I've been steering clear of contacts my whole life because I suffer with dry eyes. However, I've found this new brand of lenses online that claim to work well with dry eyes and if I pay for an appointment with an eye doctor, I feel like they'd say exactly what I'm expecting: "Try them out for a while and see if you feel any discomfort."
I realize that learning how to put them in would be an issue at first, but I have many different resources to help me learn; (family, friends, the internet, etc.)
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