Contacts

[Hpfan36]

I just went to the eye doctor like last week and got contacts. And just two days, as I was taking out a contact from my right eye, I noticed that my eye was a little red around the iris on the white where my contact had been.

Now today, I noticed the same with my left eye.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

I soak my contacts in their case each day with the solution my eye doctor recommended, "Renu" and I make sure to wash my hands with soap before handling my contacts... and for anyone who's interested, I use Acuvue 2.

[shapu]

So, the conjunctiva was a bit red around the area under the contact?

Hmm.

Is your solution a no-rub solution? It's possible that your tears are a bit heavy on protein, so you may have to actually do some physical rubbing on the contact (put it your cupped hand, toss in a little solution, and gently put your finger on the contact and move it around a bit).

It's also possible that while you're washing your hands really well, the rinsing isn't going so hot for ya. Make sure you rinse extra-well.

[werepup]

It takes a while to build up a resistance to having contacts in. Your optician probably told you to build up the time you have your contacts in for, probably for an hour a day. This generally helps to stop things like this from happening.

My contacts do this if they dry out... remember and constantly blink, it'll move the contact ever so slightly, and renew the liquid underneath, because that's what is supposed to be holding the contact... not your eye.

Good luck, and stick in with them.

[Cassi]

Pretty much what werepup said...you need to build up a tolerance to the contacts. I first got mine over Thanksgiving break, so it was easy to take them out after a couple hours...it would have been hard in school. (Speaking of which, I need new contacts, mine went and dried out on me. It'll take me a while to be able to wear them all day again, too...)

[Raze]

Sounds to me like they're just drying out a bit. Did the optician check if you had enough tear fluid (or something like that) to be able to wear lenses?

I have daily ones so I don't really have any problems with them.

[Igg]

I was told to wear them for say, 2 hours the first day, then 3 hours, then 4 hours and so on, so you gradually get used to them, instead of shoving them in for ages at once. It's too much for your eyes to cope with.

[Hpfan36]

Hmm.. I see. Thank you guys for your advice. I will try rubbing them Shapu and yes, I have a no-rub solution.

Igg, I was never told to do something like that when I got mine.

I believe that he did check to see if I had enough tear fluid Raze, but I'm not sure. How would he have done that?

[DiscordantNote]

Check to be sure there isn't anything in the contact lenses (like an eyelash) that will get trapped under it and cause irritation before you put them in. I would also rinse them off with saline solution after they get cleaned with the peroxide-like solution, I noticed that if I don't my eyes will usually get a bit irritated no matter what.

[FreaksRule!]

Ahh that remind's me, when I was at the eye doctor's. I saw this chart thing a mabob. And It had all these side effect's the doctor doesn't show you before you get them! I'd be to scared to go anywhere close to contacts now. You should really request the eye doctor to show you the side effects. Maybe you should get him to check your eyes. I know it might be just the newness of contacts, but it's better to know, then not to!

[werepup]

I'd like to reitterate one of my points earlier.... blink... try to blink more than you normally do.

Generally here in Britain, they check the fluid's spreading enough by dabbing a small piece of orange solution onto your tearducts. It's left for a few minutes, and the can check if the fluid is spreading adequately enough by using an ultra-violet light, and a special microscope designed to look at eyes. The colour is instantly very visable to the optician when the light is shined in your eyes. This also shows that the entire eye is being rejuvinated with every blink.

Opticians generally discourage people to wear contacts straight after this, because the orange dye stuff can discolour the lense.

[shapu]

It may discolor the lens, but MAN does it make the world a lot more interesting.

[Mistykal]

Your eye isn't regular to have something in it, so it's a little red and irratated. If the redness continues than just go to the eye doctoor to check if anything is wrong. Personally, I just stick with glasses.