contact lenses (newbie)?

[veronica]

im getting contacts some time this month i don't know when though. anyways whats the basic stuff/rules you need to know about contact lenses like i heard you cant sleep in them what will happen if you do. (and what happens if i rest my head or take a nap during my math class lol). can contacts just fall out when you doing something like sports. and is it true contacts can go behind you eyeball (ewwww)

 

[eringirl]

they usually give monthly contacts now, you wear these during the day for a month and then throw them away and start a new pair. At night you should rinse them with solution and store them in the case. If you sleep in them they will get cloudy from eye protein and might make your eyes itchy and maybe give you a headache, also you are more likely to have eye problems if you sleep in them. if you just take a little nap its probably not too bad, they might just get dried out a little. They could fall out if they get too dry, so eye drops are good. I wore contacts for 12 years and only had a contact fall out 2-3 times. However, I did have a bad experience with a contact (or half of one) going behind my eye - I went down a water slide while wearing my contacts and later found half of my contact in the front of my eye, I assumed the other half fell out (it had torn somehow from the water slide!) but the next day, after my eye had been hurting and goopy for the whole day, the other half peeked out from the corner of my eye, the lost half had gotten behind my eye! Moral of the story= don't wear contacts on water slides!
Also, I recommend getting some kind of generic brand contacts from Walmart or 1800contacts because they are the same but way cheaper.
Good luck!

 

[Noe H]

It is true that the contact can go behind your eye, but that's because the patient was rubbing their eye because of dryness. That will make the contact move to the back of the eye. Depending on which brand of contacts you get you can sleep in them or not the Acuvue Oasys is one of the brands. Ask your doctor for a free trial of them and I'm sure he'll do that. Even if you do end up with the same contact prescription in both eyes try to put the same contact in the same eye always, just in case if there happens to be an infection in one eye it won't pass on to the other eye. Also clean your hands before touching your eye. If you ever need any other help message me.

 

[night_life17]

The eye doctor will tell you that you can not sleep in them or you will get a bad eye infection and go blind. I have had contacts for 6 or 7 years and I sleep with them in all the time and nothing has happened to me, I also know several other people that sleep with them in and they are fine. You just have to clean them daily and change them regularly. Yes they can just fall out but I don't think that has happened to me in years. And yes they can go behind you eye or at least to the top behind your eyelid, it is uncomfortable and they are not too hard to get back in the right spot.

 

[Bryan A]

i take them out ever night just because i knew of this girl that had them in for almost about a week and she started getting what looked like a pink eye. i dont have a problem when i fall asleep on them but i wouldnt do it more than 3 days. and my lenses have rarely gone behind my eye, but when they do i learned not to fight it by rubbing my eye. i just took it off and popped it back in. its easier and less painful