Sticky Acuvue

Steuhrob · #1 (**permalink**) 03-19-2008, 03:10 PM

I noticed that there is another thread on this page that has a similar subject, but it's not the same.

I wanted to know if when you accidentally put both contacts in one eye and they stick together, can you inspect them for damage yourself after you've pulled them apart? As a contact lens wearer rather than an eye care specialist, can you make the determination on whether the contact lens is safe to wear?

petlover1 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-19-2009, 08:59 PM

I once put a contact lens in thinking I had lost (dropped) the first one and then when I put the second one in my vision was very blurry so I took out the (what I thought was one) contact lens and two came out and once you have a little solution on your hand containing the two lenses they come apart very easily and there was no damage to either lens so I put one in my disinfecting solution and the other one I used. The next day I used the one I had put in disinfecting solution and both lenses appeared and felt fine when I used them one at a time! I am only a user of lenses for 3 months so I am not an expert and sometimes have mistakes like this one when I put two lenses in one eye! Not any time recently though and one quickly improves with practice.

Steuhrob · #3 (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by petlover1

I once put a contact lens in thinking I had lost (dropped) the first one and then when I put the second one in my vision was very blurry so I took out the (what I thought was one) contact lens and two came out and once you have a little solution on your hand containing the two lenses they come apart very easily and there was no damage to either lens so I put one in my disinfecting solution and the other one I used. The next day I used the one I had put in disinfecting solution and both lenses appeared and felt fine when I used them one at a time! I am only a user of lenses for 3 months so I am not an expert and sometimes have mistakes like this one when I put two lenses in one eye! Not any time recently though and one quickly improves with practice.

Thank you for sharing your experience, petlover1. I hope you've had some more time to practice and avoid putting two lenses in one eye again.