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Please, anyone, what am I doing wrong with my contacts!

Asked by deni (23141points) August 26th, 2009

So I got contacts a week ago, and I had them once before, and obviously I’m doing something wrong. I wash my hands before I put them in, and I keep them soaked in clean lens stuff and they aren’t inside out because it’s easy to tell when they are.

Anyhow, so I put them in, and it’s like having 7 eyelashes in your eye at once. I can hardly open my eye, but when I finally can, I can see that the lens is right over the colored part like it’s supposed to be, yet it still hurts like a mother. Maybe 5 minutes later, after I sit and massage my eyeballs, then they feel normal.

I have no idea what the problem could be. I went to the eye doctor yesterday, he said everything looked fine and they fit well. The only thing I’m thinking is that since I have astigmatism, my lenses are larger and they have to be put in a certain way…there are little lines that show you where the top and bottom go. I put them in correctly, but maybe they are turning and that’s why they’re uncomfortable?

Any input? I think I’m just gonna quit trying with them.

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