The 23-year-old said she was in the ‘worst pain she’d ever felt’.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    22 days ago

    I have no idea how something like that didn’t happen to me.

    I used to wear 30-day disposable contacts for like 3-4 months without ever taking them out. Would just squeeze the cleaning solution directly into my eyes every morning, give them a few heavy blinks, and then rinse with the saline.

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        22 days ago

        Looking back, definitely lol.

        At the time I was a lazy teenager / college student and just didn’t really think about it. I was also poor + without insurance so had to make them last. Usually when one would tear, it would be when I was taking them out / putting them in.

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      22 days ago

      I had a mate back in uni who would pour lager from a pint glass straight into his eyes if his daily contacts started to dry up. Somehow nothing bad ever came of it, I have no idea how. Inexplicable behaviour and zero repercussions.

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      21 days ago

      I used to do this as well… I think I went for 6 months once… not great. I wear glasses now and have chronic dry eye. I got lucky.