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Old 11-19-2009, 11:08 PM
T. Arthur T. Arthur is offline
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Originally Posted by Hogwartz View Post
Well, I'm not an expert, but I'll do my best.

I went to lens.com and looked at the composition of Biomedics 55. They're made of 45% ocufilcon D and 55% water.

Acuvue makes four kinds of lenses, and of those four, two are 58% water, the rest have less. Acuvue and Acuvue 2 are both 42% etafilcon A. How similar is etafilcon A to ocufilcon D? I don't know, but there are the numbers for you.

I'm sorry I wasn't able to answer your question, but I hope I've narrowed it down for you.
[T. Arthur]
Thanksd for the tip on water content. This site:

http://www.aclens.com/lens-materials.asp

contact lens Materials & Water Content

tells us there are only 4 catagories:

hi-lo water content
ionic vs. nonionic water


It says that Biomedics55, Acuvue and Acuvue2 are in the same
catagory- "high water content - ionic"

So my guess is I can wear Acuvue or Acuvue2 if I'm already wearing Biomedics55

Acuvues of course ARE "inversion marked" wheras Biomedics aren't, which is THE problem I'm trying to solve!
Thanks
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