It’s not something that I do often. But sometimes I’m in a hurry and don’t notice, and oh my GOD my eye feel like they’ve got acid in them! It hurts so bad I can barely get my eye open to take it out and flip it around. It also stays bloodshot and angry for like 20 minutes after. Why does this happen?? Is the front textured differently from the back?
Why is accidentally putting contacts in backward so excruciating?
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Wouldn’t that make them cupped the wrong way?
It’s odd, the only feeling I get is “everything is blurry” not pain but they are shaped differently when inverted.
I gave up contacts once I needed bifocals, no more pain!
The curvature is completely different
it hurts you? it tickles for me! i can feel the inverted edge that’s lifting up against the inside of my eyelids and it tickles
Because the edges are angled so that they sit flush with the eyeball. Backwards, the edges would be curving up into the eyelid, scratching it.
I think it depends on how soft they are. Ones I use are quite soft and there’s definitely been such occasions, where I’d wear an inverted one for a while before noticing, and it just feels kinda weird like increased friction / not sitting right.
I had some that had letters on them and inside out, the letters scraped and scratched my corneas. And corneas have a ton of nerve endings.
My stoned ass thought you meant adding a new contacts to your phone and putting their surname first.
Probably kind of like if you turn a baseball cap inside out. It still fits but not quite right lol
best to inspect your lenses by holding them up to a light and check for manufacturing marks, this is how i get mine the right way round everytime
So glad I got LASIK 22 years ago and don’t have that problem anymore.
Your contacts should not feel different on either side, it may be the contour of the lens is irritating your eye because you’ve reversed it and that would feel irritating. Mostly it would be out of focus. Perhaps you should check with your optician and make sure there’s nothing wrong with the lens themselves