Should I get an optometrist's permission before trying out contact lenses?

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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Will Corneal Neovascularization go away?

So I just got some Air Optix Aqua Night and Day contact lenses, wore them for 2 nights and my eyes had red veins showing and were very irritated. I took them out and gave my eyes a break but its been about 3 days and the veins have not gone away. The veins aren't in my corneas but they're in the white parts of my eyes. Will they ever go away or have I just grown some ugly red veins that are permanently in my eyes now?

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Is yearly contact lens safe to wear?

I wanted to get yearly contact lens but my friends were saying it's not safe to wear yearly contact lens and they can cause eye infections. Is it safe to wear them?

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