more on contacts than on my car payment.
I asked my eye doc to switch me into hard lenses. That's what I used to wear, until some moron made me switch to soft lenses which gave me such dry eyes that my contacts stuck to my eyelids when a fan was on. But that's another story.
So I got my hard lenses and all I can say is that if you wear soft contact lenses and have floaty fibers, you MUST switch to hard lenses!!!!!!!!
The hard lenses immediately alleviated my dry eye problem. That can sometimes be an issue with this illness (or Lyme), or so I hear. Also, the hard contact lenses never get fibers melting into them. On the occasion that one does fly into my eye, all I have to do is take it out, and clean it in my hand.
Note, that regular soap and contact cleaners don't work. I experimented and since ammonia seems to be the only thing that affects them, I made a little spray bottle with a solution of 10% ammonia, 90% water. I just spray the hard lens with that on both sides, rub it for about 20 seconds, and then rinse. Voila! The lens is always clear and can be put into my eye pain-free. Oh joy.
I also clean the lenses in the morning before I put them in, just in case any little stray fiber found its way during the night. That happens more often that I'd like but at least I found a way to solve it.
Thanks for reading, I hope this can help someone who is having a problem with contact lenses fibrous interference. ;D
Host
I was miserable a few months ago because I was wearing soft contact lenses when I started sprouting fibers.
As you know, these little fellows can stick to anything-except maybe Teflon. Not too sure about that.
Anyhoo, they were always floating into my contact lenses and getting stuck. Once one was there, it was i-m-p-o-s-s-i-b-l-e to get it it off. It somehow melted into the contact lens and would scratch my eyeball when I had that lens in. I went through five boxes that cost me 140$ each. It was insane.
Even cleaning them or trying to pluck the fibers off with tweezers did no good. I was spending more on contacts than on my car payment.
I asked my eye doc to switch me into hard lenses. That's what I used to wear, until some moron made me switch to soft lenses which gave me such dry eyes that my contacts stuck to my eyelids when a fan was on. But that's another story.
So I got my hard lenses and all I can say is that if you wear soft contact lenses and have floaty fibers, you MUST switch to hard lenses!!!!!!!!
The hard lenses immediately alleviated my dry eye problem. That can sometimes be an issue with this illness (or Lyme), or so I hear. Also, the hard contact lenses never get fibers melting into them. On the occasion that one does fly into my eye, all I have to do is take it out, and clean it in my hand.
Note, that regular soap and contact cleaners don't work. I experimented and since ammonia seems to be the only thing that affects them, I made a little spray bottle with a solution of 10% ammonia, 90% water. I just spray the hard lens with that on both sides, rub it for about 20 seconds, and then rinse. Voila! The lens is always clear and can be put into my eye pain-free. Oh joy.
I also clean the lenses in the morning before I put them in, just in case any little stray fiber found its way during the night. That happens more often that I'd like but at least I found a way to solve it.
Thanks for reading, I hope this can help someone who is having a problem with contact lenses fibrous interference. ;D
Host