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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Why do people generally not question when a mexican girl says racist things about white girls? - 1

She's a young Mexican American girl half caucasian/hispanic and she presents herself as being kind and sweet but she is always saying pessimistic things about herself and others and she's very judgemental.
She says she hates white girls because they think they're better than her and they're all bullies. Even though she is half white because her father is a white man with an english background.
She preaches about how mexican/latin women are the prettiest. And white girls won't age as well as her and she'll get the last laugh. YET she dyes her naturally dark hair blonde and wears blue fashion contacts every single day (non prescription) to hide her brown eyes. Her eyes are so dark that when she wears the contacts it looks like she has huge dilate pupils because the blue iris part of the contact is so small. She says dark brown eyes are "disgusting". She won't even sleep over at her boyfriends because she'd have to take the lenses off and he'd see her eyes aren't blue…
She also wears the standard white girl uniform black leggings, a long tunic and ugg boots. Yet she reiterates… She hates white people especially white girls and they're all evil and ugly…

If a white girl said these things about a mexican girl she would be racist. If a mexican girl says this about white girls she's a victim of oppression who is just speaking up for herself.

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Why do people generally not question when a mexican girl says racist things about white girls?

She's Mexican and she presents herself as being kind and sweet but she is always saying pessimistic things about herself and others and she's very judgemental.
She says she hates white girls because they think they're better than her and they're all bullies. Even though she is half white because her father is a white man with an english background.
She preaches about how mexican/latin women are the prettiest. And white girls won't age as well as her and she'll get the last laugh. YET she dyes her naturally dark hair blonde and wears blue fashion contacts every single day (non prescription) to hide her brown eyes, she has even refused to sleep over her boyfriends house because she doesn't want to have to take her lenses out at night and have him see her dark brown eyes which she thinks are ugly. She pays $120 for a pair of them and has them shipped from Brazil because they make her eyes look naturally blue and you would never be able to tell they were lenses or that her real eye color was brown.
She also wears the standard white girl uniform black leggings, a long tunic and ugg boots. Yet she reiterates… She hates white people especially white girls and they're all evil and ugly…

If a white girl said these things about a mexican girl she would be racist. If a mexican girl says this about white girls she's a victim of oppression who is just speaking up for herself.

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Is there different ways to put in contacts?

I've been putting contacts in by pulling my bottom and upper eye lid down and tilting my head forward and downwards, then put my contacts beneath my iris and blink slowly to let it slide in.

My contacts often dries out in my eyes and I always have difficulties blinking.

Today I asked my mom for help and she told me to look as far down as possible and she pulled up my upper eyelid more than she did to my bottom lid and she just put in the lens and told me to blink after 3 seconds. Now this time, it was with the same brand and type of contact lenses and it didn't dry up

How is this? Why is there a different in putting contacts in?

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Any tips for person new to contact lenses?

Just got contacts recently, any tips or tricks to make using them easier, or is it just a matter of time?

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Dry eyes in contact lenses? - 2

Last year I bought the ones with diameter of 14.2 Acuvue 1 day lenses, it fits well, and very comfortable as if I wasn't wearing anything in my eyes. I remember first times I wear them, I had dry eyes and then I eventually got used to it and it become very comfortable to wear

This year I bought 1 day acuvue moist with lacreon which are said to contain wetting feature that keeps my eyes from drying out. This time I bought the ones with the diameter of 14.5. I've been wearing them for a week now and everyday I struggle with dry eyes and a bit redness in my eyes the ENTIRE day and it was a total torture. I'm very frustrated because these are actually more expensive and I bought a lot of them.

Yes I do tried eye drops. And I do soak my lenses over night before wearing it the next day like doctor mentioned.

Can anyone tell me why is this happening? Is it because the diameter is .3 mm bigger? What can I do to get rid of this dry eye problem?

(I can't return these lenses since I always by these lenses from Taiwan)
(Yes these r prescribed from my doctor, why would I just go in a store and buy whatever I see anyways?)

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Dry eyes in contact lenses? - 1

Last year I bought the ones with diameter of 14.2, base curve of 8.7 Acuvue (Johnson and Johnson) 1 day lenses, it fits well, and very comfortable as if I wasn't wearing anything in my eyes. I remember first times I wear them, I had dry eyes and then I eventually got used to it and it become very comfortable to wear

This year I bought 1 day acuvue moist with lacreon which are said to contain wetting feature that keeps my eyes from drying out. This time I bought the ones with the diameter of 14.5 and base curve of 8.5. I've been wearing them for a week now and everyday I struggle with dry eyes and a bit redness in my eyes the ENTIRE day and it was a total torture. I'm very frustrated because these are actually more expensive and my parents bought a lot of them.

Yes I do tried eye drops. And I do soak my lenses over night before wearing it the next day like doctor mentioned.

Can anyone tell me why is this happening? Is it because the diameter is .3 mm bigger? Or the base curve difference? What can I do to get rid of this dry eye problem?

(I can't return these lenses since I always by these lenses from Taiwan)

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Dry eyes in contact lenses?

Last year I bought the ones with diameter of 14.2 Acuvue 1 day lenses, it fits well, and very comfortable as if I wasn't wearing anything in my eyes. I remember first times I wear them, I had dry eyes and then I eventually got used to it and it become very comfortable to wear

This year I bought 1 day acuvue moist with lacreon which are said to contain wetting feature that keeps my eyes from drying out. This time I bought the ones with the diameter of 14.5. I've been wearing them for a week now and everyday I struggle with dry eyes and a bit redness in my eyes the ENTIRE day and it was a total torture. I'm very frustrated because these are actually more expensive and I bought a lot of them.

Yes I do tried eye drops. And I do soak my lenses over night before wearing it the next day like doctor mentioned.

Can anyone tell me why is this happening? Is it because the diameter is .3 mm bigger? What can I do to get rid of this dry eye problem?

(I can't return these lenses since I always by these lenses from Taiwan)

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