A Contact Lens Conspiracy

I've been wearing contact lenses since I was in 8th grade. Until recently, I have always worn normal soft contacts. In the past several years, however, I have been getting disposable soft contacts, as they are about the same price, and provide multiple replacement pairs.

Until this past year, I never really noticed a difference between normal contacts and disposable contacts. In fact, I even seem to recall a 20/20 story from years past that shed light on the fact that normal contacts and disposable contacts were virtually exactly the same. Because of this, whenever I've gotten disposable contacts in the past, I have tried to make them last as long as humanly possible, only opening a new pair when I loose one or one gets damaged, rather than on a weekly or monthly basis, as prescribed by the so called "optometrist".

Anyway, a few months ago, I ordered a new batch of disposable contacts, as my prescription had changed and my previous "disposable" batch of contacts was about 3-4 years old. With this new batch, I have noticed something odd. Last week, I went to put in my contacts, and noticed that I couldn't really see out of them. Everything was blurry. What the? These contacts were less than a month old. Furthermore, I wear glasses primarily. I had only even worn the contacts about 4-5 times. How could this be?

Here's my theory. I think that there is a conspiracy against disposable contact lens wearers. This conspiracy goes right to the top, and includes optometrists, contact lens companies, and contact lens care product companies. I think that the disposable contacts of today are still identical to normal contact lenses. However, to ensure that people purchase more of them, and do not wear them for extended periods of time, I think that less superior contact lens solutions and other care products are being sold. This, in turn, causes contacts to become dirtier, and eventually need to be replaced. What furthers my theory is that optometrists and contact lens care providers tell you that there is no need to purchase multiple care products. Instead, a "multi-solution" will take care of everything.

Well, I may just put this theory to test by trying the "old-fashioned" way of caring for my next pair of disposable contacts, rather than using the new "one solution does it all" method.