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gas permeable contact fitting & problems

Eye Conditions | Last Active: Jan 22 12:42am | Replies (7)
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@scesslinger

Thank you very much for your quick response! My daughter is 23 now, she has been wearing the gas perm contacts since she was 8. She has dry eyes mostly due to the contacts not letting enough tears underneath and I think she needs an optometrist that can get a better fit for her. Also she can't see as well as she would like, could be from her eyes being dry. She goes through a bottle of wetting drop every couple days. She carries them with her everywhere and puts drops in every 15 mins. or so. The lenses are uncomfortable which again could be from them being dry. Thank you for the list of eye care professionals who prescribe GP lenses, but my goal is to find a professional who is recommended and stands out as an elite in the matter of GP lenses. I don't know if it is possible to find this as I have only come up with lists of providers with a few patient reviews. I have been looking for over six months and don't really know how to find.

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Jan 19 5:24pm

Is there a reason your daughter won’t just wear glasses? My daughter (40) and I both aren’t able to wear contact lenses. We’ve both tired many different types and all of them either pose issues with clarity of vision and horribly dry eyes. We were excited years ago when the gas perm lenses came out. But even those would caused issues. Your daughter may be one of these people for whom contacts along, with the solutions used, just don’t agree with her eye health.

Your daughter may also have a condition where her tear ducts aren’t producing enough tears to protect her eyes. Long term dryness can result in permanent damage to the eye so she may need to address that first before continuing with the pursuit of contacts.

Good luck with your search. I’m not sure how to go about it other than maybe contacting the American Board of Optometry:
https://americanboardofoptometry.org/general-public/locate-a-board-certified-optometrist/
They may have references and recommendations to elite doctors who specialize in the area which would do the most for your daughter.

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