Clear Eyes + contact lenses = bad?

Wynd · February 22nd, 2003, 08:09 PM

I've had these Clear Eyes Contact Lens Relief drops that say they rewet your eyes and reduce irritation, redness, etc., etc. I used them today with my contact lenses in and they seemed to lubricate the outside of the lenses fine, but the sides that touch my eyes got really dry and thus they stuck to my eyes...I practically had to pull them off forcefully to get them out. Anyone else had this experience?

vass0922 · February 22nd, 2003, 08:28 PM

I completely stopped using Contacts because EVERY time I used the contacts at the end of the day I was near scraping the contacts off of my eye

. I was using ReNu drops if I remember right (was a few years ago). Glasses aren't as dorky as they used to be, so I don't mind wearing glasses all the time now

JacobM5727 · February 23rd, 2003, 02:19 AM

i have worn contacts for years, eyedrops dont really help me.. if things start to get really dry, i put some cleaner solution in there, and rub the lens around with my finger, while its in the eye...
yeah yeah, not all that clean, but its fixed more problems then its caused in my experience

... if you wanna just spray it in your eye, i do that sometimes too..

summary: use the cleaning (soaking/rinsing) stuff instead of drops
it works for me

**GroundZero3** · February 23rd, 2003, 03:00 AM

don't have that problem, but man i accidently got toothpaste in my eye with my contacts.

im not familiar with the clear lens, are the the soft or hard? they the ones you wear for two weeks and throw away?

man that hurt.....

JacobM5727 · February 23rd, 2003, 03:10 AM

i brush my teeth in the shower (dont ask) and sometimes if i am going out i will shower with my contacts in, since i shower before i go out, it will be at random times usually and im lazy like that... but toothpaste hurts bad.. worse then shampoo.. damn mintyness

**GroundZero3** · February 23rd, 2003, 03:13 AM

yah i brush my teeth in the shower to sometimes. but i put my contacts in went to brush my teeth and i guess i got some of it on my fingers. and my eye started to hurt so i went to fix it and i guess the paste went in

moral of the story? toothpaste and eyes = Noes!

Gomer · February 23rd, 2003, 11:04 AM

I wear contacts 16 hours a day (the cheapest 2 week disposables from WallyWorld $15.70/eye 3month supply, I stretch it a bit longer than that tho) Never have any problems with drieness really. If they do get dry I just hit em with the regular "juice".

Wynd · February 23rd, 2003, 01:30 PM

Heh, never managed to get toothpaste in my eye...yet anyway

Looks like I'll be using the cleaneing solution to fix dryness from now on

ILC · February 23rd, 2003, 03:10 PM

I used to sleep and shower in my contacts all the time. When they would begin to dry, I would use two or three drops of cleaner directly into the eye. Worked great.

However, my stigmatism (sp?) has gotten worse so I rarely wear them anymore. Mostly glasses.

The worst experience for me was putting them in after I put deodorant on. OUCH.

JacobM5727 · February 23rd, 2003, 03:13 PM

i have a stigmatism in my right eye, they just have special toric lenses for it

they are like 3x more expensive then regular ones though, glad im not paying for it