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Wearing Disposable Contact Lenses Too Long: Cheap or Frugal?
Posted on October 17, 2007 by Him
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I have been nearsighted at least since I was in the third grade; thus I've had glasses at the early age of 9 years old. That pretty much disqualified me from becoming one of the cool kids. Then again, so did directly sitting in front of the television to watch all of those episodes of Tom and Jerry.
When I hit junior high and had an accompanying hormonal response to girls, I desperately wanted contacts. After an appropriate amount of badgering and promising I was responsible enough to take care of them, my parents eventually relented and let me have my first pair of contacts. Back then, contact lenses were to be treated like gold, as disposables were unheard of. I don't know how much my parents paid for my first pair of contacts, but they made me take care of those like a newborn child.
Since then, I've gone though various phases alternating between glasses and contact lenses. Currently I'm in a contact lens phase. Over a year ago, I bought a one-year supply of 2-week disposable contacts. Today, In our bathroom closet I have about half of the order still remaining. You don't need to do the math to figure out that I've been wearing my contact lenses past the recommended two-week period. At this rate, the remaining contacts will last until about another year from now.
I'm fully aware of elevated risks of eye infection by wearing contact lenses too long. I always take them out at night and soak them in solution. My crime is that I wear them for a little over a month before disposing of them. Half of me does this because I'm lazy; the other half does it so that I can make my contacts last longer, thus putting off getting another eye exam, contact lens fitting, and a new supply of contacts.
Am I being cheap or am I being frugal?
For disposable contact lens wearers: do you follow the manufacturer's schedule of disposal, or do you wear yours past that date? Is it to save money or for another reason?
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