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Originally posted by Rudey
I have huge issues with eye sensitivity too. I flip out at glaucoma tests when they blow air into your eyes and probably tried contacts for a good 2 months before i finally got it.
I would go with Acuvue 2 lenses. If you have difficulty looking at the lens, look away. I look in the top corner of my eye and put the lens in. For a little bit i tried touching my eye with washed hands to get used to it but then i realized that didn't work for me.
Just keep trying.
-Rudey
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I'm the same way. It takes my opthamologist a couple of tries to do the glacoma test because I always flinch.
When I needed contact lenses, I flipped out because I was so scared to put eye drops in nonetheless a contact lense.
I do the same thing as you when I insert the lense. I place the contact lense on the tip of my finger and hold it up to my eye. As soon as the lense in right near my eyeball, I look away to the top of my eye, place the contact lense in and then squeeze my lids shut until the contact is in place.
It will probably take you a while to get use to putting in lenses. When I first starting wearing them, I would set my alarm clock 30 minutes earlier because that's how long it would take me to put the damn lenses in. I've been wearing lenses for 7 years now and I consider myself a pro.
I can get them in and out in just 30 seconds but it definitely takes a lot of practice.
When removing the lense, put some re-wetting drops into your eyes and a little bit of saline onto your finger. It's much easier to remove the lense when your eye has moisture than if it's dry (which it usually is at the end of day from wearing the lenses).