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Contact Lenses
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on March 18, 2011
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I have had glasses all of my life and want to get contact lenses. I have been using a trial period for the last few days because I need to get the RX written. I was ...
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- I have been wearing contacts since I was in the 4th grade. I HATE wearing glasses. It doesn't take very long at all to learn how to take them in and out once you get...
- practice practice practice. lol I don't remember how long before you get proficient... I started wearing them almost 30 years ago now. Be careful of some of the...
- Talk to your optometrist or his assistant. They will be able to actually show you the "proper" way to put them in and take them out. It's kind of hard to explain it to...
Contact Lenses
Asked by P.M. from Harrisburg
on February 6, 2009
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My 12yo son has been asking for contacts for quite a while. I took him to the opthamologist last week for an exam and had him fitted. He's currently wearing trial le...
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- I've been wearing glasses full-time since I was 5, and contacts since I was 13. And because I'm old (47), I started back in the days of plexiglass hard lenses. I sti...
- my understanding is that the doc's don't recommend the extended wear lenses much anymore, because of the chance of infection. Your son is better off taking them out...
- Hi P., I have two girls in contacts. The Dr. told us to wait until they were 13 and could be responsible. They both wear daily wear and get a new pair every month (...
8 Year Old Wearing a Contact Lens
Asked by R.W. from San Francisco
on May 3, 2009
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I have an eight year old boy (almost 9) who wears a contact lens in one eye. Glasses are not an option. He also has an eye patch he wears at home for about an hour a ...
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- It is so great that he is wearing a patch and a contact!!! When I was younger I was not taken to the eye-doctor until 7th grade - "too late" for the amblyopia with wh...
- I started wearing glasses when I was 5, contacts by 6th grade, and went through hard lenses, gas-permeable, soft, and am now in disposables. Even now I have days wher...
- I've been wearing contacts since 1986. When I first got lenses, I had to try out many different kinds to find one that fit without discomfort. Recently, they discontin...
Ciba Soft Contacts--still Available?
Asked by D.P. from Pittsburgh
on July 2, 2011
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I have been wearing CibaSoft contacts for YEARS. (The ones that last a year--NOT the disposables)There was some question today when I tied to order them after my eye ...
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- I have been wearing the Ciba Vision D3 soft contact, also the ones that last a year - not disposable - for years as well and I have been informed after waiting for ove...
- I get mine from walmart. I have been wearing cibasoft for 12 months for over 10 years. I love them! Way cheaper than any other contact. They order them and i get them...
- have you checked lens.com or 1800contacts.com i've find a product line on there that was said to be discontinued and while it was, that which they had left, I was abl...
Paragon CRT
Asked by L.C. from San Francisco
on April 6, 2009
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My 13 yr old daughter is near-sighted and has worn glasses since 2nd grade and soft daily wear contact lenses since 6th grade. Her vision is getting progressively wors...
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- I don't often hear of people with vision worse than mine (-9.0 with astigmatism). I've worn glasses since 2nd grade and still recall the wonderment of the first time t...
- I have tried the CRT lenses, and I would never recommend them to anyone. In total, I used them for about 6 months, and spent $1000. For the first 2-3 months, they we...
- While I have had no experience with Paragon CRT lenses, I've had 57 years experience with glasses, soft lenses and gas permeable hard lenses. I began wearing glasses ...
Eyesight
Asked by R.D. from Minneapolis
on March 4, 2010
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My 7 year old already has glasses but complained about still not seeing well. The optometrist said her eyes have gotten worse, and strangely can't get her eyesight wi...
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- My neighbor's daughter was having issues with her eyes when she was 6 going on 7, and when they took her to the eye doctor, they asked if she was in first grade--and s...
- Get her to a pediatric opthalmologist! That sounds like something that shouldn't be ignored. I think the ped. opth. department at the U is very good. Let us know wh...
- R. - I started wearing glasses in third grade and then contacts in 10th grade. While in college I had an eye doctor for a couple of years that I thought was great. U...
Hard Contacts
Asked by L.S. from Killeen
on May 26, 2010
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Hey moms! Questions about hard contacts. I have always worn soft disposable contacts, but can no longer afford them. I'm thinking about going hard. About 15 years ago,...
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- I always wore soft contacts until about 5 years ago when I had laser eye surgery to correct my vision. It cost under $2,000 for everything including the pre-op and po...
- I have tried them a few years ago, I liked them ok. It did take me quite some time to get used to them (definitely more than a week, I had monthly disposables before)....
- I have always used hard (actually gas permeable) lenses and love them! It does take a few days to get used to feeling them in your eyes but it's not bad. I used to not...
Tired of Wearing Glasses
Asked by S.T. from Kansas City
on August 26, 2011
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I have wanted to have contacts since I was around 12 years old, I am 31 now and have been wearing glasses since I was 7 years old. I am kind of a weirdo though, I cann...
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- I have tried contacts a few times, but I got frustrated with them. No one told me I'd have to stop wearing them when taking allergy medicine which would dry my eyes ou...
- The good thing is when you go in for an eye exam, let them know you are thinking about it but how you feel. They will usually give you a pair so you can try them.. The...
- I was nervous when I first thought of putting my finger in my eye. I got used to it though and it got easier until I was to the point where I didn't even think about ...
Emotional and Behavioral Changes in My Son Who Just Started Wearing Glasses
Asked by N.P. from San Francisco
on April 3, 2008
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My 5 year son was recently discovered at his eye appt. to be extremely farsighted and therefore has to wear glasses. He expressed a lot of anxiety, fear and sadness a...
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- Has anything happened at school that he isn't telling you about? Ask him why wearing them bothers him. also, recently in my son's kindergarten class someone my son ...
- Hi N.! I'm not sure it's because of the glasses that your son is acting "weird" I have a 5 year old son who's in Kindergarden. He is acting the EXACT same way f...
- N., it's very possible that your son's quiet behavior stemmed from his inability to focus at close distances. (farsighted) The glasses may be a distration in pa...
Pink Eye
Asked by L.W. from Dallas
on March 12, 2009
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Any home remedies for Pink eye that might help.
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- you need the drops that are prescribed. it is highly contagious w/o it.
- Soft contact lenses solution... apply it every couple of hours and right before bed and when you wake up. Seemed to work for me as well as that pricey stuff the doctor...
- I think you need an antibiotic, thought it was contagious too. Good Luck
