For a few months now I’ve been toiling around with various contacts for my sensitive eyes. Even my Optometrist said that my eyes are extremely sensitive and all the contacts I’ve been using would be fine for normal use by “normal” people. How dare he call me abnormal? I deductively knee-punched him in his medulla oblongata and ordered him to bring me the best contact lenses from his kingdom of Optometry.

…And he did. He brought forth the enchanted Proclear Toric something-er rather Contact Lens. The monthly contacts with the enchanted powers of Merlin’s tears. The power to see, and the power to be.

Lets go over the review shall we?

Pros:

1) VERY thin in terms of thickness. I believe the polymer was extracted from the phallic horn of a long deceased unicorn that ended up being cloned via blood extract from a mosquito frozen in time within amber.

2) Blue tinted. I hate trying to find clear contacts within a clear saline soup.

3) Lasts a long time… Way, WAY past the longevity of contact lenses created by humans. Unless you come from the future and ask me to give you my clothes, just clean them normally and they won’t rip so you can use em time after time. For the record, mine were used for a day under 2 months. I rule at contact lens Olympics.

Cons:

1) They don’t repair eye damage. A keychain laser beam was bounced off of 18 one-way mirrors and hit me square in the cornea, burning off my ability to see in the dark. Good thing there are no Vampires. Note: I’m now healed and have X-Ray vision.

2) Don’t empower you to shoot laser beams out of your eyeballs that were stored up from laser pointer red beam power.

3) They are comparatively expensive… At least that’s what my credit card says. I don’t trust plastic. Do you?

4) Proclear Torics dry out my eyes a bit. I live in the paradise of Los Angeles however and drive around with my rich movie stars and of course the top is down on my Mercedes SLK-class sports car. Stupid Proclear contacts don’t have automatic tear enrichers.  (One day contacts will melt into your eyeballs on command: EYEBALL TEARS ON!)

There you have it! The mostest awesome0riffic contact review out there for Proclear Toric Contacts. Empowering you from eyeball to eyeball.

Proclear Toric contacts are my choice. Coopervision©. You are the man!

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Acuvue contacts by Johnson & Johnson is a name well known all over the circle of contact wearers. This brand of contacts are a very popular option for contact wearers globally. Acuview contacts are especially popular in North America, with the market share hovering around 70% by some claims. Here we put these contactlens to the test and dissect the pros and cons of these popular lenses.

While many reviews may go into unnecessary fluff, here I will outline why you should or should not purchase these contacts.

Facts (Or what the manufacturer claims):

Pros:

1. Acuview contact lenses are generally very comfortable.
2. Hydraclear helps prevent contac lenses from drying out prematurely.
3. These contact lenses are very thin and add to the comfort factor.
4. Numbering on the contacts themselves to easily determine what side to put the contacts into your eyes!
5. Fairly inexpensive should you find a good deal.
6. They can last longer than the recommended wear time.
7. High level of UV Protection.

Cons:

1. Can dry out eyes should you fall asleep with them on. (Wake up with blurry vision)
2. Can tear easily so be gentle with the Acuvue Advance contacts and if possible, use a Non-rub saline solution.
3. Although they are formulated to prevent dryness, itchy eyes can still be problematic.

Arguments:

1. Acuvue Advance contacts may require an Opti-free solution to prevent crystal buildup.
2. Good for allergic reactions to other contact lenses.

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Contacts are a popular option for those of us with vision that is far from 20/20. Soft lenses are an ever-increasingly popular accessory for teens and adults alike that have a phobia of eyeglasses or dislike of heavy or unwieldy frames. Athletes are especially biased towards contact lenses since they will not have to deal with the frames potentially slipping off of their noses. Let me share with you a few interesting facts about those small polymer ocular devices that we use daily that enable us to have a normal life.

• The original contact lenses were envisioned in 1508 by none other than the leader of the Ninja Turtles: Leonardo Da Vinci. This famous inventor discovered through experimentation that the corneal power of the eye changed when they were submerged in a bowl of water. Although it was not at all practical, he pioneered the way for further research as tools became more precise throughout the centuries.
• Your tears carry within them oxygen to the cornea! Early rigid contacts were made of glass and did not allow air to pass through to the corneal membrane and were therefore dependent on this method alone. Because of this, the cornea would be deprived of oxygen should the wearer have kept them on at night. Doing so would eventually deprive the eyes of oxygen so much that the eye would be more prone to possible eye infection.
• Your Optometrist requires you to give you your contact lens (and glasses) prescription should you ask for it. Although this may seem like an obvious statement, many Optometrists may not give out this information willy-nilly as many patients will then take that information and buy their own contacts online. Some of these people will then forgo seeing their Doctor because they believe that they already know their eyes well-enough. Please do not take this information for granted! Always visit your Optometrist at least yearly for the sake of your health! It’s one of your primary senses you know.

What should I know about contact lenses?

Several people have mixed feelings about corrective contact lenses and may be unclear what exactly they are. A contacs lense is typically made out of a varying special plastics called a polymer. Even though it feels like a soft rubber, modern contact lenses are a type of plastic that is gas-permeable to allow oxygen to reach the cornea.

Speaking of the eye possibly “drying out”. Your eyes will not fall out of your eye sockets. Do not be afraid about the oxygen consumption of the eye! There is still an ongoing study about the amount of oxygen required for the eye to be healthy. All modern contacts provide sufficient oxygen for healthy eyes.

The different types of contacts.

There are still several types of contacts available on the market. While contacts will vary depending on the condition of the eye, the physical make up of the cotact lens remains the same.

• Rigid Lens, Hard Lens, PMMA.
• Gas-permeable lenses or RGP.
• Soft Contact Lens.

Rigid Lenses are the old-school types of plastic lenses that your mother, sister or brother, or you yourself may remember. They are very rare now a days because they are an inferior technology that does not allow oxygen to reach the cornea directly. Instead, your tears carry the oxygen to the corneas. These contacts are not recommended, and should never be recommended by Optometrists unless necessary.

A gas-permeable lens is a type of contact lens that is very similar to the rigid lens in strength and rigidity, but do in fact allow oxygen to reach the eye sufficiently. They are not outdated as rigid lenses are. These types of contacs may be called “RGP” lenses and stand for Rigid Gas Permeable. This type of contactlens is not typically used, but has various benefits which shall be discussed later.

A Soft Contact Lens is the new bread-and-butter of contacs. They account for over 75% of the current contacts in the United States and for very good read. They are different from the other types of contacts in that they are extremely comfortable and allow oxygen to pass through to the cornea due to the fact that they contain water in the make up of the lens.

Since soft contact lenses are so popular and useful, they contain 3 subtypes:

• Extended wear contact lenses contain special material that allow the contact to last for about 2-4 weeks of time.
• Daily disposable lenses will typically be a little pricier, they have several advantages including the fact that disposable contacs will prevent infection at a much higher rate.
• Toric contact lenses are able to correct minor to moderate astigmatism. They are a weighted in a way to allow the lens to conform to the “football” shape of the cornea. These are also available in a rigid form.

As always, your doctor will recommend the necessary contact lenses for you. Be sure to ask many questions!

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