Re: Question about my contact lenses

In 25 years of fitting contacts, I've never found any "measurements" that
would guarantee a comfortable fit with soft lenses.

I've seen plenty of SHOCKINGLY SIMILAR lenses where one pair felt fine and
the other felt terrible. "Dimensions" are a guideline but they aren't a very
reliable predictor of comfort.

It isn't entirely trial and error but I can't look at the fit in a
microscope and guarantee that the lenses will be comfortable. Even when they
"fit" and feel fine in the office they may feel "dry" and become unwearable
by the end of the day.

Some people aren't comfortable with ANY soft lens.

Given all that, why would you NOT want to try several lenses?

-MT, OD



<donttalktome@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

I just checked my old Acuvue Oasys lenses, they had a BC of 8.4 and a
DIA of 14.0, SHOCKINGLY SIMILAR to the Acuvue 2's I just tried that
were very uncomfortable. I think I am getting to the root of my
contact lense problem.

Also, it has occured to me that perhaps my doctor gave me all these
different dimensions so that he could find out which type of
dimensions fit my eye properly...although this seems unlikely seeming
as how they mapped my eye and he spent a few minutes shining a light
in my eye and using another machine to determine the shape of my eye.


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