Contact Lens + Wind

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Tissue.Box, Aug 28, 2009.

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  1. Tissue.Box

    Tissue.Box Private E-2

    I recently just got 6 months pairs of contacts lenses -actually just got em today- and the other contact lens essentials.

    I've been wearing glasses for over a year now and back in March this year, I've tried a pair of contact lens that the optometrist guy gave me free to try befroe my dad bought a whole bunch. Well, about 2 days later I accidentally ripped one of the free try contact lens with my nails while cleaning it....... That pair of lens was supposed to last like 2 weeks before i should throw them away.

    After that, I told my bestfriend about it, and after he had finished laughing at me for being dumb, he -very randomly o.o- told me:

    "You know that if lots of wind blew against ur face, your contact lens on it would hurt like hell and that it would feel like the contacts are digging into your eyes"​

    I also asked like 1 more person who had contacts and they told me the same thing about the wind.
    I should've asked more people at the time, but i didnt think my dad would ever buy me contacts anymore after he got made at me for ripping the free pair of contacts.


    SO my question is:
    "DOES IT HURT IF WIND WENT IN MY FACE WITH CONTACT LENS ON??!?!?"
    and if I ran with contacts on would it hurt?​
     
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    What type of lenses are these? dunno if they gave you a brand name or not?

    But would have to be a damn strong wind to affect a contact lens or your eye, as high winds and just some grit/dust can get in your eye and hurt like hell even without a lens, think your friends are winding you up to be honest, I never had issues although I dont like them and prefer glasses, due to hating anything going near my eye at all, so my fingers are last thing I want near my eye, let alone anyone elses.

    As for ripping its easy to do, but how are where you cleaning them? only normally pop them in the cleaning solution and giggle it about a bit. Contact lens cleaning info http://www.opti-free.com/cleaning-contact-lenses.aspx but I would ask the optomotrist first on best practice to cleaning the lenses they gave you.
     
  3. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    Yep....thinking your friends were joking around with you. ;)

    I've had contacts for years and while I really don't run much (I prefer things like yoga. heh), I've never had a prob with them hurting unless I've been wearing them waaay too long and they've gotten dry, or I get an eyelash or something in them. Oh, and don't fall asleep with them in....they stick to your eyeball!

    I just got my youngest (she's 11) contacts. She's been wearing glasses since 1st grade and we told her if she was very responsible with them she could get contacts.

    I got her the Daily ones. I'd check into those. You don't have to buy the ReNu or worry about them ripping. Just put them in in the AM and throw them out at night and you're good to go.
     
  4. tonyhale

    tonyhale Lounge Lizard No.2

    it would only hurt if you were Usaine Bolt
     
  5. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    Normal activity such as running is no problem for me. At higher speeds, like bike riding, they don't hurt, but I am uncomfortable, so I wear shades (clear lens if it is at night). More comfortable, and I have had a few bugs bounce off of them, so they are some protection as well. :-D
     
  6. bigtrucks

    bigtrucks MajorGeek

  7. Tissue.Box

    Tissue.Box Private E-2

    Thankseveryone, I'm doing a track and field thing near the end of this summer -the date is actually the day right before school begins, dumb-

    Your guys's reassurance is really reassurring me ;)

    i went to a time/distance convertiony thingy http://www.bx3.com/phil/tri/tricalc.asp and found out that i run just under 17mph and 27kph.
    guessing that since bigtrucks can go over 20mph w/o pain i guess me too, i just hope that if mine are a diferent kind than ur guys's that it wont make much of a difference

    again, thanks!! :-D makes me feel better about the contacts i have
     
  8. gatorman

    gatorman Private E-2

    Finally the one subject I can talk about with some knowledge and history to share with my friends here. I believe I have the most caring optometrist in the world. At the age of 53 I have known him since I was 14. As an active boy wearing frame glasses, not to go every other week to my Dad and have him, either take Acetone and melt my frames together, buy me a new pair because I scratched the lenses, replace the small screws etc.... The one time we went back to my optometrist he said he had something new, Hard contact lenses.
    At the time they were state of the art. Ah the difficulty of being able to touch your eyes at a young and and being sterile was a challenge. One well worth it. I just couldn't play football, dive into a pool of water from a diving board, "how prescient was he on this one because nobody has a diving board anymore". or fall asleep in them. Oh well, needless to say, we quit shooting off firecrackers, driving in cars with no seat belts, and following his advice except for being sterile in the handling of your eyes. On the downside as being a guinea pig I have found that I can only wear semi rigid gas permeable lenses because the Hard ones have scratched my eyes to where the soft ones won't work. I am told that if you have the right optometrist the RGP works quite well for young people with the option to go soft later on and even get the fancy Lasik etc.,,,
     
  9. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hey Gatorman, great story.

    Thats what I trialed the gas perm ones, and after a while just couldnt wear them as mentioned dont like anything near my eyes, which is now a bit of a funny thing as I work in that area now.

    Think for TissueBox is that if running you may get dry eye, which could make them uncomfortable if the wind is brisk, ask the optom if they suggest any drops or spray to help with dry eye, I suffer from dry eye as a result of stiring at a LCD for hours on end through stereoscopic viewers at high res images of the retina and as close to the screen and the heat they give off dries your eye, so I use Optrex ActiMist.

    But again ask your optometrist.
     
  10. gatorman

    gatorman Private E-2

    Halo this is the oddest thing. Computer screens are so dangerous to one's eyes that I am surprised I have not heard it on this area before. I am a simple man and to keep my health insurance before my wife passed away my company opened up a great e business. I loved running the cable but of course wasn't privy to knowledge of the computers, and still am not, so after we set the place up they said you could fill orders working on these screens. I swear after a hard day my eyes would wiggle while I was driving down the highway so I would pull over because I thought it was due to stress, disappointment, familial pressure etc.... There came a crisis point in our lives that I needed more money for hospital and the only way I could get it was to quit my job and use me retirement fund which actually was smart, because the real estate boondogle would have cost me as much as I paid in extra taxes. However since I have got away from the screen for 12 concentration and just do it now when I have time I don't wear reading glasses, no twitching of the eyes etc....
    Am I the only that had this problem?
     
  11. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi Gatorman

    TBH computer screens are not that dangerous, old CRTs may not have been great due to emmissions from elecromagnetism but that affects other parts of the body too, plus lack of flicker from an LCD is better for eyes than that of CRT, but LCDs the only detrimental effects are dry eye and eye strain, looking at them day after day doesnt make your vision go worse.

    But as you mention, its more the concentration you need and because we are using near vision that when we move away from the screen you can get that wiggle effect of the far and near vision fixation setting back (can get this if you read a book too long), which is why taking a break from the screen is advisable every hr, I do this every day, in doing various tasks, i get up walk up an down the corridor in work or go make a drink.
     
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