Re: Question about my contact lenses

Mike Tyner wrote:

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.

Moreover, different individual lenses of the exact same prescription+batch can fit very differently -- some good, most bad, and that after a LOT of trial & error attempts.

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Cheers, Bev
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