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Contact Lenses

Right 6 months back I bought Freshlook coloured contact lenses. I tried for 2-3 days trying to get them onto my eyes but it just didnt work.
Anyway 6 months down the line I need contact lenses now as I am starting football professionally and it will make a massive improvement on my vission.

I would like to know if specsavers will be the best place for me to order some clear and coloured lenses and help me to get them on.
Im assuming the make of the contact lenses 'fresh look' played a role on why I couldnt get them onto my eye.

Hopefully if I start off with prescribed ones from a propper nationally known optician like spec savers, then after they teach me and I wear there contact lenses when I try the fresh looks ones. It should be no porblem.

Where should I start?
Reply 1
didn't they teach you to wear them before you bought them? they don't usually let you take them home after you put them in and take them out 3 times in front of time.
Reply 2
Get soft monthlys. :smile:
Reply 3
Basically I didnt ask them how to put them on or tell them it was my 1st ones. I thought it would be straight forward but it wasnt lol.
Reply 4
go into your opticians and explain that you would like to try wearing contact lenses. they should teach you how to put them in and take them out and keep them clean etc, they usually make you put them in and take them out in front of them at least twice to make sure you understand how to do it. as you want to play football you will get soft contact lenses and can choose between daily disposables or monthly whatever suits you best :smile:
Reply 5
Basically I didnt ask them how to put them on or tell them it was my 1st ones. I thought it would be straight forward but it wasnt lol.
I think the fresh look ones were soft, as they sure were bendable plastic types.
Reply 6
Please find an optometrist/optician to get good-fitting contact lenses! =)

Basically, what happens is that all contact lenses have different base curves and sizes, and not all of them may fit your eye. Some are more curved, so you may end up with a "bubble" between your eye and the lens, while some are more flat, so you may end up with flared edges of sorts. So basically, an optometrist/optician is the best person to determine which brand/type of contact would be most suitable for your eyes, especially since they can see how the lens sits on your eyes and especially since they have lots of knowledge about different brands of lenses. =)

And as for putting in lenses... The first time I ever did so was at the optometrist, where I spent an hour trying to get on one lens and half an hour getting on the other one... And then an eternity trying to take both of them out and put them back on!! It's not as straightforward as it looks, but once you get the hang of it.... =D
Reply 7
Specsavers are really good, they won't let you take the lenses home until you've put them in and taken them out 3 times. They'll teach you the techniques to putting them in :smile: