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I have worn contacts 7 days a week for over 20 years, can't stand wearing glasses. Modern daily disposable contact lenses are so easy, probably takes me total
by ncannon 10y ago
I have worn contacts 7 days a week for over 20 years, can't stand wearing glasses.
Modern daily disposable contact lenses are so easy, probably takes me total of no more than 25 seconds a day to deal with them and once they are in I have great vision and cannot feel them at all. I literally cannot tell whether I am wearing them other than the fact I can see properly.
Last time I did the math on LASIK the cost was equivalent to about 5 years worth of lenses. The convenience and flexibility of lenses outweighs the risks of LASIK for me.
- Thaxll 10y agoModern dailies are very expensive, if you wear them almost every days it's 1k+/year in lenses.
- jacalata 10y agoMine have always been free after insurance.
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- ncannon 10y agoI use 1-day Acuvue Trueye which are about $600/year after rebate and before any insurance coverage. IIRC LASIK is around $1500-$2300 per eye depending on which generation of technology is used.
- ryuker16 10y agoEvery software company offers eye insurance. Even without, it was 1k a year.
- lukasbarton 10y agoThere is a new D2C company out there called Hubble. They don't offer custom base curve or correction for astigmatism, but I was able to get one year's worth for $265.
- cardine 10y agoI wear modern dailies (1-Day Acuvue Moist) and it costs me under $500/yr, and that's not including the discounts I get from my insurance. I couldn't believe the positive impact dailies have had on my life - I can't even tell I'm wearing contacts, my dry eye is all but gone, and allergy season is now bearable to me. Even if it was $1k/yr, paying $3/day for perfect eyesight with no discomfort or hassle is still an absolute no brainer.
- ryuker16 10y agoGet the one Month sleeping ones. I switch out only once a month now.
- mkingston 10y agoI would personally recommend a trial for sleep-in contacts. I did so through my optometrist, firstly wearing them as dailies for a week. Then, after an optometrist inspection, leaving them in for one night, followed by another inspection. Finally, I was to sleep in them for a week (or perhaps five days, I forget) followed by another inspection. This final inspection showed that I had developed an eye ulcer during the final phase of the trial, which I had experienced as a very mild irritation. Luckily, there have been no longer lasting side effects.