Contacts after 10 years - Avaira and solution

segata · #1 (**permalink**) 04-05-2011, 11:43 PM

Hi after 10 years, and having Lasik, I am back to using contacts.
My OD prescribed Biofinity but they were horrible I had constant pain on my left eye, both eyes were very red, my vision on the right eye was blurry, and most interesting of it all when I went to remove the contact on my left eye I had lot of difficulty removing it. I had to try about ten times and my eye suffered a lot. For an entire week this was my experience.
Today my OD prescribed Avaira and I was having a great experience until I had to remove them (besides the fact that I was feeling pressure on my left eye). What is it with these contacts that are so hard to remove? Has anyone had an experience like this? Can a contact be to tight? Is that why I feel pressure too?
I live in a very dry place so....
I also wanted to ask about the most natural product out there to care for my contacts. I found a couple of saline solutions but do I need something extra to clean them?
Sorry this is so long.
Thank you!

FaceofBoe · #2 (**permalink**) 04-06-2011, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by segata

Hi after 10 years, and having Lasik, I am back to using contacts.
My OD prescribed Biofinity but they were horrible I had constant pain on my left eye, both eyes were very red, my vision on the right eye was blurry, and most interesting of it all when I went to remove the contact on my left eye I had lot of difficulty removing it. I had to try about ten times and my eye suffered a lot. For an entire week this was my experience.
Today my OD prescribed Avaira and I was having a great experience until I had to remove them (besides the fact that I was feeling pressure on my left eye). What is it with these contacts that are so hard to remove? Has anyone had an experience like this? Can a contact be to tight? Is that why I feel pressure too?
I live in a very dry place so....
I also wanted to ask about the most natural product out there to care for my contacts. I found a couple of saline solutions but do I need something extra to clean them?
Sorry this is so long.
Thank you!

What do you mean by a "natural" product?

segata · #3 (**permalink**) 04-06-2011, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by FaceofBoe

What do you mean by a "natural" product?

I guess I mean preservative free among any other quality like that. I found some saline solutions that are preservative free: Blairex and Unisol 4 but I don't know if I'll need something besides that to take care of my Avaira contacts.

Jesterhester · #4 (**permalink**) 04-06-2011, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by segata

I also wanted to ask about the most natural product out there to care for my contacts. I found a couple of saline solutions but do I need something extra to clean them?

Thank you!

I found a website that will probably tell you everthing you need to know about taking care of your Avaira contact lenses: http://www.cooper-now.com/avaira/avaira/162-lens-caring-tips.html

There's a lot of good stuff here. I scanned the page, but I didn't find any particular brand names of cleaning products. Perhaps someone else can help with that.

redraidermommy · #5 (**permalink**) 04-07-2011, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by segata

Hi after 10 years, and having Lasik, I am back to using contacts.
My OD prescribed Biofinity but they were horrible I had constant pain on my left eye, both eyes were very red, my vision on the right eye was blurry, and most interesting of it all when I went to remove the contact on my left eye I had lot of difficulty removing it. I had to try about ten times and my eye suffered a lot. For an entire week this was my experience.
Today my OD prescribed Avaira and I was having a great experience until I had to remove them (besides the fact that I was feeling pressure on my left eye). What is it with these contacts that are so hard to remove? Has anyone had an experience like this? Can a contact be to tight? Is that why I feel pressure too?
I live in a very dry place so....
I also wanted to ask about the most natural product out there to care for my contacts. I found a couple of saline solutions but do I need something extra to clean them?
Sorry this is so long.
Thank you!

I did a trial of Avaira's early last week (right now im in the biofinities) and I liked them. The first 2 days were rough due to my allergies and sinus pressure, but other than that I loved them. As far as cleaning, I use Opti-free replenish to clean/soak them in every night. If your eyes are super sensitive, try rinsing the lenses with saline before inserting. Also, when it's time to taken them out, I put 2-3 drops in each eye a few minutes before. Then with lint free dry hands, I take them out without any complications. I pull them down and then gently pinch them and take them out. Sometimes I had to try two times, but if you do it gently, you shouldn't cause irritation to your eye. I'm not sure about natural solutions, but i can look it up!

Also, I live in a dry climate too, so I have to use drops at nighttime to take my lenses out. If you don't get them the first 1-2 times, wait a little while, put a drop in to moisten the lens, and try again.

Red

Nutradude · #6 (**permalink**) 04-08-2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by segata

Hi after 10 years, and having Lasik, I am back to using contacts.
My OD prescribed Biofinity but they were horrible I had constant pain on my left eye, both eyes were very red, my vision on the right eye was blurry, and most interesting of it all when I went to remove the contact on my left eye I had lot of difficulty removing it. I had to try about ten times and my eye suffered a lot. For an entire week this was my experience.
Today my OD prescribed Avaira and I was having a great experience until I had to remove them (besides the fact that I was feeling pressure on my left eye). What is it with these contacts that are so hard to remove? Has anyone had an experience like this? Can a contact be to tight? Is that why I feel pressure too?

Thank you!

Did your eye doc say anything about the health of your left eye? That seems to be where you're having trouble.