Has anyone had experience with rigid contact lenses
 

OK well I'm getting RGP (rigid gas permeable) lenses soon because the diameter of my iris is too wide for the soft ones :( it also costs £140 :( on the plus though I don't have to give monthly payments and they last for a year

but anyway apparently they're really uncomfortable for the first few weeks you wear them and they take time to get used to, because it's basically plastic sitting on your eyes unlike soft lenses which are made of water I think. so can anyone who's worn them before tell me what they're like

Why do my eyes have to be so weird ugh, it's not even guaranteed that the rigid contacts will fit :/

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..yeah, I have/wear them Salman...do you have an astigmatism then..?...actually they're ok, I didn't have any problems when I started to wear them..(I was a bit reluctant because I'd had the soft toric ones before...)...but the softer ones were more uncomfortable for me, that's why I had to have hard ones...£140 per year isn't too bad either, I have to pay much more for mine...

A friend of mine used to wear them but had to stop when it cut into his eyeball and he had quite a bad infection.He had to wear a patch for about six months, it left a scar and he gets bad headaches now

yeah I think I have that but the main reason I'm wearing it is because the diameter of my iris (I think it's iris). what do they feel like?

I think it's because I'm young that I have to pay less.. how much did you pay?

omg, if my mum ever hears something that she'd 100% not let me wear them lmfao

I remember the first time I wore hard contacts, I couldn't get them out of my eyes and I had to go to A and E to get them out.

..when they're in I honestly can't feel them Salman, but like everything that could be different from person to person..my brother wears them as well and he hasn't had any problems with them either....yeah, it's because you have an irregular iris shape, which I think might be the same as astigmatism..some people have it in one eye, it's quite common..I have it in both...wonky eyes lol...but yeah, £140 is a lot of money for you I know..will your mum pay for them..?...hmmm, I can't remember how much I pay exactly, I get 3 months at one time and they're 2weekly ones/changing them twice a month...I think I pay about £100ish every 3 months...

..but don't worry Salman, don't let that 'hard' word worry you because they're been prescribed because they're right for you and if you do have problems then go straight back to the optician and she'll check them over and if it persists, she'll try you on something else...for me they're also better because they let air to my eye, which the soft ones didn't and otherwise your eyes become dry and can get infections easily...honestly, I'm sure you'll be ok....the only trickier bit as Cherie says, can be getting them out but my optician showed me 'the knack' and then it was so simple...ask her about that and practise a few times with her....

..oh sorry, it could be a 'him'..mines a her.....

did you continue wearing them tho

..do you mean me or Cherie..?..

if that is to me, yes I did, I was just a bit squeamish about sticking my fingers in my eyes, you get used to it in no time.

Only wear them when you need to to, never ever fall asleep wearing them and make sure you clean them thoroughly!
And be careful when putting them in/out,clean hands.

I'm paying for it with the last bit of money I made from working at McDonalds and my parents are gonna pay some of it. and wow that's quite expensive

ok well I feel a bit better now lmao. oh and there are no men at all in my opticians they're all women lol

thanks for the advice everyone, appreciate it a lot :D

I was joking before by the way

He's permanently blind

they've FINALLY been manufactured + delivered to my opticians (yes, I ordered them before this thread was made, it took that long) and I'm getting them fit tomorrow, sooo nervous D:

So I went this morning and it really hurt at first, the right eye was a perfect fit but on the left one it kinda rolls around, but I think it's fine. It feels like having an eyelash in your eye but instead of one a hundred, my eyes were bloodshot and there were so much tears [IMG]http://www.breatheheavy.com/exhale/public/style_emoticons/default/***********[/IMG] but anyway it slowly got better and I'm gonna wear them for an hour tomorrow, two hours the next day etc to get used to them. The lady was really impressed with my technique of putting it on although it took me 15 minutes to take it out from my right eye [IMG]http://www.breatheheavy.com/exhale/public/style_emoticons/default/***********[/IMG]