Contacts Are Painful

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Ok everyone. Here is my story. Two summers ago I was going into 7th grade and I felt I was old enough to get contacts. Well I got the hard lenses (gas-permeable) and they not only were excruciatingly painful to put in, but I could feel them in my eyes. After so many tries, I gave up on contacts. Then, a couple of days ago I thought, "I hear everyone go on and on about how you can't feel soft lenses so I'll give it a go. " I went to the eye doctor on July 8th and I tried them. I couldn't even put them in! You have to stretch your eyes wide open to put them in and I am so sensitive. I told my mom, dissapointedly, "I just can't put them in." So now I'm back to glasses. Oh well, at least I'm getting nice glasses. Yeah. Right. I can't stand my glasses and I can't stand contacts. The only thing left for me to do is Lasek surgery, which you have to be 18 or older. I'm stuck with glasses. Does anyone else feel my pain? Please respond! Thanks so much!

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	Missy	30-Aug-02

You just need to get used to touching your eye and putting the contacts in...I have soft contacts and they only hurt if I put them in the wrong way or have a scratch or dirt on them. When I first got mine like a year and a half ago, it took me like 45 minutes to an hour to get them in- almost gave up- you just need patience.

	Allie	31-Jul-02

I've had soft contacts for about a year and i them.......i can't even feel them! The same thing happened to me as Sarah; the eyecare professional put them in for me, so the first thing i had to worry about was getting them out. This took 4ever and i nearly fainted while trying, but after that it got pretty and now i can take them in or out in seconds. Maybe if you tried contacts again it would be easier. Good Luck!

	chelsi	23-Jul-02

i have soft contacts and i them. i cant even tell that their in my eye their so comfortable. it took me about a week be4 i got 2 where i could get mine in on the 1st time and stuff. the 1st few times i tried it took 4 ever 2 get them in.

	_ Zhahira _	19-Jul-02

Hard contacts are REKNOWNED for how painfull they are. Lol I've never heard of anyone who still wears them. The soft lenses are soooo comfortable, but they do take a while to learn to put in. You should try it again, and just practice practice practice! When I got contacts I could barely put in eye drops! It would take me 30 minutes to put my contacts in and even longer to get them out! But now I'm a pro and can pinch them in or out in 5 seconds... my friend can even do it without a mirror!

	Kylie	18-Jul-02

when i first got my soft contacts it took like 45 minutes to put them in so its really hard when you dont know how....ive have contacts for 2 years now and they take seconds to put in.....itll take afew weeks to get used to putting them in

	Sarah	14-Jul-02

Well when u 1st get them they are hard to get it.... i tried and tried and tried.... but b4 i tried the doctor put them in for me. Well i finally got it about the 20th time i just couldnt get over the fact that i was toucking my eye ball... but now im used to them and it no problem

	Jenny	13-Jul-02

The main thing about contacts are they aren't supposed to hurt. Maybe you put them in incorrectly or you're just too sensitive. I've had a pair in and they don't hurt, I couldn't feel them or anything. Maybe contacts just aren't right for you. I wear glasses instead of contacts though, because my mom won't get me contacts yet.