My name is Jenn, and I'm a 27 year old married and babied chick. In addition to a husband, a seven year old daughter, and a five year old autistic son, I also have four cats, three hermit crabs, two frogs, a few fish, and one snorty little Pug. I work from home doing a variety of writing and even some web design. I love blogging, digital photography and web design.
In the middle of last month one of my contact lenses ripped. Of course it was my last pair, and of course my prescription had expired two weeks before, so I couldn’t just buy another box of contacts. Nooooooooooo, instead I had to make an appointment, get the exam, get the trial pair of contacts, then come back for the year’s supply once they were in.
Anyway, since my prescription changed, and my astigmatism seemed to be more pronounced, I asked to try Acuvue Oasys. I also wanted to switch to a bi-weekly contact because I was having major issues with protein deposit buildup on my monthly PureVision monthlies.
So I’ve been using them for about sixteen days now, and I absolutely love them! The right contact took some getting used to, as it’s an astigmatism contact and thus thicker and specially “balanced”, but it works great. For once I can SEE. I hadn’t used my desktop much at all for over two years because the overlapping and out-of-focus text I dealt with because of my right eye was too much to deal with. And in general everything is so much crisper.
Yes, I just devoted an entire blog entry to my love of these contacts. ♥
How bad is your astigmatism? I’m using the PureVisions right now and I’m having major issues with eye gunk. But I have pretty bad astigmatism so I may not be able to switch. Any thoughts?
I love my acuvue oasys contacts <3 been using them for years now
Oh girl, I could have told you that. Having worked in an Optometry office for the last 5+ years as a contact lens examiner, PV is the absolute worst lens on the market. The lens material is absolutely horrible and was actually recalled for a short period in 2002 b/c of all of the problems with it. There are other very good overnight contacts on the market now besides Oasys, but for astigmatism, the best is Oasys, hands down. I would have to say 2nd would be Ciba’s newest release, AirOptix for Astigmatism. Always stick to Acuvue or Ciba, Bausch & Lomb has been falling further and further behind in contacts lens technology the last decade or so.