/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Not a catastrophe and extremely mild story. Green texting because I'm autistic.

>con dance with friends
>friend goes a bit nuts dancing and accidentally slaps me in the eye
>contact falls out and miraculously lands on shoulder
>rush out of ballroom in an attempt to save contact (it was a gorgeous orchid purple color and last one in stock)
>contact case fell out of bag pocket
>couldn't save it
>friend didn't replace it
>really miss that color, still searching online for exact shade

>>8403306
>not just stickin that thing back in ya gotdamn eye
MEDIOCRE

>>8403306
this is the reason why I try to not cosplay obscure characters with precise eye colour or hair, because I know if anything happens I won't be able to replace it. rip in pepperoni anon

>>8403306
Next time put it in your mouth

>when the specific color I bought for a cosplay doesn't show up on my dark eyes

Kinda sorta. First time I wore contacts.
>want to cosplay Ai from Hell Girl
>noob to cosplay with no guidance
>Milanoo ordered uniform + cheap with over priced shipping contacts from UK website
>contacts arrive a week before con
>hype
>never used contacts before and put them in after watching 1 video
>struggle for a good 10 minutes full of tears and blinking
>finally get 1 in
>entire sclera is blood red
>eye is starting to burn, feels dry and itchy
>panic
>struggle another 5 minutes getting the thing out

My eye went back to normal, but I'm not touching contacts until I can get an eye exam and get something from America's Best or some place similar.

>get gorgeous storm grey contacts online
>wear them for one day to school
>super itchy, burning, almost cutting feeling around the edges
>my lower lids are swelling considerably
> friend "uh anon... look in the mirror and wipe your eye"
>ok shouldn't be that bad with just a bit of discomfort
>greenish pus coagulated around the inner corners of my eyes
>bloodshot and very swollen
took them out and threw them away when I got home. oddly enough after a good nights sleep my eyes were back to normal.

>>8403336
Did you soak them in normal contact solution for at least 6hrs before putting them in your eye?

>order those $100 blackout scleral lenses from the UK
>couldn't wait to be spoopy
>watch numerous videos about inserting them
>pretty good at circle lenses so I thought I could manage
>lenses arrive
>try so many times to get them in
>I can't
>don't have the heart to throw them out
>took them back out a month later to try again
>nope
>last month I remembered about them again
>by this time they were a little over a year old
>pitched them for the sake of my eyes
Not horror, just terrible disappointment...

>>8403379
Damn that sucks anon I am sorry. I have never had scleral lenses but I use contacts every day for my normal vision and circles lenses are just as easy to me. I have 0 problems with them ever.
I was thinking of getting sclera lenses but I really wonder if I would be okay or not?

>>8403379
I'm afraid of this happening. I'm a daily contacts lens wearer and wear circle lenses for cosplay but I don't know if I could handle scerlas. I really wanted them for a creepy cosplay but I heard that you have to take them out frequently to let your eyes rest and with all the eye makeup I have on for cosplay that just doesn't sound smart to take them out all the time and shove em back in.

The worst I ever had was my eye got dry during a con in another state, I'm assuming it was a difference in atmosphere, and it kinda got stuck to my eye. But after a few hard blinks it came right out

>ALA
>wear lenses for about 9 hours
>take lenses off when about to go to sleep
>15 min later my eyes are burning for 2 hours and im blind
>beg roommate to turn off all the lights
>go to bathroom to wash eyes out with water
>wakes up next morning ok

>>8403441
Holy shit this is terrifying. Where did you buy from?

>>8403569
pretty sure they were from honeycolor and i've never had any other pair do this. in fact, i can still wear them to this day without any pain. ugh, it was the worst pain i've ever felt, like burning tears inducing

This didn't happen to me but a classmate in my theatrical makeup class. This guy tried to dye a pair of clear contacts green with food coloring and when he stuck the lenses in his eyes, the dye spread to the rest of his eyes. The whites of his eyes were green tinted for like a week

I can't wear contacts to save my life, my eyes just get swollen and red and I have to claw them out while bawling.

But
>be at love hotel with almost-girlfriend
>she was in lolita so she had to take everything off, including contacts
>shenanigans
>wake up in the morning, need to brush teeth
>there's a cup of water near the sink, so I gargle with that
>drink some water
>look into cup
>there's one contact in there
>"...babe, I think I drank one of your contacts"

I'll buy her new ones, b-but at least we have a funny story to tell now, I guess?

>>8403336
Ive been using colored contacts for over 7 years now and I STILL have trouble putting them in. Some people just have better steadiness than others. Personally I shake and I can't keep my eyes open because of how long my lashes are. I hit them constantly and it takes forever to get the contacts in.

>>8403336
Your eye was most likely irritated because you fucked around too much. Also, you should have soaked them in solution. Getting an eye exam isn't exactly necessary. Order from Pinky paradise, buy some decent solution, and be gentle with your eyes and use clean hands.

>>8403588
omg wtf why would you think food coloring would work

was he ok afterwards??

For very sensitive eyes I suggest Biotrue. This is the closest thing to Aculense I have ever found since Acu got discontinued. I have very, VERY sensitive eyes. Even though I have been wearing them for years for conventions I still have trouble putting lenses in. It helps soothe your eyes if you have trouble which is great for me. This solution doesn't sting, red your eyes, dry out your eyes, or itch. It is AMAZING.

>>8403643
Good thing food coloring is non-toxic. Thats hilarious. What an idiot.

>>8403645
Honestly, tried and hated it. I thought it was actually very drying for my contacts. To each their own, though. I always heard great things about Biotrue, and I'm sure I'm sure I'm just some crazy exception. I just don't recommend anyone to insist like I did if it doesn't seem to work out, because my eyesight has gotten officially worse (checked with doctor) after a month wearing it. Six months since then, it's still not back to my normal degree.


On a horror story, which should begin by mentioning that it's been a while since I completely changed my normal lenses for circle lenses and never had a problem
However, last year
>went camping for a festival at the end of the universe
>2 flights and a 5 hour drive later, arrive at destination
>still have to walk for 40min after that, btw
>eye drops sort of skipped my mind during all the busy rush
>arrive, set up tent, go swimming, watch some concerts, etc
>finally go to sleep
>we forgot flashlights
>I'm trying to remove contacts
>can't
>REALLY CAN'T
>panic mode, call friend to come with me to the bathroom
>storm made all lights black out in the festival too
>Jesus, how do I get this out of my eye now
>friend does some crazy thing where he pressed my eye so strongly it nearly bruised
>lens came out
>spend the next 3 days blind, terrified of putting them on again.

>be a cosplay noob who has never worn contacts
>buy first circle lenses
>not too bad for my first try. Got it on my eyes 2nd try
>the blue looks awesome
>apply make up
>bad liquid eyeliner being used
>accidentally poke my eyes with the tip of the brush, am very unfazed
>as I look into the mirror my sclera turns black but I can still see
>the blue contacts still cool as ever
>run to show mother
>she starts screaming that I've been possessed
>I start screaming and cry
>my tears wash away the black but now my tears are black

>now have to wear a blessed silver cross around my neck at all times

>>8403332
>test-wearing blue contacts over my azn brown eyes
>boyfriend asks if I'd like to go out to dinner with him
>sure!
>waiting to see how long before he notices
>finish dinner
>as he drops me off at my place, I say "by the way, my eyes are blue right now"
>"OH"

>>8403336
The eye irritation happened because coloured contacts are kind of harsh (relative to the prescription regular-wear contacts I'm used to) *and* the little jar they arrive in is full of pickling solution (to preserve the lens before it gets taken out and used), not contact solution (which is formulated to be safe for eyes)! And -of course- everyone's first time wearing contacts is always uncomfortable because your eyeballs are freaking out about the lens you just shoved in there. You probably know better by now, but
>the more you know.gif

It's also possible that you have astigmatism (your eyeball is shaped like a football instead of a sphere). My left eye is astigmatic - when I mentioned to my optometrist that I wanted to get coloured contacts, she insisted on ordering from a "trusted supplier." It turned out that she hadn't taken my base curve into account, so an hour into wearing my first set, my left eye was inflamed, dry, and painful. I later ordered some circle lenses from PinkyParadise that are just as comfortable as regular-wear lenses imo.

>>8403588
> tried to dye a pair of clear contacts green with food coloring
>mfw
>sounds like the kids who tried dying their skin with Sharpie baths instead of just buying theatrical makeup

>>8403661
>not sure if real but good story

At the end of a day of cosplaying, I noticed one of the contacts I was wearing was missing. I thought it must have fallen out somehow and looked everywhere but couldn't find it. Three days later in the shower, my eye starts itching really badly.... I rub my eye and out comes out my missing contact. It must have ended up behind my eyeball or something, but I didn't feel anything until that shower. Freaked me out.... but I still wear contacts

>wear circle lenses
>I'm a fucking idiot and fall asleep
>wake up
>Everything feels normal
>take contact lenses out
>can't open my eyes because of the pain
>can't see for two days because it's psycially impossible for me to open my eyes
>can't open eyes + have to take eye drops
>aw shit I can open my eyes again!
>go outide to enjoy the world
>go back inside because light hurts
>worst week of my life

>Put contacts on at 7 am
>Going on cosplay contest at 6 pm
>Eyes become red
>Everyone starts asking me if I'm crying
>Everyone thinks I've been crying because I did not win the contest
>Online drama ensues

Okay what ever you do DON'T BUY ANY FUCKING CONTACTS FROM YOUKNOWIT!!

Seriously, mark my words with this because you just won't save your money, you'll save your eyes from burning hell.

> Be me, 16 years old
> I have used contact lenses for a long time
> Decide to buy red contacts from youknowit because they had decent prizes.
> I got them and I was super happy. They looked so nice in the bottle.
> I was putting them to my eyes, when I felt hugeass pain.
> Panicking I watched from mirror what was happening
> Oh hell no
> Contact lense was ripped in three pieces in my eyes.
> Tried to take them off asap.
> Got all the pieces from eye before anything happend.

Well I thought that it was my own fault, that I made something wrong. Decide to buy grey ones next. BIG MISTAKE.

> I bought grey lenses
> Convention day, finally putting them to my eye.
> Suddenly HELL FIRE was all over my eye. It burns so bad.
> I cried so much, tried to take them off.
> Nope, not gonna buy anymore lenses from youknowit.

>>8403646
>food coloring is non-toxic.
non-toxic doesn't mean it's safe to put inside your eyes. why do people think that non-toxic means it's safe entirely 100%, it just means you can eat it.

>>8403786

I have a couple:

>second convention ever
>first con in cosplay, as noivern
>basically a dragon with speakers on its head
>buy dragon eye lenses specifically for this cosplay
>the ones with the slits for pupils
>had circle lenses in before, I can deal with it
>did not anticipate rotation
>constantly having to check my eyes in the back of my phone and turn the lenses back straight
>7 hours of lens wear, eyes feel like they're made of sandpaper
>8 hours, it hurts to blink
>lens case at hotel
>I paid too much for these to just take them out
>10 hours, get back to hotel, take out lenses, wash out eyes with water and eye drops
>go out, have fun, eat sandwich, go to bed

the next morning

>try to open eyes
>can't
>manage to crack one eye open
>literal centimeter circle around each eye of encrusted mucus and gunk
>remove with water
>there was still a little bit in the inner corner of my left eye
>pull at it with fingers
>what looks like a worm of mucus unwinds from my eye socket, roughly two inches long when i get it all out
>the same happens with the other eye
>my eyes didn't hurt at all, but i had to clean this stuff out every 10-15 minutes or i would be unable to see through it
>this shit continued for a week and a half

My optician informed me that it wasn't the lenses per se, but a bit of bacteria or something from my finger got caught under them when I was adjusting them.

Tl;dr - don't get lenses with slit pupils unless you are inhumanly hygenic or don't mind looking like a frog at random points during the day.

>>8403921

Another, though again this is less on the part of the lenses:

>Last big convention I went to
>Sunday, went as Stocking in her school uniform
>Again, bought lenses specifically for this cosplay
>they look great, i fucking love them
>put my lashes on
>they look perfect also
>get to con
>10 minutes in, eyes start itching
>I can feel my eyes watering
>wipe away water
>look at hand
>red
>blood
>actual blood leaking from eye socket
>I AM CRYING TEARS OF FUCKING BLOOD AT A CONVENTION
>NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN MORE FITTING
>End up leaving early because my eyes hurt so much
>Also because blood
>Get back to hostel
>Lashes off
>lenses out
>wash out eyes while partially blind
>spot what I believe to be a bit of mucus in my right eye
>pull it out
>feel the oddest sensation of something tearing
>more blood occurs
>flip lower eyelid down to investigate/clean
>It is about then that I realise that the membrane/skin that covers the inside of my eyelid is gone
>One of the veins is slightly exposed
>Have a repeat of waking up with blood/mucus crust combo the next morning
>Friend J has to help me get back through London because I can't see, which is ironic considering she's practically blind anyway
>We make it home in one piece anyway

>I went to the doctors about it, he informed me that the irritation was chemical first and foremost
>Something weakened/burned through my eyelid membrane and then my lens caught on the vein, causing it to open and make my eye bleed

And that, gulls, is how I found out I am allergic to eyelash adhesive.

Tl;dr - Always read the label unless you want to look (and feel) fucking brutal.

>>8403389
>>8403400
If you're comfortable touching your eye and pulling your eyelid forward, you'll probably be fine. I've used lenses for years and struggled a little bit when first getting them, but with practice it's a no brainer now. The main hurtle is you have to touch your eye a lot more than you normally would, which I know freaks some people out. It probably also helps that I can widen my eyes a lot - people with narrower asian-like eyes will probably have a lot more trouble.

>>8403947

A bit of follow up:

>I can still wear lenses
>Still have perfect vision
>Still able to cosplay
>Have become very susceptible to eye infections
>Have to clean my eyes out regularly because of this
>Had to miss out on cosplaying at the last convention because I got hairspray in my eye by accident and spent all weeking looking like a horror movie extra
>Tbh it could be worse
>BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR EYES, GULLS

Relevant.

>>8403441
This happened to me too once. I am 99.9% sure it was eyestrain and not anything to do with the lenses themselves, since it happened after only a few hours when I was drawing the entire time in mediocre light. After coming home, I couldn't stand to open my eyes beyond slits unless most of the lights were out. I've worn the lenses tons of times before and since with no issues.

>>8403348
>>8403634
Yeah I didn't soak them. But I'd still like to consult a doctor because I'd rather not be blind. Please understand.

>>8403593
>almost-girlfriend

Anon...

>>8403588

I shuddered and cringed at the same time reading this

It's like that one guy that tried to make his own lenses out of epoxy resin

>>8403347
Jegus.

>>8403314
That's an infection waiting to happen
>>8403379
Oh anon I'm so sorry.

>>8403786
Lol, you likely rubbed your eyes and it folded over under your lid or in the far corner. It happens. It wasn't behind your eye though, that would be a different story.
I had the contacts you can wear night and day, did, switched back to glasses because I knew my Dumas would get lazy and I'd have bacteria wasting eyes.

>>8404233
Wow phone, nice job sucking.

>>8404192
You wanna be kawaii or not baka

>>8403947
ANON COME ON. THERE WERE AMBULANCES AT THE LAST BIG LONDON CON. AND THE EYE HOSPITAL ISN'T TOO FAR. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY DIDN'T YOU GO STRAIGHT TO HOSPITAL??!

Does anyone happen to now the average cost of going to an eye doctor to get your eyes measured for your contact size?

>>8404307
Depends on your country, if you have insurance, if you go to a big box store or a private practice. The cheapest you're probably looking at in the USA without insurance is $50-$100 if you go to somewhere like walmart or costco.

>>8403921
>>what looks like a worm of mucus unwinds from my eye socket, roughly two inches long when i get it all out

>>8403950
th-thank you for this followup... my god i was literally covering my eyes at points reading your stories

>>8404307
i'm spending a few hundred in the USA without insurance, but this was also a general eye exam as well as a contact fitting and i am spoiling myself with the most well-reviewed optomitrest in town.

i wil be getting vision insurance asap though

>>8403707
Your optometrist didn't record your base curve? There's only so many things you need in your prescription, how did she mess that up?

>>8403786
It didn't go to the back of your eye because there's some sort of barrier or membrane that makes it impossible to do so but it probably did shift or get folded under the lid.

>>8403833
See: >>8403348

>>8403963
That's a no brainer and should be contacts 101 but we were just trying to help you figure out what may have happened. So yes, see an optometrist and also read multiple instructions and reviews on circle lenses before trying again.

So I've been wearing corrective contacts for sports since I was 13. Knew contacts in and out by the time I was 17, when I started using coloured's.
When I was 18 went to a con, had to leave home at 4am, put contacts in a 5am. My eyes can normally last the day without issue.
Have to use the tube, which is filled with awful dirty air.
>About 3pm friends start to say my eyes look red.
>Feel fine. This happens in my family sometimes that eyes go red but no pain or damage.
>Friends keep saying they're getting redder. Still no pain. Nor mirror to see what they look like.
>BF says take them out, as they're redder than ever had been before.
>Go to bathroom far away. My eyes are pillarbox red. Take out contacts.
>Next day eyes burn. Ok in the dark, but any bright or strong lights are nope. Even overcast sky is nope.
>Throw away contacts get new ones. New ones are OK but eyes are now getting more sensitive with each use, pain can now last up to 2 weeks after use.
>Goes to doctors, my eyes have now decided to overreact to anything, but a delayed reaction, no damage from lenses, just pain.
>Get given eyedrops to use in the day before and the morning of using contacts, but they are THE MOST PAINFUL THINGS to put in ever. I put them in and cry and scream in pain for a few minutes. This is normal for these drops apparently.
>Nothing like painful eyedrops to put a person off using contacts.

>>8403707
>food coloring on contacts
>mfw there are prople this stupid

>>8404286
people would rather not be blindfag

>>8404344
>>8403833
Of course I did. I am and I was used to wear contacts, so it was only natural to let them soak.

>>8404387
Are they the anti allergy ones? I find those sting like a bitch.

>>8403786
Oh, this has happened to me before with my regular contacts, one of them folded I guess while rubbing my eye and I just didn't notice until I tried to take them out and nothing was there. Super weird feeling when it starts to come out and manifest itself from the corner of your eye. Weird that it was able to stay in your eye like that for so long though.

>>8404178
someone please post caps of this

>>8404612
YES THOSE ASSHOLE DROPS. YOU KNOW MY FUCKING PAIN.

>>8403661
I laughed so hard.

>>8403833
>DON'T BUY ANY FUCKING CONTACTS FROM YOUKNOWIT!!
Seconding.

Worst thing that happened to me is nowhere near as bad as what you gulls have experienced.
>halloween
>drive 1hr into city to friend's apartment for pregaming
>pop in colored lenses for costume, vision a little blurry but assume it's due to dim lightning and the "hole" to see through in contacts was smaller than my dilated pupils
>near perfect vision, only wear color contacts for special occasions
>commence 8 hours of drinking
>return to friend's place and immediately fall asleep
>wake up in morning, hungover and blind
>cannot see a fucking thing, everything looks like horrible, blurry, indecipherable blobs
>remove contacts inmediately, still cannot see
>i have to drive home blind and hungover while it's raining
>vision gradually returns to normal over the next 72 hours
I don't know why that happened but I am never falling asleep with contacts in again.

>>8403379
$100 scleral lenses

well there's your problem anon, you were buying cheap lenses. legit sclerals cost way more

did you get your eyes measured for scleral lenses??

>>8403995

I-it's true, okay.
We both agreed on only being an"official" couple after I move, but other than that...

>>8404629

seconding

>>8404387
Curious, what brand did you use? Were they circle lenses or youknowit garbage?

>>8405267
Different anon, but the $99 sclera lenses on pinkyparadise, etc, are one BC only.

>>8406067
Yikes

An actual scleral lenses prescription has like 3 measurements or something, def not just base curve

That cheap stuff is not safe to put in your eyes, im sure some people have pulled it off but its risking an ill fitting lense that could scratch your eyeball.

>>8405645
So you're still not a couple.. Oh anon. I promise you, she's at love hotels with all her other "almost-boyfriends"

>>8406077
>scratch
Could you elaborate? I figured sclera lenses were more risky because the curve isn't right, so if you leave them in too long you're risking oxygen deprivation or just irritation, but why would they be more likely to scratch than other circle lenses or other sclera lenses?

I actually get pissed off at people who sleep with their contacts in. That is lime rule #1 of contact use. DON'T FUCKING DO IT. It's the one thing I make sure I do before getting heavily drunk, go to bed, ANYTHING is to take my contacts out.

>>8406080
>"love hotel"
What's up with the shit level of bait around here lately? Jesus, guys, step it up.

>>8406108
You sound like a great guy. Accidents happen, especially when you're exhausted and your contacts are so comfortable you can't feel them. I've been wearing lenses 15+ years, and every once in a blue moon I'll leave my regular contacts in because I straight up forgot they were in my eyes. That being said, people new to contacts should probably leave themselves a reminder or something.

>>8403634
You should always see a doctor to check base curve, astigmatism, etc before buying

>>8406109
>summer

>>8406103
Wearing lenses that dont fit your eyes exactly risks abbrasions, and that goes for any lenses not just scleral. Id reccomend giving it a googling :P

I can't contribute. I'd love to wear purple ones but since I underwent lasik surgery my base curve is so flat I can't wear contacts.
Keep on posting though

>>8404612
>>8404642
What kind do you guys use? I've been using anti-allergy drops since I was a child (my eyes go pic related if I so much as stand near someone smoking or smoke in general), but my eye drops are so soothing!

I use disodium cromoglycate drops. Maybe you can look up if that helps/applies to your condition.

>>8405267
Didn't you read? The problem was that they couldn't get the lens in their eyes, not the cost you twee dummy.

>>8406319
they were inferring that the cheap price had something to do with the fit of the lens not being able to go on the eye, anon.

>>8406377
Dif anon but that's not really how scleras work - you insert both the cheap and custom lenses in the same way. If OP meant that they couldn't wear them because they were too uncomfortable that's one thing, but I read "can't get them in" as literally couldn't insert them under her lids.

>these stories
I've never worn them before, but fuck contacts. I'd rather have a slightly inaccurate cosplay than potentially blind myself because I don't know what the fuck I'm doing.

>>8406410
Just don't do what these people do and you're fine.

>>8406410
Yeah, you do realize most of it is our fault, right?
Not using moisture drops, buying from weird sources, and insisting on wearing something that was uncomfortable to begin with. It's not really that hard, but we acted stupid/stubborn for whatever reason.

>>8406410
I'll be honest, I agree. I'd rather be slightly inaccurate, but that's mostly because contacts and things in my eye freak me out.

>>8403833
>YOUKNOWIT
>name sounds familiar
>it's the site I got my contacts from
>also got red eyes
>tested wearing contacts with white eyes because money to spend
Oh god.

>>8403947
OW OW OW OW OW
OW
OW
OW FUCK

>>8403347
>greenish pus
Nigga that's just eye boogies

The mucus that your eyes make gathers in the corners at night , if there's an irritant your eyes make it in excess. Your eyes saw the lenses as an irritant.

>>8403833
i bought contacts from this site and contracted fucking pink eye during the subsequent convention

>>8403833
>>8405100
>>8406989
>>8407111
Which site is it?

>>8408545
The site is called "youknowit"

>>8407062

Doesn't make it any less disgusting

>>8408621
Oh thanks, I never heard of it before so I thought it was something else.

This was a friend:
>interstate con, friend is great with eyes and brings solution, checks contacts and such
>leave hotel and drive to con
>day is starting off okay
>comp isn't til 3pm
>friend says at about 12 her eyes are funny but says it's not too bad
>1pm, says they're a bit blurry. But still insists she can pull through the comp
>almost 3, her eyes continually water and she's forever wiping her eyes and redoing her under eye tattoo
>tell her to take the lenses out, says it's fine
>pretty much looks like crying the whole time of waiting to go onstage and on stage
>we win, she then bolts to the bathroom because she can't stand the pain
>people thought she was crying because we won

And it was just that pair. Never had a problem with any other pair from her supplier and even the same colour. Her eyes were really red for a couple days after.

>>8403947
GOD FUCK this made me physically ill, I was just about to buy circle lenses but nope not about to risk this shit

This happened to me with regular contacts but I thought I might share
I used to wear contacts daily (I have like -2.5 I think so I can't see anything without contacts/glasses)
Never had any problem until one night while I was taking them out, just as I got the contact out, it felt like someone stabbed a needle in my eye
I couldn't even keep my eye open
The rest of the evening I was lying in bed with closed eyes, careful not to "look" anywhere (even friction from the eyelid hurt like hell)
I couldn't even cry
The day after I was perfectly fine
My mom had a theory that I'd gotten a small cut on the eye in some way that the contact was holding together, so when I took it out, the cut opened up
I didn't dare to wear contacts for like a year afterwards

Also, not a story but, I want to get black sclera lenses sooo bad (for some cosplays and just to look major spooky) but since I need prescription ones (otherwise I'd have to wear glasses over it, kinda ruins the whole look) it would cost me like $100 per contact
The feels

A bit off topic but
Are these really scleral lenses?
I've never heard of sclerals being too small..?

>>8409586
Not sure if these are also called sclera lenses. But these are the smaller version, that is not supposed to cover the entire eye.

>>8409586
Scleras being too small is totally possible, just like it is for regular lenses. you need to get measured and get a prescribed size.

>>8409596
sclera lenses don't cover the entire eye

>>8409586
there are companies like pinky paradise who will sell scleras in only a few sizes providing only bc measurement. Scleral contact prescription need like 3 different measurements. these companies sell these anyway because they don't give two shits about your eye health or safety, so anybody who buys them unless they provide the exact measurements and they happen to fit those exact measurements will have no idea whether or not they actually fit their eye. these arent safe to put in your eyes and putting any not fitted contact in your eyes is risky :P
sorry for the tangent I know I'm not reacting to a horror story but putting shit like this in your eyes is just asking for trouble, and I'm noticing how many people are so clueless about it

Had to put my fave black circle lenses in a cup w/solution b/c i left all my contact cases in dorm, then forgot

Called mom asked her to put them in a baggie or something till i return that weekend and she was like 'sure sweetie' and completely forgot

Dried, hard little lenses. At least they arent very expensive
Also one my normal lenses were bugging the shit out of me one day and i wore them at work all day, blinking nonstop, came home and there was a teeny tiny tear right in the middle holy fucking shit

>>8409277
okay but did you not read the part where she said it only happened because of the eyelash glue?

>>8409596
>>8409643
>>8409675
Thanks guys!
At first I kinda cringed because I thought she had just bought a pair of big contacts and then went "hurr durr my eyes are too big lol XDDD"
But then I know it actually is something that can happen
I'll keep that in mind for future reference

>>8406130
The blue would be good for a dune cosplay

>>8409238
>Never had a problem with any other pair from her supplier and even the same colour.
I always use the same Neo Queen and Princess lines lenses daily, and by now I must have purchased over 15 of those. Never had a problem, except for a blue princess one last year, that made my eyes really blurry.
I guess there's just always one flawed product bound to escape quality control, no matter how reliable the brand is.

>>8408621

I know enough about cosplay newbies to know that they're going to completely disregard this information then come on here whining because their lenses are fucked

Summer approaches, and its eyes are bloodshot to shit

Bumping for more horror

>>8406130

why

Not a horror story more of a amusing one
>drinking in a hotel room after the con saturday night with friends
>partake a little too heavily in cheap vodka
>last thing I remember is sitting against the wall talking about Yugioh
>wake up in the bathtub with the shower running
>literally the first thing that crosses my still drunk ass mind is that I have to get my contacts out
>spend the next 15 minutes sitting in the tub trying to get my contacts out
>my friends come in to check on me when i start wailing in distress that I'm going to go blind
>turns out blackout me was also very intent on getting my lenses out and had already done so
>turns out blackout me had also told my friends at least 20 times that I needed to take my contacts out
My friends still joke about it to this day but hey at least drunk ass me knows the importance of eye health

>>8410295
I've had something similar happen. I had a small tear on the edge with a giant fucking car hair under my contact.

>>8410295
as stupid and wtfuckery as this sounds, you can actually soak them in your contact solution and they go back to their original shape

>be me
>have done that twice
>one of those times, one of the contacts was still a bit of a weird shape after being soaked
>YOLO, put it in my eye
>can still see but it's a bit uncomfortable
>by the end of the day, the contacts were molded back into their proper shape by being on my eye

everything worked out surprisingly well. roll the contacts between two fingers for about 10 seconds after they're resoaked, and obviously if they break, throw them away

>willing to do the above, but too chicken to take a nap in my contacts

>>8416813
(Dried lense anon) Ive actually done this :0 dont ask me why but a few years ago i had lenses in an open container in my car after about 2 days and soaked and continued wearing

I threw my poor circle lenses away tho b/c it had been way longer =3= they were getting old anyway
I actually ordered new ones from a korean shop in their closing of business sale, I was so excited about the $8 a pair lenses i bought 2 diff pairs, got 1 pair in the wrong color in the wrong size. Live and learn =u=;; anybody else jump on that Kiwi Berry sale a few monthes back?

>>8416843
>>8416813
when i was new to lenses i tried this and they stung so bad when i put them back in i ended up tossing them mid convention bc theyre were too painful to continue wearing.

>>8416848
Good call anon

>have pretty good eyes, never wear contacts in real life
>decide to try color contacts
>do everything they say like soaking them and stuff
>stick contact in
>sweet! looks cool
>try to take it out
>can't take it out
>cry and call my mom
>contact-wearing roommate comes home
>make roommate jab her finger in my eye to take it out
>she was a good friend

Recommended contact lens retailers? Preferably based in the UK

Holy shit this thread is making me crazy.

Do you take care of cosmetic contacts differently from contacts that you use to make your eye sight better? Because literally the first thing you're told to do is to NEVER put water near them because you're just going to get an infection.

This is annoying me so much

>>8403947
cringing so fucking hard

>>8416843
>:0
>=3=
> =u=;;
Stop.

Not really cosplay and not really a horror story but one of the students in a class I was interning in was self conscious about his glasses. So all of us interns who wear glasses planned to wear them around him. And one girl forgot but we were talking about it and right in front of the kids and all of us she ripped her lenses out in two seconds without looking in a mirror and dug out some glasses.

I rarely wear lenses so this impressed me a lot.

>>8418104
Thats not that hard at all, you start to get good at these things after a few months.

>>8418049
:0

>fucking teenagers selling WORN contact lenses in cosplay sales groups

>>8418190
... What
I won't even let my sister try on mine, nor try hers on, because you never know what shit you have in your eyes
Buying used one from a complete stranger? Jfc
Why such a big part of the cosplay community cringy, incompetent, retarded weebs?
Or coswhores?

holy shit at the amount of people wearing circle lenses for 10+ hours.

as a personal rule (and i guess recommendation) please do not wear circle lenses for more than 8 hours. your eyes need to breathe! probably why some of you are experiencing pain after taking them out.

plz don't blind urself

>>8418104
I'm used to put on lenses on that awful bus that goes from the plane to the lounge in airports. I can't wear lenses in planes and my glasses are too awful for public sightings.
Nowadays I do it so quickly there's always someone staring while I do it!

>>8416853
yeah idk why people force themselves to wear painful lenses
one of the pair i got in the kiwiberry closing sale is so uncomfortable for no reason and i just wont wear them bc im afraid of getting a corneal scratch or s/t

also this is unrelated to circle lenses but does anyone know where i can get regular contacts for a reasonable price online? my prescription just ran out and i cant afford to get to the eye doctor atm but my glasses are falling apart. honeycolor has the usual ones ive worn but in the wrong BC

>>8418252
Ive heard good things about wal marts prices, as well as coastal

>>8418316
walmart i would have to have an up to date prescription which i dont have but ill check out coastal, ty!

>>8403306
Put some freakin' water on it and stick that fucker back in your eye, you wimp.

>Accidentally wear lenses for 7+ days
>nothing happens
>Fall asleep with circle lenses in
>still nothing
>Wear x2 pairs of contact lenses
>always nothing

I either have eyes of steel or I'm going to die sooner than most people.
oh well gulls, at least my eyes can look cool. Yes, I know I'm a moron.

>>8418650
Horrible advice unless its fuckin distilled or some shit

>tfw I buy prescription lenses which can be worn continually for 1 month at a time.

It's so nice to wake up and be able to see without having to stumble into the bathroom and fuck around for 20 minutes.

>SDCC 11 or 12
>wearing lenses for costume
>wore them all day
>go to seagull meet up at night
>feel fine
>hangin around after
>feel line
>driving home at 2am
>feel fine
>suddenly
>feels like lenses dried up all at once
>like throwing a wet thing in a desert in a cartoon
>fuckfuckfukcckfkjfkjdk
>drive with knees
>pull lenses out
>put them in case in car
>put glasses on
>thank god I've been sporting lenses for years and dont need mirrors or anything to switch over

>>8418215
Your eyes are actually sterile, the reason you need to sterilize contacts is because they pick up ambient microorganisms from the air and your fingers and they create an area on your eye that can't really be properly sterilized via your tears.

>>8404178
Wasn't there also a screencap where someone tried to use a plastic bottle piece to make contact lenses too?

>>8418650
I've done this before.

>with fiend whose mom is a cleaner
>sitting in a classroom of a giant church
>laugh so hard my eyes start tearing up
>contact falls out and lands on carpet
>fuck it
>wash it off in bathroom sink and pop it back it in

Wasn't the best, but I was young and didn't know that I actually needed to carry around a case and some solution just in case. badumtiss

>>8418234
My moms ex used regular contacts
He NEVER took them off
I think he wore them for about a year straight
99% sure he's gonna go blind one day

>>8418798

Never heard of that one, but I'm gonna go on a hunt to see if I can find either of them

This isn't really feels-related but something I find very difficult atm.

>Be group of friends, 3 girls including me
>I have a bf, friend A has a bf
>I enjoy cosplay casually, friend A is pretty pro (in my eyes)
>Friend B doesn't really like cosplay but goes to cons for the DDR (and maybe find a bf since she wants one but her standards are amazingly high)
>Friend A and me want to go to an hotel for the upcomming con this year
>Our group has a history of going to campings in tents because it's fun memories and cheap
>Friend A and me don't want to leave or cosplays in the car because of the heat this year, 'cus it be worbla
>Friend B doesn't want to go to an hotel because it's too expensive, she wants camping
>Camping has always been set up by me because my family owns a tent
>Not sure if I want to set it up this year too because it's so much effort compared to hotel, and the cosplay storage issue
>Hotel only has 2 person rooms available, and friend A announced it when she booked weeks ago
>Now I said me and my bf are considering hotel and friend B flipped her shit
>She is now angry and offended because 'the couples have it so easy together' and she will be alone this con

I really don't know what to do. Both friends are dear to me but I can't even book a camping for 3 people, it's too few. All of our other friends outside this group also have an hotel or something similar booked already. Friend B is really important to me and I don't want to see her sad. Should I not book hotel and be a good friend?

>>8419389

Cancel that, can't find either of them

If anyone has any lens related caps, they'd be much appreciated

>>8419464
Damn, this sounds scary... But colour lenses must be different material than regular lenses then? Because I never heard this happen to anyone with regular lenses. I never thought about it this way.

>>8419464
It's a hoax, it's been debunked if you google it.

>>8419464
Lol, I wear contacts everyday since the last five years and cook daily. Pure bullshit.

>>8418743
Eyes are far from sterile, dude, every inch of you is covered in bacteria

>>8418668
>>Wear x2 pairs of contact lenses
That is actually really terrible for your eyes, anon, you should probably stop that. Just fucking buy prescription lenses in the color you need. Your eyes aren't getting enough oxygen if you're doing this for many hours/falling asleep with them in.

>>8418650
Most of us are intentionally stupid, aware of our mistakes hoping it will be ok, but you seem to be very honest stupid kind.

>>8419448
wrong thread anon

>>8418668
I too am guilty of wearing 2 pairs of contacts at once. But forgetting about contacts for a solid week? Damn dude.

>>8419448

Not on topic, but no, you shouldn't have to make yourself miserable to appease a friend, especially if she's angry and offended that you might consider doing something she doesn't want.

If you want to be a good friend and have the means, you could let her sleep in your room (They literally don't even check this, there are often rooms with like 12 people staying in them).

If you're a really good friend and have the means, you can even offer to help pay for her room.

Either way, explain to her why you want to book a hotel, how it has nothing to do with being a couple or anything like that.

Then, at the con, point her towards the speed dating thing and give her a swift kick in the ass.

>>8419464
I guess I'll try to find it through cgl's old archive


I found this though, and I forgot all about it. I wish I wasn't reminded about it though

Source from thread can be found here:
http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?p=2285967

>>8421122

>>8406130
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9lMsUflRz8

>>8421129

what is health and safety

>>8421270

I feel as though she smells like a mix of BO and underachievement

>>8421129
it's a great way to lose your eyesight

>>8418668
You have death wish, my friend.

>>8403921
I also once had a string of mucas across my eyeball and if I blinked I could watch it in the mirror slowly slide up across my eye. It hurt like a BITCH. It wasn't because of contacts or anything though but it did take me my mom and dad a solid 30 mins poking at my eye to get it out. So gulls it's not always contacts that cause this it could be a coincidence.

Pic related it's my eye after we finally got it out

When my sister first got contacts she was too delicate with them and couldn't get them out. Touching another person's eyeball is weird but I got them out for her in 2 tries.
As for COLOR contacts, pinky's cutie animal cases are fucking shit throw them in the garbage. They'll leak all your contact solution out in a day and your lenses will dry up. I don't know why they even bother to give them out.

Don't have anything as bad as "color contacts with food coloring" but this was the worst experience I've had w/ my colored contacts so far:
>Buy super cute patterned lenses
>wear them on the daily
>have to go a con immediately after school bc long car drive
>ask mom to pack contact stuff bc I forgot
the next morning:
>take contacts out and pop 'em in
>SUDDEN HELLFIRE
>take out lenses and check all the contact equipment
>mom packed deep cleaning special fluid for hard contacts (no clue why we even have it)
>go the rest of the weekend essentially blind
>have to pitch favorite contacts in the end bc they're ruined
>worst con ever
Pain was more horrible than when I scratched my cornea. Still haven't seen Pinky Paradise restock them.

>>8424736

That sounds like conjunctivitis, I.e. pinkeye. I hope your dad washed his hands after he helped you get it out.

I have the strongest prescription compared to anyone i know, and I wear a torque lens in my right eye. I'm pretty convinced any pair of color contacts will be too expensive for me. /sigh

I did see a girl at a fashion show I participated in just wear her color contacts over her normal ones. Is this like… even ok to do? maybe I'm just a worry wart, but that seems totally dangerous. I'd try it if it were safe but I'm pretty sure its not.

>>8426286
i wouldn't do it.

if you mean "toric" Pinky Paradise has a section of toric lenses that are only marginally more expensive than regular ones. the selection is smaller and there are few to no customer pics, though.

>>8426286
No its not okay to do. That person was an idiot. If you dont want to shell out money for the right contacts you shouldnt wear contacts. You only have 1 pair of eyes your your entire life. Dont jepordize them for cosplay/lolita. If anything just get plano contact lenses in what ever color you want, and then wear your glasses then when someone asks for a picture just take off you glasses and look in their general direction. I mean you will eventually grow out of cosplay/lolita/jfashion or change substyles. Im just saying fashion chnages hobbies chnage but you cant fucking change your eyeballs once you go blind.

>>8426310
I didn't know this. If you use your normal contact measurements that should work?

>>8426323
Seconding this, good advice
even if you will be into cosplay a major part of your life, cosplay is about having fun after all.
Just wear regular contacts so you can see or from time to time, spend a little extra on a pair of contacts

>>8426286
Colored toric lenses will cost you about $40-60 a PAIR, so if you only need one lens then it should be even cheaper. Very few places sell only one lens but there have been one or two mentioned before. The limitations are that they don't come in as many designs and colors but if they have it in the toric then they should have the same version in normal lenses so you can get one lens in the same design non-toric for your other eye to reduce costs.

Do not layer your contacts.

>>8426286
I've layered colored contacts over my prescription contacts before. It was way back when prescription colored contacts were super expensive and hard to get ahold of, and my prescription is -5.0 so I need prescription lenses to function. Still, it was really uncomfortable and I could only manage it for an hour or two. I came out of it unscathed, but I definitely don't recommend it.

>Went to a con
> Stall selling contacts
>Woman buys sclera lense
>store advice to soak in solution before wearing
>woman ignores this. Puts them in at a food table 20 metres away
>5 hours later i see her in the bathroom struggling to take them out - one eye weeping, swollen and red
>oops you idiot

>>8427507
Kek

>>8403593
>love hotel
What country are you in
>babe
....

>>8405100
Thirding

A pair I had two years ago caused them to burn within the first hour

>>8403947
Mommy hold meee

>>8403283
>Allergic to a very specific tint
>Obviously didn't know until I bought the specific color contact and put them on

:)

Spent a week blind

>>8416787
Aww haha

>>8418743
Microbio major cringing at this entire paragraph

A few years ago while at a gathering outside, the group was moving through these thin stick like weeds (kind of like cat tails but without the poof). I was able to move them before stepping forward except for one stray one that I didn't see that poked me right in the eye. Next I knew I couldn't see (think Velma without glasses). Luckily the weed hit the contact, not my cornea, and just slide it to the side just enough that I thought it was not in my eye.
Never again taking the short way around.

>>8426310
I thought we were all in agreement to stop recommending Pinky Paradise? We've had several issues reported, from shipping and costumer service to quality of products sold.

HoneyColor also has a toric section and it might be safer to buy from.

>>8431428
people have been reccing PP continuously, above even HC so no we were not all in agreement.

>friend has such bad vision she can't see without glasses or contacts
>decides it's ok to layer circle lenses over her daily contacts

I tried to tell her to get 0.00 circle lenses and just take off her glasses for photos but she insisted glasses would mean no one would want a photo of her. So instead she layered them. Eugh

>>8431428
>we were all in agreement to stop recommending Pinky Paradise
Since when? I don't think I've heard any major complaints about them. I actually thought Honey Color was the one that had quality/shipping time issues.

>>8431583
I've heard mixed reviews about pp as well but frankly, like you said, honeycolor is the one I had trouble with. They sent me two different brands of contacts in the same color, and ignored my emails about it. PP hasn't given me any trouble beyond taking a week to ship an order

i keep hearing horror stories about toric lenses not actually sitting right, that they shift uncomfortably and can be even worse than nontoric. for astigmatic seagulls, have you found this to be the case or no?

>>8431583
some idiot didn't clean her contacts before putting them in, blamed it on PP, and now people "boycott" them because of it.
the majority of contact lense horror stories start with people not taking care of their fucking lenses.

>Got my first pair of circle lenses. Never wore contacts prior to it
>Newly 21, don't know my limits and it's my birthday con so I went hard
>Got blackout drunk
>Sobbed and cried about how no one understands how great Last Exile is for many hours
>Tuckered myself out and fell asleep
>Wake up the next day
>Hungover and can barely open my eyes
>Take contacts out
>Any contact with sunlight is horrendous pain
>Have to drive 3 hours home because no one else in the car has a valid license

Was my worst trip back from a con. I've also had a contact split in my eye twice. Shit hurrrts.

>>8431851
>I've also had a contact split in my eye twice. Shit hurrrts.
how does this happen?

were you using hard lenses, or soft lenses? what brand?

>>8431775
Ignoring that idiot, I still feel as though PP's quality is going down. I mean, I feel as though they are becoming greedier with their raised prices and '1 free lense' promotion. Plus their website is hell to navigate now.

>>8419468
this is 100% bullshit.

>>8421270
What the fuck was the point of this...

>tfw can never buy lenses online because all the lenses I see have a BC of 3.6 but my BC is 3.8

>>8431859
Soft, I remember I got them from a UK site called youknowit since a friend reccommended it to me. They were just normal sized lenses and not circle lenses.

I'm honestly not sure why they split but I remember it felt like a little something got in my eye at first and then I just couldn't even open it. When I ran to the bathroom I saw it had split and it scared the ever living fuck out of me.

>>8431980

Can we all just agree that youknowit is a fucking danger to society and never use it again. Put it in the sticky or something. Have daily reminders.

>youknowit is not fucking safe

>>8405118
Fell asleep with normal contacts in one night. had done it once in a while before, nbd. woke up to immense pain but went out to lunch with friends anyway, i told them my eyes hurt and they said i was being a baby. I drive home and realize I'm having a hard time seeing and have to squint a lot. Cue ultra light sensitivity and extreme pain and redness that lasts for days and haha so bad that I can't even drive to a doctor and all of my friends were out of town. Finally work up the courage to drive to the walk in clinic at a nearby drug store and surprise, they decided to close early. Sat in my car and cried.Post on facebook asking for a ride and of course the creepy guy who wanted to date me was the only one who offered, but beggars can't be choosers. I eventually made it to a doctor and had to put in eyedrops for weeks, but it gets better at least. I am a happy glasses wearer now.

>>8431583
I had problems with Pinky Paradise - I waited almost 6 months for shipping in a pair of lenses and didn't reply to any e-mails. By the time the lenses arrived, I was completely surprised, I had already forgotten about it. The expiration dates, naturally, were quite close by then.

>>8432282
>naturally
They gave you old stock then.