Contact lenses!

[kate_nepveu]

As of three hours ago, I have soft contact lenses. I am most pleased about this. Consequently, I ask you all:

Tell me all the interesting ways you've lost your soft contact lenses, so I can try and avoid them. (I already know about the uninteresting ways of swimming, showering, and getting hit in the eye. => )

Comments

[kate_nepveu]

Yup, and eek, thank you.

[thormation.livejournal.com]

This sometimes also happens if you happen to fall asleep with them in, but only may once every 200 times or so, and moreso if you tend to roll around in your sleep. When this happens, the best thing is to take a bottle of moisturizing drops (aka, your best friend) and just flood the heck out of the affected eye. The rising tide should bring it home again.

One aggravating place to lose a lens is in the protective soaking case. This can happen if you don't use enough solution and then your case gets jostled. The next morning the lens is stuck to the lid, dry as a bone, and quite irretrievable. Also, if your case has screw on lids, you're doomed to screw a lens into the threads at some point. And if you don't have screw on lids, they will pop open at some point and dry out your lenses, guaranteed.

And one other thing--always replace your lenses in pairs. The only exception should be if you lose a lens within 48 hours of starting a new set. Your eyes are joined at the hip, and if one has an old, fuzzy lens, the other might as well have one too. Also makes date-watching easier too.

[kate_nepveu]

Don't fall asleep with lenses in: knew that, but good to have it reinforced.

Be careful of screw-on lids: check.

Replace in pairs: two week disposables, so probably not an issue, but check.

Thanks!