Acuvue contact lenses make my eyes very dry
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nt bad liao loOriginally posted by Honeybunz:Saving money for that since dunno when .... save save save... and then accidentally spend it all. Now have to start saving again. Hope to tiu tiu tiu my eyes in Jan or Feb 07. But mine is only 200 degree, dunno whether doctor still willing to tiu tiu tiu or not
my degree arnd 800+ and astig 200+
u can imagine how much i've to foot for some bloody contact
bt i got specs too
thats the best u can fall back on -
i have been using b & l and my eyes get very red after prolong wear..wonder its my eyes fault or the contacts
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Your prolong is how long?Originally posted by killtuna:i have been using b & l and my eyes get very red after prolong wear..wonder its my eyes fault or the contacts -
Acuvue contact lenses are the best selling brand in singapore... Due to J&J's strong marketing arm they have captured more than 50% of the singapore market share.
To be fair, their lenses are not bad... and rather comfortable too cos of its softness. But they became the best selling not because of its quality but more rather mainly due to their marketing strategy.
It is probably the only lens brand company that give optical shops lots of free trial lenses including the starter kits, which has a bottle of solution and a CL case inside it. Other brands are not that aggressive. There marketing strategy doesn't stop here... It also have the advertising part.
They also are willing to spend lots of money on advertising... Newspapers, pamphlets, joint promotion stands in shopping malls, etc... I have help a friend with his company's promotion pamphlets before (Optical chain shop). The rough cost to print and send these pamphlets are about $55,000 for 100,000 copies (depends on paper quality also & artwork) and i was surprise the optical shop didn't pay a cent at all. In the end, the cost are cover by the sponsors that appear in the pamphlets and there may still be some extra $ left after accumulating for a few sponsors.
Even in Newspapers or Magazines also, tho there may be an optical company name there but its all these product brands like J&J that pays the bill. Of course, the company must be of some size and also give them good sale otherwise they won't pay for you...
One reason why if you walk into an optical shop and ask for disposable lenses, chances are that the sale person will recommend acuvue is probably they have shock on stand-by. Cos it is not easy for shops to keep stocks of different brands of lenses from -1.00 to -9.00 degrees. So it won't be uncommon to see shops stock-up very well with acuvue. Partly also because its popular, many people use it nowadays due to the recommendation by sales people over the years to first time users.
And also probably J&J's good credit terms...
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not a prob for me, i can wear whole day. bt i dun wear everyday cuz very leh ceh. but i find abit too soft for my liking, which isnt any problem.
wad common brands in the market here? maybe i can try something else see see.. -
good stuff like biomedic is via word of mouth
no need advertising -
tiu tiu still better
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went for eye checkup today at my optician after ordering my lens...realise i got slight injury on cornea and some infections...got to refrain fr contacts for a week....
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Woah! Congrats and be careful in future bro.. =)Originally posted by NT2:went for eye checkup today at my optician after ordering my lens...realise i got slight injury on cornea and some infections...got to refrain fr contacts for a week.... -
congrats wat.Originally posted by coolgeek84:Woah! Congrats and be careful in future bro.. =) -
lucky i dont need them..
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acuvue lens works like any good sanitary pad. It leaves my eyes feeling dry throughout the day
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thats nothingOriginally posted by coolgeek84:I have only tried B & L and I've stuck with it for more then 5 years now. I use the Bi-Weekly one except that I only change them once in a month! They are that good! I can continue for more then that actually but I change them because I don't wanna take risk.
Never really tried anything else because the need didn't rise. But I agree with HoneyBunz regarding the opticians trying to "coax" u into buying Acuvue. I wonder what kinda commission they are getting
I once used my contact lense continuously for 3D2N! At chalet.. Never remove.. Never put drops too =) I totally forgot about them -_-
B & L all the way!
try beat my record
never took out the lense for 3 months!(until i kena eye ulcer hehe)
yes it B & L -
yup did try the acuvue trail pair
after less than 8hrs of wearing
can feel the lenses start to harden
sometimes very painful for my eyes
i've not tried biomedic.......
will give it a try soon;p -
Hmmm I thought I cannot wear contacts coz it dries up my eyes so fast
Yes been using Acuvue that I decided to stick to my glasses
Maybe I should try Biomedics -
Actually, I like acuvue because of the high water content which is more comfy for my dry eyes, but I don't use it often bec it costs more. I've used biomedics previously but stopped bec they didn't have daily disposables then. Do they have it now?
As for dry eyes, there's nothing much one can do, but it gets worse and more red if you don't get enough sleep. -
I once used Biomedics daily disposable ones. But it's really very uncommon. I only managed to get it at an optical shop at Harbourfront.Originally posted by Wanda:Actually, I like acuvue because of the high water content which is more comfy for my dry eyes, but I don't use it often bec it costs more. I've used biomedics previously but stopped bec they didn't have daily disposables then. Do they have it now?
As for dry eyes, there's nothing much one can do, but it gets worse and more red if you don't get enough sleep.
It's great using daily disposables (except Acuvue of course). Most comfortable one. But I calculated the cost. The cost of long term using disposable can pay for my lasik liao. So I went back to monthly. -
Then I must ask my regular optical shop to get the Biomedics daily disposable ones to try. BTW, did you know that different brands have different diameter of lens? That may affect your comfort level.Originally posted by Honeybunz:I once used Biomedics daily disposable ones. But it's really very uncommon. I only managed to get it at an optical shop at Harbourfront.
It's great using daily disposables (except Acuvue of course). Most comfortable one. But I calculated the cost. The cost of long term using disposable can pay for my lasik liao. So I went back to monthly.
Using monthly disp. will save quite a bit, unfortunately I can't coz my eyes can't take those 3-in-1 solutions that have become the trend nowadays. -
im ok with most brands except for SeeQuence
the lens tend to move around a lot in my eye -
Oh dear, I just remembered! I might have used Biomedics daily before but gave up bec I.....erm......found a strand of curly hair in the packing.....
There was another brand which didn't have QC and the lenses were sometimes warped or had little tears....but I've forgotten the brand.
To be safe, now I stick to Daily Focus, Puryves and Acuvue.