Mar
the lady never told me about it, but i have been hearing about breaking in contacts before you wear them. I can feel my contacts sometimes. is this what it means? also i get blurry vision sometimes, i think it is because of my allergies, or maybe not blinking enough. is this probable? also last question, is it normal for my contacts to be stronger then my glasses because it is closer to the eye? it seems that way to me, and i have been getting headaches, this is my trial pair and i just got them on wednesday. should i bring up these concerns at my next eye appointment on thursday? or will this go away eventually?
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Trial lenses aren't an ” average” prescription.
Trials are supposed to be the right prescription and the right curvature.
That's why they are called trials….to make sure that what they think is right, is actually right.
The contacts don't have to be broken in…your cornea does, which is why the wearing period starts at 4 hours the first day, then increases 1 to 2 hours a day after that.
The idea of trials is to find out if there will be any problems, exactly like you are having, so of course you should bring it up.
It sounds like they’re too strong to start with. You shouldn't be getting headaches.
Just be sure to tell your Dr. all the problems you have with them, and they’ll do what’s needed to mend the problem.
That is what the trial period is for.
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A trial is just an average prescription. Not very suited to you. But I would still just ask your ophthalmologist just to be sure. But as long as it doesn't injured or you don't sleep in them, should be fine.
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The idea of “breaking in contacts” is an outdated concept and is no longer necessary. Once upon a time, contact lenses transmitted oxygen so poorly that it was necessary to give the cornea a gradually increasing period of wearing time to allow the cornea to adapt to the decreased oxygen environment. Today's contact lenses are so highly oxygen permeable it simply is no longer necessary to start at say 4 hours day one and then gradually increase the wear. Today's lenses provide almost as much oxygen to the cornea as if there was no lens present at all. It is perfectly fine to wear a soft contact lens for the full day your very first day as long as the lens is comfortable. The only reason that a patient might think about “breaking in the contacts” is if he or she is having trouble adapting to the COMFORT of the lens. In these situations sometimes gradually increasing wearing time can help a patient adapt to the sensation of the presence of the lens on the eye. This usually is only the case with a hard gas permeable contact lens.