Mar 14, 2009 01:26 PM
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" I wish I could see the world with much more clarity and comfort." My left eye said to the other. Right replied, " I wish we did not have to bear those heavy glasses to see unidirectional as well as did not have to see those stary eyes coz of my thick glasses:( "
I heard this conversation between them when I was in class 7th.unfortunately my parents have given me this Myopic vision in genes and so I started wearing glasses right from class 3rd. You know how the world reacts when they see a small kid wearing glasses.OH Dear, you look cute with glasses but at such an early age? Pity. Sob Sob Sob!
With the help of one of an opthalmologist in my family, I thought of trying these contact lenses, thanks to my family's support and they did not object in making a try. Contact lenses never came cheap back then. I got a pair for Rs 2200 .an yearly one, which had to be changed after an year, company was Bausch and Lomb.
With the help of a doctor, I installed them in my eyes, and woah! My life changed multifolds, you know you have to have a bad eye sight to imagine what it feels for a person to wear contact lenses and then see the world! Its miraculous. and I was surely blessed.
Since then, I have been using just one brand of contact lenses . Bausch and Lomb, Softlens and have changed them yearly . Types have changed, power has changed and so has the prices, but my choice of preferance has remained the same.
Lenses compared to spectacles:-
Advantages:-
Wider field of view, Better with asymmetrical prescriptions, Better for very highprescriptions, Cosmetically superior, More practicalfor sports, Avoidweather problems, Vocational uses, Therapeutic uses.
*Disadvantages:-
Time required for fitting and adaptation, Handling skills required bypatients, Hygienic procedures and lens disinfection, Wearingtime may be limited, Lensescan be lost or broken, Problems with foreign bodies, Deteriorate with use and age, Maintenancecosts.
Types:- There are soft, hard and gas permeable lenses. There are suitable materials used for each type of lens givingeach its characteristic properties.
- Soft Lenses - Comfortable, Allow oxygen to penetrate, Very Hydrophilic, Daily disposables available, From 99p per day!, Some 69% water, Ultra thin edges.
Clarity of vision is inferior to hard lenses due to high water content.
- Hard Lenses - Durable, can last for several years, High clarity of vision.
Not gas-permeable, Expensive, May take weeks for them to feel comfortable, A wetting solution is required.
- Gas-permeable lenses - Reasonable clarity of vision, Oxygen can penetrate, Comfortable to wear in about 3 hours.
Often inflexible, Expensive.
These are not the only types of lensavailable; there is a broad range of which these are the most preferred. Other lens types include: Toric lenses, Bi-focals, Daily disposables, Monthly disposables, Coloured/novelty contacts, Extended wear lenses.
Reasons To Consider Contact Lenses:-
Contact lenses move with your eye, allow a natural field ofview, have no frames to obstruct your vision and greatly reducedistortions.
They do not fog up, like glasses, nor do they get splattered by mud or rain.
Contact lenses do not get in the way of your activities.
Many people feel they look better in contact lenses.
Contact lenses, compared to eyeglasses, generally offer better sight.
Recommendations for Contact Lens:-
Always wash your hands before handling contact lenses.
Carefullyand regularly clean contact lenses, as directed by your optometrist.Rub the contact lenses with fingers and rinse thoroughly before soakinglenses overnight in sufficient multi-purpose solution to completelycover the lens.
Store lenses in the properlens storage case and replace the case at a minimum of every threemonths. Clean the case after each use, and keep it open and dry betweencleanings.
Use only products recommended byyour optometrist to clean and disinfect your lenses. Saline solutionand rewetting drops are not designed to disinfect lenses.
Onlyfresh solution should be used to clean and store contact lenses. Neverre-use old solution. Contact lens solution must be changed according tothe manufacturer's recommendations, even if the lenses are not useddaily.
Always follow the recommended contact lens replacement schedule prescribed by your optometrist.
Remove contact lenses before swimming or entering a hot tub.
See your optometrist for your regularly scheduled contact lens and eye examination.
N.B. - PRICE: MRP of two lenses Rs. 1800, each lens comes in a vial priced at Rs.900.
