Acuvue 2 Oasis Not as Comfortable as Advertised

Brittvid · #1 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 02:58 PM

Acuvue Oasys has been billed as one of the most comfortable contact lenses available. So how come people sometimes experience blurred vision after wearing these contact lenses for a few hours? Is it another case of contact lenses not being fit properly?

myopicqueen · #2 (**permalink**) 10-22-2008, 08:06 PM

80% of the Night & Day patients i've seen try Acuvue Oasys/Advance report the blur. I experienced it myself. I've come to my own theory of the modality difference.

tvu732 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-23-2008, 12:23 AM

Me too. My original Rx was Acuvue Oasys but I noticed the blur, so I asked my doc to change the Rx and now I'm wearing Night & Day. My doc didn't explain anything about the blur effect (kinda disappointing) but I read some articles on the internet myself and found out it's the high water content that makes the lens blurred.

Brittvid · #4 (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by myopicqueen

80% of the Night & Day patients i've seen try Acuvue Oasys/Advance report the blur. I experienced it myself. I've come to my own theory of the modality difference.

I see this is your second post here on Lens 101 myopicqueen. Welcome.

Now, perhaps you can explain to me, as well as the Folks at Home what "modality" is and why it affects the comfort level of the contact lenses?

Dengouk · #5 (**permalink**) 11-29-2009, 10:43 AM

Hi guys. A contact lens newbie here (been wearing them for just 3 days). I went to the optometrist two days ago and explained that I spend around 14 hours a day in front of the screen (work-related). I knew nothing about contacts, but I googled some air optix night&day and aqua. He suggested that I used Oasys instead, as the most comfortable on the market.

I wore them for just 2 hours on the first day and they fit me perfectly. Yesterday I put them for 4 hours. But the minute I looked at a computer screen, I lost focus. The vision became blurred and I felt dryness in my eyes. I blinked but it didn't help. Then I looked around, blinked a couple of times and it got back to normal. No uncomfortable feeling, the focus returned. But the minute I looked back at the screen, it got all blurry and felt dryness again. Now, after i took them out, I feel dryness and ache in outside corners of my eyes.

I have my next appointment with the optometrist in 12 days, but I'm not sure what to do until then. Shall I insist that the optometrist gave me air optix aqua to try next time? Thanks for your suggestions.

Brittvid · #6 (**permalink**) 11-30-2009, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by myopicqueen

80% of the Night & Day patients I've seen try Acuvue Oasys/Advance report the blur. I experienced it myself. I've come to my own theory of the modality difference.

Whenever someone mentions "patients" in their post, it makes me think that I'm reading words typed up by a doctor. Is this the case with your posts too, myopicqueen?

Brittvid · #7 (**permalink**) 11-30-2009, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by tvu732

Me too. My original Rx was Acuvue Oasys but I noticed the blur, so I asked my doc to change the Rx and now I'm wearing Night & Day. My doc didn't explain anything about the blur effect (kinda disappointing) but I read some articles on the internet myself and found out it's the high water content that makes the lens blurred.

Tvu732 theorizes that it's the water content that makes these contact lenses so blurry. Does anyone have another explanation? I'm getting a lot of "yeah, I've noticed that too" but not a lot of "here's why." Myopicqueen mentioned something about "modality," whatever that is.