The Horrible Glasses
I got glasses the first time at the age of 5. I remember the day I went to school with them. I thought I looked like the ugliest child in the world. They were huge baby pink plastic glasses. Eyukh!
I was taunted and made fun of because I looked so ugly in glasses. And anyway, for some reason my mother always picked the big frames.
The Revolution
Anyway, at the age of 14, I was finally allowed by the doctor to get my own pair of contact lenses.
My sisters wore gas permeable hard contact lenses. They said they were easier to handle.
So, I decided to try them. They charged me$110.00 CAN just to tell my how to put them on, and it took 5 seconds! That was a rip off. Anyway, hard contacts are much smaller than soft contacts. They don't cover your whole eye, but you can see just as clearly. They're hard, hence the name'Hard Contacts'. They can break if you try to break them, or if you have them upside down and push down on them. That has happened to me twice!
You only get one pair. They last you three years. They cost about$89.00 CAN each lens, which is$178.00 CAN for both.
Grr!
When I first tried them on, they annoyed me. For about a week I could feel them moving in my eye, because they do move around. They move so the lenses stay clean and moist, taking in some of the moisture from your eyes. It kind of gets annoying because you're attention is solely towards the dumb contacts.
But, after that first week, they are heaven. Sure, you get stuff in your eyes, and it hurts. But, as long as you have solution with you, it's no problem. All you do is take them out, soak them in the solution and put them back in. Make sure your hands are clean.
Applying Hard Contacts
They're so easy to apply because they are so small. Soft contacts make you stretch your eye to a full extent, and sometimes they curl. Believe me, I've tried them. It's annoying when you're trying to put a soft contact in your eye and it curls up. Anyway, make sure there's solution in your case. You gotta make sure the lens is not upside down, because if you push down on it hard it'll break. If it is upside down, move it around gently until it flips over. Once it's flipped over, pick it up by touching it with the same hand as your eye. For example, use your right hand for your right eye. It should stick to your hand because of the solution. The lens should be upside down on your finger. Then you transfer the lens to your other hands finger. Open your eye a little bit with the same hand as your eye, and apply the lens to your eye. Simple as that. But, there is a problem. The lens has to stick to your pupil. If you misplace the contact on the side of the eye, it’ll stay there. You have to move it around until it moves to your pupil. Repeat with the other eye.
The Positives
-no need to keep on buying disposable contact lenses. You just buy one pair, and they can last you longer than three years, depending on how you care for them.
-they’re easy to apply. Unlike soft contacts, you can just stick them on your eye. Some people, like myself, don’t even have to open their eye because they’re so used to poking the lens in their eye. With soft contacts, you have to open your eye wide no matter what, or else it won’t fit.
-although hard contacts break, they aren’t easy to break. Soft contacts are so easy to rip, and sometimes they can rip in your eye. That is quite dangerous, as some of its pieces can be stuck in your eye. Hard contacts will never break in your eye.
-I find that I can see clearer and my eyes feel fresher when I wear hard contacts. This may not be true for everyone, but it is to me.
-they’re cheaper than soft contacts. If you buy a yearly pair over here in Canada they can cost up to$200.00 CAN. That may not be everywhere in Canada, but where I live they cost that much.
-they’re blue so you can see them in water, if you drop them. Most soft contacts I’ve seen are clear, but some have a blue tint in them for when you drop them in water. But, all hard contacts have the blue tint feature. Not all soft contacts have that feature.
The Negatives
-once they break, you gotta buy again. If you only broke one, you only have to buy one. But if you break both, you gotta pay$178.00 again.
-you only get one pair. With disposable, although it can be expensive, you still know you have some extra contact lenses and don’t need to worry about buying a new pair until your disposables are almost finished.
-they are annoying the first week, but after that they are fine. Also, if you get anything in your eye, the lenses kill! You have to take it out, wash it with solution and apply them again. With soft contacts, it doesn’t hurt.
-hard contacts stick to your eye, as if it’s s*cking on to them. You don’t feel it, but if you apply your contacts to the wrong part of your eye, it’ll stick to there. You have to move it around until it sticks to your pupil.
-they aren’t available in colour.
The choice is yours whether you want hard or soft contact lenses. I've tried both, and personally I like the hard ones better.
