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I go lenses

  • 28-07-2008 5:05pm
    #1
    seaner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 382 ✭✭


    Hi
    Has anyone any experience of these? I read about them in a magazine and I immediately had to find out more about them. Only problem is that i can't find any other information on them besides their direct website.

    They are basically contact lenses you wear in your sleep...and they correct the shape of your eyeball...so that when you wake the next day and take them out you can see!

    Its definitely something that I would be interested in But I don't want to have to go to the trouble of getting them if they are not worth the trouble.

    If anyone has any experience of them please post it here.
    Thanks!

    Sean


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  • #2
    Hitch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Hitch


    Hi Sean,

    I’ve been wearing the lenses for a month now and they are really good. I used to wear daily contacts and my main reason for switching other than convenience is that my eyes feel better because they get a break during the day.
    After wearing them the first night they felt a bit strange cos I’m used to wearing soft lenses but it’s been three weeks now and they are really comfortable.

    I called this number 0800 077 7185 and they put me in touch with my nearest iGo outlet in London and after having a few tests I was fitted about a week later and I still can’t believe that I’ve got perfect sight during the day – with no lenses in!


  • #3
    seaner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 382 ✭✭seaner


    Well i'm not willing to travel over to London. So i guess i'll just have to wait until they roll them out in Ireland.


  • #4
    Daisies
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,644 Mod ✭✭✭✭Daisies


    Hi Sean.
    There's lenses called Ortho-K lenses that id say are much the same as Igo lenses. They're only suitable for certain prescritions tho. Only certain opticians work with them so do a bit of research


  • #5
    endplate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 991 ✭✭✭endplate


    Hitch wrote: »
    Hi Sean,

    I’ve been wearing the lenses for a month now and they are really good. I used to wear daily contacts and my main reason for switching other than convenience is that my eyes feel better because they get a break during the day.
    After wearing them the first night they felt a bit strange cos I’m used to wearing soft lenses but it’s been three weeks now and they are really comfortable.

    I called this number 0800 077 7185 and they put me in touch with my nearest iGo outlet in London and after having a few tests I was fitted about a week later and I still can’t believe that I’ve got perfect sight during the day – with no lenses in!

    You wouldn't be affiliated with I go lenses by any chance.

    Spoke to an optician about them. Generally Irish opticians don't recommend them cos they are engineering a new corneal shape to temporarily correct prescription. This can lead to weakening of the corneal wall and vessals. They are common practice in Asia but not in the western world


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