I love contact lenses.

I was in 6th grade when I jokingly tried on my friend Kathleen’s glasses. I stopped laughing when I noticed I saw the backboard better when I was wearing them. That night I told my parents I should probably go to our family eye doctor.I was prescribed glasses and told to wear them for things like watching TV and movies, as well as looking at the blackboard. When I turned 16 and began driving, I talked my parents into contact lenses, because I did not want to be seen out and about wearing glasses. I was given gas permeable lenses by our doctor and found them to be pretty close to torture! They were uncomfortable that I just went back to wearing my glasses when I drove.

In college I began to need my glasses all of the time. So, I went back to contact lenses. I tried various types of soft lenses, but I had such problems with dry eyes and irritation that I went through perhaps ten brands before my doctor finally recommended the Acuvue disposable lenses. I have been wearing them ever sense, though I eventually moved to Acuvue 2.

Although the Acuvue lenses have been good to me overall, I still have some problems with dry eyes – especially around allergy season. In fact, it is allergy season right now. As I sit here in front of my computer monitor, beside an open window, I find myself blinking way more than I should have to blink.

I’ve been intrigued by the Acuvue Oasys product as of late. I trust the Acuvue brand, I love the comfort of disposable lenses, and I have heard nothing but good things abiut the new HYDRACLEAR™ technology that Johnson & Johnson uses for their Oasys lenses.

The only thing that has been holding me back is that the Oasys lenses are more expensive than the Acuvue 2 lenses I wear not. At least, they are if I order them from my eye doctor. When I look on the 1-800-GET-LENS website, I see that I can get the Oasys lenses for less than I pay for the Acuvue 2 lenses locally. With this in mind, I have called eo tmake an appointment with my eye doctor so I can change my prescription.