Thinking about getting contacts...thoughts?

If I work later than 7 or 8 pm I have to take my contacts out because my eyes get too dry and iterated that my vision gets blurry. You can just have a contact case at your desk and swap them out in 2 seconds if your eyes are sore and use glasses.

I am up at 630 and I'm typically in the office until 9ish. I wear them throughout the day and take them out around 11:30 most of the time. Recommended use is 12 hours max a day but I haven't had any issues and for the most part they don't bother me whatsoever. I make sure not to sleep in them. Lastly, I keep contact solution at the office in case they get dry. They can get irritating when Im sleep deprived and dehydrated for sure though.

Can't recommend contact lenses when looking at computer screens all day. Not even when using the dailies. Wear your glasses and when you go out or whatever switch to lenses. Or just get lasik and be done with it.

Contacts are really good alternatives to glasses but you should take utmost care to maintain them.

I wear 1-day silicon hydrogels called "Calriti", that I would HIGHLY reccomend. I wear them from 6AM to 11PM every day. Absolutely no issues.

me also planning for the same of the have glasses and riding is difficulty for so contacts is best one for me.

Just stick with glasses and get LASIK when you're 25-26 and your eyes are more or less "adult". Contacts were not in the least worth it for me. Just get a pair of decent-looking glasses. LASIK is where it's at - I got it done a few years ago and legit can't remember what it was like to be blind.

I've trained dozens of people to put in contacts - from little kids to old people. But I could never get them into my own eyes. I don't even need glasses though so whatevs

I wear 30 day "constant use" ones that have some kind of extra porous membrane for less dryness. Wear them non-stop for 30 days (including sleep, shower - but be careful - etc.), then take a day off and start all over again. Cost is about $20 a month equivalent.

Something you should look into first:

http://www.contactlenses.org/orthok.htm

Absolutely, I definitely feel that contacts are convenient and I recommend them.

I wear my sweet ass glasses.

I use Acuvue Oasis Dailies. Never had an issue. I wear them all day and dont notice them at all.

I would absolutely recommend getting contacts. Preferably hot chicks. Then you can contact them whenever.

I have had on contacts since I was 14 and they are one of the greatest things to ever happen to me and I can say with some authority that there is no difference between staring at a computer screen with your glasses vs contacts. Just the time saver of not having to clean your glasses makes the contacts worth every penny

However, if you are above the age of 25 I would suggest that you get LASIK as it the cheaper option in the long run and you don't have to worry about having glasses/contact for at least the next two decades.

Why is everyone saying to get LASIK around 25? Would it be ok to get LASIK around 22 right when I get out of college?

I would say get contacts. One a days would be best since you wont have to worry about how old they are you can just throw them away when you're done with them and put on new ones next time you decide to wear them. If you're looking at computers all day i personally switch between wearing contacts and glasses throughout the week.

I used to wear contacts all throughout high school and university (both monthlies and dailies).

Buy a year's supply of dailies, once your used to putting them in it's a quick and easy switch for sports, or other activities where you don't want to wear glasses, I've stretched a year's supply into 2.5 yrs and still have plenty left.

Otherwise, use glasses for work. Your eyes will thank you after 12+ hours of staring at a computer screen. The one downside to switching to glasses full-time at least for me was that I find it a lot harder to see with my contacts now, its fine to readjust for sports, but if I try to read a book or do work on the computer I am hopelessly fucked and blind.

I personally have not warn them for years (just personal preference). They are not too bad to maintain. If staring at your screen is too difficult on your eyes have a back up pair of glasses at your desk.

Contacts are better than glasses as they give you a better field of vision and you won't feel as if you're wearing anything. However, sometimes around 9-10pm mine get dry or a bit blurry so I have to take them out. With Laser eye surgery, and the good things I've heard I'd just do that. If you go with contacts, be patient the first week as you adjust to putting a foreign object in and out of your eye and also get BioFinity Toric lenses. They are the best contacts I've had.

There is nothing convenient about glasses or contacts. Get LASIK asap, the younger you are the better. It's life changing I literally don't even remember what it's like to not see well.

You can also use care credit financing, I financed mine zero interest for 24 months and just set up an autopay draft for the amount of the procedure/24 from my HSA account.

There are monthly lenses (as in replaced monthly) that you can leave in for 7 days straight, soak them while sleeping and pop em back in for the next week. Air Optix. Highly recommended.

I just keep some Visine rewetting drops around.

I wear Biofinity monthies, but I take them out every night and put them in Biotrue solution. Never once had a problem with dry eyes / blurry vision / etc. I've worn contacts since I was 13 though.

I would get LASIK, but I'll be honest: I'm terrified of the consequences of something going wrong during the procedure.