You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contact lenses

Re:You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contac... by therein on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @03:08PM (#41238567)

I have astigmatism and toric lenses never worked well for me. I could feel them rotate in my eye and they would never settle perfectly. This was back in 2006, though. And they weren't bad contacts either, they were ordered from Switzerland, allegedly custom made etc. I tried for a few weeks, they never worked well. Every ten blinks or so I'd get blurry vision.

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Re:You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contac... by UniverseHacker on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @03:13PM (#41238615)

You should try again, I've been wearing them since before that time, and they are much better now than they used to be.

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Re:You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contac... by Scoundreller on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @04:43PM (#41239626)

Probably just need a fitting with a different brand.

A lot of times your local distributor doesn't carry many of the astigmatic lenses because they can sit on the shelf for a while (it can 100x the available combinations) so they special order. I doubt they're specially manufactured per order for soft lenses.

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Re:You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contac... by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @08:30PM (#41241345)

Mass produced torics are available up to -8 power. I'd try them again to take advantage of modern design and fabrication improvements.

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