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Originally Posted by HMBgal
Hmmmm. Interesting information. According to the chart, my Aquify with my Proclears is 12%. So, is this chart saying that for maximum comfort, I should try one of the 1% types? And the plain old saline doesn't disinfect, right? So I would actually need something else if I were to select the non-preservative saline? I think the chart brought up more questions than it answered for me. Since my doctor gave me the Aquify, I just assumed it was the best for comfort. But perhaps the Aquify representative left more samples that the other guys? I do see on one of the charts that more staining correlates strongly with less comfort. And there are over 3,000 people in the study, so that's a pretty large sample size. Again, Hmmmmmm.
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As rfriel pointed out, this "staining" actually measures damage to the cornea by
contact lenses. Now, this is very minor damage, tiny scratches and scrapes that can only be seen with this special dye or "stain". However, even those tiny scrapes can be painful. Less staining means less damage and obviously we want to keep that to a minimum. So in general, when you look at the staining grid, the
contact lens/solution combinations that have the green squares would be the most comfortable. Acuvue Oasys with Unisol 4 saline solution would be a good combination, for example.