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AnnieB wrote:Gorgeous eye KK! Beautiful color. Thanks AnnieB, to bad they come out lol
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Wow. I have dark brown eyes too. Hate them. I need an eye exam but what gets me is the part where they tell you they are going to put something in your eyes that you won't be able to see your way home. Like I don't have anyone who I can rely on to take me home from an eye exam just because they squirt something in there that affects vision for a few hours. Well, the eye exam place is kind of across the street for me in a shopping mall type place. What's the part of the eye exame where one can't see for a few hours????? Also that part where they shoot air in the eye. That part scares me too. but it would be nice to have blue eyes. Can't imagine putting things in my eyes though. Don't they feel like an eyelash stuck in there and how do people put them in. Like I CAN'T IMAGING putting something in my eye like that. How do you do that/?? Does it hurt. Can one go swimming in those things??? Paris Hilton wears them yes?? kk25 wrote:Sue Thank you,
I also have Naturally Dark Brown eyes,
Green is very nice color sue(tends to look more natural), what brand of contacts did you used to wear?
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Some of the Lenses Pics/reviews Coper Vision Natural Touch Colors, there is nothing natural about this ones they look really fakeAt least on me, the color and print is very opaque and unnatural they also make the eyes look smaller because they have a dark line that is printed on them , this line is smaller and sits inside the the Iris.  Cooper Vision NT ^(Gray very nasty looking) Expressions this Contacts make the Iris of the eye appear larger than it really is, the colors are not very natural they are intense and the shades are not Natural, from the colors I tried from this line the Jade green was one of my favorites the print on them is fake looking because it has lines on them, the pupil is big and slide around. this are disposable lenses, they come in a box of 6 lenses, I think this ones are around $26.00 USD per box  Expressions by cooper Vision in Jade Green
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Well, speaking of Paris Hilton, she's upset that a New Zealand bill board company put up a billboard with the words's "VACANT" next to her photo. LOL.  MissJ wrote:Wow. I have dark brown eyes too. Hate them. I need an eye exam but what gets me is the part where they tell you they are going to put something in your eyes that you won't be able to see your way home. Like I don't have anyone who I can rely on to take me home from an eye exam just because they squirt something in there that affects vision for a few hours. Well, the eye exam place is kind of across the street for me in a shopping mall type place. What's the part of the eye exame where one can't see for a few hours????? Also that part where they shoot air in the eye. That part scares me too. but it would be nice to have blue eyes. Can't imagine putting things in my eyes though. Don't they feel like an eyelash stuck in there and how do people put them in. Like I CAN'T IMAGING putting something in my eye like that. How do you do that/?? Does it hurt. Can one go swimming in those things??? Paris Hilton wears them yes?? kk25 wrote:Sue Thank you,
I also have Naturally Dark Brown eyes,
Green is very nice color sue(tends to look more natural), what brand of contacts did you used to wear?
If anybody knows of any orthopedic doctors, in Boston or Concord MA area who are conversant in FEMORAL ACETEBULAR IMPINGMENT, please let me know. Cancel above request. My hip is now too far gone. Need a total hip replacement.
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kk25 wrote:AnnieB wrote:Gorgeous eye KK! Beautiful color. Thanks AnnieB, to bad they come out lol That's okay! I think it is cool to be able to change, and I know you are tired of your brown eyes but I think brown eyes are gorgeous! We always get tired of we have ourselves. I love that jade green one too. I know you said it looks unnatural, but would anybody else be able to tell?
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MissJ the eye Exam is not bad at all, they didnt do the part were you cant see. what is scary is taking the lenses out, when I first got them... it toook me a very long time to get them out, every time I tried the stinky lens moved back and to be honest I was panicking because every intent to remove them the lens went back in to position, I was almost ready to go to the emergency room, still don't wear them on as often because I am afraid to take them off . I had the eye exam done and got a prescription but I do not need them for seeing so they are just color lenses w no power to them , they are much softer and harder to get out than the ones with power . the expressions are uncomfortable like you can feel them when you blink, also if you wear them for long period they can start feeling cloudy/Dry (eyelash feeling) MissJ wrote:Wow. I have dark brown eyes too. Hate them. I need an eye exam but what gets me is the part where they tell you they are going to put something in your eyes that you won't be able to see your way home. Like I don't have anyone who I can rely on to take me home from an eye exam just because they squirt something in there that affects vision for a few hours. Well, the eye exam place is kind of across the street for me in a shopping mall type place. What's the part of the eye exame where one can't see for a few hours????? Also that part where they shoot air in the eye. That part scares me too. but it would be nice to have blue eyes. Can't imagine putting things in my eyes though. Don't they feel like an eyelash stuck in there and how do people put them in. Like I CAN'T IMAGING putting something in my eye like that. How do you do that/?? Does it hurt. Can one go swimming in those things??? Paris Hilton wears them yes?? kk25 wrote:Sue Thank you,
I also have Naturally Dark Brown eyes,
Green is very nice color sue(tends to look more natural), what brand of contacts did you used to wear?
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Miss J, I just had an eye exam and ordered glasses a week ago. I can't do contact lenses. I am to freaked out about pulling the eye. So, instead I end up wearing glasses. I tried them ten years ago and I was terrible at putting them in. My little boy (little at the time) told me I was being a baby! He got them at 11 and had no problems. But, anyway, this last eye test, I opted not to have that test where they dilate the pupils. They said I didn't need it. They did do the air one where they puff the air at your eye, and that freaks me out too. I sat there all worried and it wasn't bad at all, but then I worried over the next eye. But, not so bad. To be honest, I don't know why they do the pupil dilation thing and why it was not necessary for me. My DH never has that done either. My son, who wore glasses from age 2 on, always has to have his done. I never knew one had a choice until now, when I asked if it was necessary and he said no. You may want to ask and they may tell you you don't need it.
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Oops, sorry KK! We posted at the same time.
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The dilated exam is so they can see your entire retina. The pupils are dilated so the indirect ophthalmoscope (the big machine rather than the direct or hand held ophthalmoscope)can be used to visualize changes in the optic nerve head (changes c/w glaucoma, optic neuropathy, etc) and the sides of the retina to check for tears, macular degeneration, etc. They never do it but if you ask they can put a drop in to counter the dilitation. Usually just wearing sunglasses (as the pupils can't contract) is enough.
The puff is a test for intraoccular pressure, measued for glaucoma.
My eyes are blue (always wanted dark mysterious ones) and have worn contacts for years although never colored ones.
If you are really a coward or afraid to stretch the skin near your eye you can buy little plungers that suction the lens off without you touching them. Only do this when you are paying attention. I did it once when I had already taken my contacts off and ended up suctioning my cornea - ouch.
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OMG, that stuff about putting the contacts in and getting them out (or not being able to and having to resort to an eyeball PLUNGER) scares me. Years back the eye exam doc said they would dilate my pupils and I would need to have someone escort me home. It's like I don't know if I can arrange the 'timing' of that. Maybe I'll ask if they rent seeing eye dogs and canes for the trip across the parking lot. But still, I don't like the part about having the exam and then not being able to see after it.
Now, I WANT blue or green eyes but my skittishness for putting them in and out and that temp blindness part of eye exam seems to be over riding my desire for a different color.
If anybody knows of any orthopedic doctors, in Boston or Concord MA area who are conversant in FEMORAL ACETEBULAR IMPINGMENT, please let me know.
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I had to use the little egg cup thingy to take out the contacts that I tried years ago but could not wear because of my allergies/dry eyes. I have a 'thing' about anything near my eyes, so I should have known this was not a good idea regardless of the allergies. But, I wanted green eyes and I wear glasses for distance, so I thought it was a good idea for about 2 minutes. The technician helped me get them in (while I batted and blinked to high heaven), she was patient with me but I was fighting her the whole time. Then when it came time to get them out, she told me to just prop my eye open with one hand and touch my finger tip to the lens in my eye. "Are you kidding?" I was batting my own hand away, blinking, tearing up, and gagging (touching my eyeball made me gag, eyeballs in general make me gag). She finally gave up and handed me one of the egg cup plunger things to get it out. I still couldn't get it out but I did not want her trying. I went home and got them out after an hour of trying. I tried this for about two weeks, spending a lot of time every night getting them out of my eyes. Then my allergies kicked in, my eyes were dry and I was glad I could not wear the damn things. Miss J, I only get my eyes dilated every other time I get an exam and only for the reasons that Sam mentions. It's a good idea to do it once every few years because eye problems can be fairly insidious. If you are not driving, then I would not worry about the blurriness. I can navigate fine when mine are dilated, with my sunglasses and someone else driving.
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So you too are skittish about putting them in and out. I see people doing it and can't imagine HOW they do that.
I'll go ask questions at the eye place tomorrow.
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Yes, throat and eyes are touchy spots for me. You have my total empathy on this. I have a real issue about my eyes but not as bad as my throat. I hate the air blast thing too. Worse than that is now they don't use the air at my doctor's office, but put this thing up to your eye while you're staring at a light and touch the eye ball surface with the tip of it to measure the pressure. I told the doctor a few months ago that there was no way I would ever let that thing touch my eyeball and would not go down without a fight. Then he made me rest my chin in this chin cup thing, leaned forward, stared at the light, and the damn machine sort of pinned my eyelid so I could not shut my eyes and then the evil thing got me by the eye ball. I was not happy. But, it did not last long and gratefully, my eyes are healthy. So, be prepared and tell 'em to keep that machine away from you. LOL.
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Is there contacts for reading, I had Lasik several years back for myopia and the dr warned me that I may have a problem with close up and will need a reading glasses in few years, heck he was right, it's embarrassing at my age to use these older people glasses, I need to get contacts, lol, but I'm afraid my eyes will longer hold contacts in them
Oh how much I hated these puff tests
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lindahere wrote:Is there contacts for reading, I had Lasik several years back for myopia and the dr warned me that I may have a problem with close up and will need a reading glasses in few years, heck he was right, it's embarrassing at my age to use these older people glasses, I need to get contacts, lol, but I'm afraid my eyes will longer hold contacts in them
Oh how much I hated these puff tests
I don't think they make contacts for reading, because you'd have to take them out and in all the time. Unless they have some way of making bifocal contacs? I know that due to my astigmatisms I had weighted contacs (for my brief one day of wearing them), and so maybe they do make bi-focals somehow, and they are weighted? Nah, that couldn't work. But why do you have to wear old lady glasses? The new ones I just ordered are purple, almost ugly betty glasses. Mine are not huge like those are though. They are very small, but what I mean is that the frame is very visible. I also got a more conservative neutral pair since ya can't wear purple everywhere. I say go for the ones you like at any age!
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oh, that's right--forgot, contacts just for reading might not work walking around. I just need glasses to read.
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When I wore them, I had Monovision contacts. One contact was set up for distance, the other for reading. Some people cannot use them because it makes them feel dizzy and it takes a little getting used to,your brain has to kind of train your eyes to do two different things at once, but they worked for me. I have dry eyes in the fall/winter, so I kind of gave up with them, but I liked having the change of eyecolor for fun too. Or I guess if you only needed them for reading, one contact could be perscription, the other could be nonscript, but that way you could wear colored anyway.
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DCNGA wrote:I had to use the little egg cup thingy to take out the contacts that I tried years ago but could not wear because of my allergies/dry eyes. I have a 'thing' about anything near my eyes, so I should have known this was not a good idea regardless of the allergies. But, I wanted green eyes and I wear glasses for distance, so I thought it was a good idea for about 2 minutes. The technician helped me get them in (while I batted and blinked to high heaven), she was patient with me but I was fighting her the whole time. Then when it came time to get them out, she told me to just prop my eye open with one hand and touch my finger tip to the lens in my eye. "Are you kidding?" I was batting my own hand away, blinking, tearing up, and gagging (touching my eyeball made me gag, eyeballs in general make me gag). She finally gave up and handed me one of the egg cup plunger things to get it out. I still couldn't get it out but I did not want her trying. I went home and got them out after an hour of trying. I tried this for about two weeks, spending a lot of time every night getting them out of my eyes. Then my allergies kicked in, my eyes were dry and I was glad I could not wear the damn things.
Miss J, I only get my eyes dilated every other time I get an exam and only for the reasons that Sam mentions. It's a good idea to do it once every few years because eye problems can be fairly insidious. If you are not driving, then I would not worry about the blurriness. I can navigate fine when mine are dilated, with my sunglasses and someone else driving. D, I had to laugh over your experience with the contact insertion and removal! LOL I remember being a wreck too, and was sure I could never do it. Finally after being assured several times that the contact could not leave my eye socket and travel up into my brain, where it would stay lodged there unless surgically removed, LOL I was able to relax. I still from time to time would have small panic attacks though at times, when I could not easily remove one. **Relax, deep breaths, sh sh sh** Ha!!
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Sue wrote:When I wore them, I had Monovision contacts. One contact was set up for distance, the other for reading. Some people cannot use them because it makes them feel dizzy and it takes a little getting used to,your brain has to kind of train your eyes to do two different things at once, but they worked for me. That's very interesting Sue. Do you know how they choose which eye to have reading and which for distance? If you try to read, is there an adjustment that takes a few seconds or do your eyes just make the change right away? I never ever would have thought something like that could be done. My new glasses I pick up today are progressive, and I've never had that. Til recently I never had a problem with reading. I was told I could get horrible headaches for a few weeks, while adjusting. I am hoping that doesn't happen. My second pair I got is only distance, because I do have reading glasses already (the ones you buy at Target/Walgreens, etc). I can't imagine trying to adjust to one eye being distance and the other being reading...and I wonder if you have to alternate at all with prescriptions? I mean, can one eye weaken in any way? Sorry for all the questions and thanks for posting about this.
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Sue wrote:
D, I had to laugh over your experience with the contact insertion and removal!
Me too! DC, you have a funny way with words and I can totally picture the scenes you describe!! It is nice to know that others have problems with the darn eye exams and contacts too, and can laugh about it! When my youngest had his eyes dilated the first time, he was around five. He started glasses at 2 but didn't have that test tilhe was older. But, anyway, they gave him those disposable sunglasses, that, even though they were kids size, were HUGE on him. I swear he looked like a bug. He loved them! My older son (3 years older), wanted a pair too and was so jealous. He told him he looked like an Alien, which of course the little guy loved. This, of course, when he was young enough to like his glasses and feel special with them (we made sure to make him feel that way). It wasn't til a few years before the teasing began at school. Ah...to be a little tot with no worries... But anyway, wanted to share about how little kids handle things so differently than we adults do. He was always so much better than me at my exams!
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