Didn't know what board to ask this on so I'm asking you fags since its sorta Heath related.
Like 3 months ago I found an old box of my contacts. I haven't been wearing contacts so I decided that I would try them on to see if the prescription was still good. The contacts themselves were expired a year ago but the prescription itself seemed very close so I left them in for those 3 months. I just took them out and my eyesight seems likes it's gotten x2 worse. I figured it was just because I was used to the contacts but I know I'm seeing much worse than before. Will my eyes go back to normal ?
Justin Bailey
>left them in for three months
Enjoy being blind, you fucking retard
Thomas Thompson
Like, without taking them out?
I'll pray for you
Kayden Edwards
Haha wow is that you in the pic OP? Shit you're gorgeus. You should give me your Skype?
Joseph Walker
The only reason I did it was because my friend said he's left his in for way longer than he's supposed to and had no problems, which obviously is a shitty reason to do it but am I seriously fucked?
Ethan Lewis
Yes, go see an eye doctor (srs)
Easton Ramirez
Yea, give it time.
No idea why tf you left them in for 3 months, your corneas are probably damaged. See an eye doc
Carson Reyes
Could my eyes have just gotten "lazy" since they haven't had to strain to actually see things?
Noah Price
Eyes change all the time. It's possible your eyesight got worse through other reasons but it doesn't give you the excuse to be a fucking retard. People have gone blind for leaving their's in for less than a week.
Go to an optometrist and take out your contacts nightly, you lazy fuck
Eli Hernandez
No, they are damaged
Chase Myers
My optometrist gave me a warning when I first got mine. She said if you don't change them or clean them when you're supposed to your shit gets fucked up. She mentioned how this one girl left her contacts in for 6 months and some bacteria developed that started eating away at her eyes.
Levi Smith
could be anything from physical abrasion to a bacterial infection from leaving them in that long youre an absolute fucking retard, though almost certainly a troll I cant believe a person would do this shit or think it was a good idea
Christian Flores
fuuuuaaaa. Alright thanks
Nathan Howard
Dear POC : don't wear colored lenses, white people can tell from a mile and we think you look stupid
Christopher Hernandez
>OP blinds himself episode
get to the eye doctor ASAP OP. anaerobic bacteria could be developing on your eye which can cause blindness.
I knew a girl who did the same thing and the bacteria JUST'd her eyeball. she had to have it removed and is now piratemode for life
Ryan Roberts
You'll be fine, your eyes just got used to it having to strain to see and do when you took out the contacts you weren't used to subconsciously straining your eyes. They'll go back to normal in a few days but you'll probably feel like they're worse for a while.
Seriously though don't leave your contacts in for that long. They get filthy and can really fuck your eyes up if you don't at least take them out to clean them.
Joseph Flores
Yes you probably did permanent damage
Sebastian Sullivan
For fuck's sake OP this is literally one of the first things I learned about contact lenses, how have you not fucking heard any horror stories in six months
Daniel Roberts
I got literally blinded by an eye infection while wearing contacts. Good news was my sight completely came back. Just get it treated.
Brandon Robinson
Additionally if you want your contacts to actually last a long time and not fuck your eyes up then get some of this and let them soak overnight. They'll feel brand new in the morning.
Cameron Campbell
Unless they are month long contacts you're supposed to take them off every day god damn it.
Julian Young
>tfw i once mistook this for solution in the morning and burned the shit out of eye
literally fell to the ground on my knees in pain
Josiah Cook
But for the love of god follow the instructions. It's a 3% peroxide solution that neutralizes in the time it soaks so don't fuck off and put them in early or it'll hurt like hell.
Thomas James
I was atleast taking them out weekly and rinsing them. I also never really had any irritation while wearing them only when I would awake just because they were dry. I never really fucked with contacts which is why I listened to my friend whose worn them his entire life.
Connor Gonzalez
The ones that last for several months are the best. Since taking them in and out is what causes the risk of infection.
Brandon Young
My greatest fear in life is this
Cooper Russell
I did this once too. Thought i blinded my self for life
Ryan Nguyen
Alright well that's not as bad then. Just clean them more often and you'll be fine.
Hunter Wright
the worst part was my eye lids naturally clenched from the pain and it was hard to get it out, when i did i threw the lens at the wall in anger. at least it's funny to think about now
Robert Baker
>taking them in and out is what causes the risk of infection How? Scratching the cornea?
Jackson Bell
Sperg
William Ortiz
thanks user but I think ill stick to wearing my glasses now. Not tryna fuck up my eyes mane since im apparently blind for life now.
Julian Richardson
Yes, this is a known phenomenon were your eyes will get worse if you stop using them to their full potential. A lot of people don't know but your eyes are just as much of a muscle as your bicep or calf. You can however get your eyes on a routine to get them to 20/20. Driving is a very good workout for your eyes since they move a lot and have to look at things from different distances. Start with driving for 10 minutes without any prescriptions every day for a week. Then double the time you drive every week until you get 20/20 vision. Around the block is fine, but a freeway will give even greater gains.
Benjamin Perez
Physical damage is different to infection but everytime you handle contacts you are exposing them to the risk of bacteria getting on them. Thats why the long lasting ones are goat. My experience is you can practically leave them in for twice as long as they are meant to. Since they self clean.
Parker White
Or maybe just wash your hands before handling them and clean them properly daily? Just spit balling here
Josiah Peterson
Oh and i dont think with modern lens theres any risk of scraching up your eye they are soft.
Noah Phillips
This, and when you do it, make sure you think logically about it. Cover one eye at a time while driving to really work each eye individually. Just like you cover one eye for vision tests at the optometrist.
Benjamin Nguyen
Please dont be an idiot. Even if you are being meticulous there is a risk. There is none if you keep them in. Kys.
Kayden Martin
You don't need to clean the leave in ones dumbshit.
Ryan Garcia
what kind of contacts were they? if they were daily ones, yeah you probably fucked up your eyes if they were the ones that can be left in for like a month, day and night - then you may have still fucked your eyes up, but way less probable than the daily ones
Camden Wright
no, i got kik tho :3
Cameron Thompson
>self-cleaning contacts Lel there's really no such thing since you're suffocating your cornea and trapping that shit in there for as long as you have them in. I make sure to take out the disposable ones in the evening if I don't need them anymore and clean them. If I wore them for less than a full day I'll reuse them.
Contacts are really unnatural and hard on your eyes but it's worlds better than wearing glasses and looking like complete genetic trash.
Josiah Murphy
Welcome to post 2010 idiot. Self cleaning is a thing they breath just as well as your eye. Read up on it stupid.
Josiah Bell
xD
Jack Wilson
I'm an ophthalmic nurse. Seriously we see people like this constantly and yes I have seen people LOSE THEIR SIGHT over this. You need to see an ophthalmologist immediately.
Jayden Taylor
>mfw peoples knowledge of contacts are so poor they still think they are daily and hard only. >they have no idea about the soft permeable leavein ones that build up no protein. People and their ignorance is amazing.
Luke Perry
is it still a possibility my eyesight will return to normal?
Owen Gutierrez
The ignorance in this thread. Ugh I have force myself not to feed the trolls.
Matthew Jones
I dont fuck with monthly ones, been using dailies for about 5 years now, no problems with them
Jack Lewis
Monthly are better.
Julian Nelson
Yes, as long as you don't have an ulcer. Go see your doc, they will do a fluorescence stain to make sure there are no ulcers. Then they will give you a lot of shit for overwearing your CLs and send you on your way. I've seen people who have worn the same pair of trial lenses for over a year so your case isn't even the worse, still, I'd get it checked out.
Carson Perry
Dailies are the best thing to happen to soft contact lenses. I have no idea what I did before them seriously.
Easton Walker
Why though
Jacob Foster
Seriously if you are using daily ones you are either poor or a dumbshit. I don't even think monthly are that more expensive. Risking your eyes over a few bucks is not worth it.
Kevin Thomas
Is this trolling? Dailies are the old technology monthlies are the new technology.
Hunter Gutierrez
How is it risking your eyes at all?
Eli Reyes
Lol? I leave my contacts in for like 5 months at a time. Things are expensive af
Gabriel Roberts
Hahaha what...? 1) dailies are much more expensive and 2) safer and 3) more comfortable due to higher water content.
Anthony Jackson
How the FUCK did you even stand this?
My eyes start itching after like, half a day. I'd clawed them out if I had to wear them for a moth...fucking hell, sleeping with them too?
Eiter you have dead nerves in your eyes or you somehow bought the best fucking contacts ever forged on this earthly plane.
Ethan Baker
Okay, my eyes dont hurt and arent irritated or red. Thanks for your help user
Carter Jackson
0/10
Caleb Flores
My friend is almost legally blind and never cleans/takes out contacts for literally like 6 mo at a time. Not saying he isnt putting himself at risk but I think everyone is overstating the risks
Kevin Flores
holy shit you fucked up, what kind of contacts? dailies? weeklies? monthlies? there is a HUGE difference.
Bentley Parker
Ok sure, I've only been working in ophthalmology for 8 years but 0/10, you're right ;)
Gabriel Gutierrez
>scientists go to the trouble of making better, safer lens >spastic dumb fucks insist on using the out of date technology
Leo Foster
Does anyone have any experience with Ortho-K lenses? In short, they're a middleground between contacts and lasik, they reshape the eye during the night and you get comparable vision without having lenses in during the day.
I do enjoy wearing my glasses, so I'm not sure if I want to go full lasik. On the other hand, I find contacts to start itching halfway through the day whenever I wear them. Maybe I should just get lasik and get fake glasses like a fag.
Charles Watson
-1/10
Angel Morris
My grandma chain smoked for 60 years and never got lung cancer I think everyone is overstating the risks of smoking.
Caleb Cruz
Id just stick with glasses. All of them have some risk. Laser shit is a cancer industry run by psychotic cowboys.
David Hall
I don't know, it's been so long since they were prescribed to me. It doesn't even say on the box. They expired last year tho which prob isn't good .. Kek
Evan Cooper
I've seen a few patients with ortho k's. Not very common but do produce a good result. I work at one of the top eye centers in the country and we see a lot of "uncommon" cases and still rarely see people in ortho k's.
Also, why hesitant to get lasik? I wish I could get it, I say go for it if you're a candidate.
Caleb Diaz
Kek
Brandon Gray
Dude those are meant for 2 weeks maximum
Jaxon Parker
>top eye centre >on Veeky Forums This is why the world is shit.
Alexander Price
jesus fucking christ OP, the longest oasys they make is bi-weekly. go to your doctor ASAP unless you want to go blind.
Blake Mitchell
Better than dailies I guess.
I appreciate your help but I have a lot of tests this week so in reality I will probably put off going and then just not go at all. I'll take my chances, will report back in a month if I become fetty wap
Grayson Allen
Remember longer duration lens are better. They self clean They breath They don't need to be taken out and put back in diminishing the risk of infection.
Cooper Ramirez
if you go blind train yourself to be irl daredevil or none of this was even worth it
Leo Cooper
Better but the difference is negligible with the time you spent with them in
Dylan Lewis
...
Brody Hill
Not quite but nice try.
Leo Morgan
I dunno really, I've had glasses for like, 15 years. They're more a part of my image for other than for myself (that glasses guy, etc), but I've always enjoyed the look and getting new frames, etc.
But maybe I'll just get regular uncut lenses, I've "earned" it by now.
As a side note, it is kinda fun how much people focus on the glasses. When I use contacts people get all confused, I've had people not recognizing me when I've greeted them in hallways etc. Changing the frames also throw people off - they know *something* is off, but they can't pinpoint it.
Jeremiah Smith
Same. I primarily wear glasses at work and it confuses the fuck out of people when I show up in contacts.
Daniel Jones
I went to contacts primarily because of peoples prejudice towards glasses. I was right but in the end i stopped giving a fuck.
Matthew Turner
And why is that?
Carter Martin
I have brown hair and wear round glasses, so I get a shitton of Harry Potter comments. I don't care too much, since they're mostly trying to be friendly/funny, but I always consider them slightly retarded when they do it.
It's kinda...rude, I guess. Like, I don't compare you to a fucking Oompaa Loompa. Anyway, the Waldo comments are far superior.
Benjamin Thomas
I think as a female there's much less stigma around wearing glasses. Because having piss poor eyesight and refractive errors is somehow seen as sexy.
Samuel Rogers
Nah,'cause girls in glasses are hot as FUCK, especially this type of frame.
Logan Butler
The stigma around glasses has little to do with eyesight itself. With guys there is an assumption they are physically weaker thanks to years of ameritrash neeerrrrdddds media. With women there is no stigma whatsoever. People assume a girl is intellectual.
Ethan Davis
Oh I know, I was only being sarcastic.
William Lewis
Shit is like torture for your eyes
Julian Hall
3 months is a long ass time. I have left mine in for long periods of time before but never that long. maybe a month.
Daniel Martinez
I wear an eyepatch. ( ._.)
Caleb Gomez
Does that count?
Isaiah Taylor
also I don't do that anymore. I don't really even wear contacts anymore. I just use my glasses.
ever since I heard about those people leaving them in for a long time and going blind I became super paranoid.
Hunter Flores
>2017 >being a poltard
Christian Rodriguez
>implying he isnt right Well known issue of non-whites using cheap contacts to look white and losing their eyes.
William Cook
>getting a tan or wearing make up or dyeingnuour hair is ok >getting coloured contacts means you are a self hating piece of shit
The pol is strong in you trumptard
Alexander Reyes
leave libtard
Colton Cox
do you guys really leave your contacts in for weeks, even MONTHS? the doctor (and every single person i know who wears contacts) who prescribes me mine always told me to take them out every night and put them back in in the morning. Ive fallen asleep in my contacts a few times and my eyes were fucking red and so tired the next morning. I have the kind that last you two weeks have i just been lied to my whole life or are you all retarded