Catherine
Night lenses chat | Catherine, 46 – I wish I knew about them earlier
In our segment called “I wish I’d known about night lenses years ago!” we had a Zoom chat with Catherine… who wished she had known about night lenses years ago! Catherine recently switched from glasses and contact lenses to night lenses. You can watch her interview online HERE (apologies for the poor quality, a storm was raging outside and the wifi was struggling!) or read the interview below:
Q. So, Catherine, what difference have night lenses made to your life? Why do you love them?
Oh my goodness, it’s all the little day-to-day things. I used to wear glasses every single day for distance, especially in the last year… I’m so tired of coming in from shopping in the rain with glasses on, mask on, and my face and glasses all fogged up. The last few years have been a nightmare with glasses! I tried contact lenses – dailies, monthlies – they just never seemed to work for me. I later found out I have dry eyes. I tried different brands, but they made my eyes red, and after a while, I had to take them out because they irritated my eyes. I couldn’t wear them all day.
Q. So, those issues are all gone now?
Yes, completely gone! For me, popping in these little lenses at night – it’s a breeze. I just pop them in before I go to sleep, ‘pop’ ‘pop,’ that’s it, off to sleep. While you’re fast asleep, you don’t even notice you’re wearing anything. When I wake up, I take them out, and I have perfect vision! I can’t believe that I can see everything so clearly! My optician even says I have better than 20/20 vision. It’s amazing!
Q. In the old days, you’d wake up and wouldn’t have your glasses on, so you’d have to fumble for your glasses and lenses to see. But now, you wake up, look outside, and see the birds…?
Exactly! You know, the first night I put in my lenses, it was so exciting, like Christmas. When I got up in the morning, I could see with the lenses in, but I didn’t want to look outside the window just yet. I took the lenses out, which only took a couple of minutes, then went to the window – because that’s what you do when you get up in the morning – previously, it would always have been a blur, or I’d have had to find my glasses – and I was just amazed. I could see everything! The birds, the garden, everything was crystal clear!
Q. I can see you love your fashion, and you’re rocking the leopard print there – so what’s the difference with your fashion now?
I used to feel miserable because I had to wear my glasses every single day. So, when I went out at night, my glasses didn’t look good with the outfit I was wearing. Now, I can go out without glasses, and I don’t have contact lenses that irritate my eyes or make them red… that’s awesome. I can wear hats again! You don’t think about it, but many hats don’t look good with glasses – so now, I can just put anything on, and I don’t have to worry if it looks right with my glasses or not. It’s a really amazing feeling.
Q. We were talking to someone recently who said, “I can wear whatever sunglasses I like!”
That’s another great thing – I have lots of funky-looking shades. They’re not prescription, and now I can wear them – in the car when I’m driving or whenever we’ve had a lot of sunshine.
Gardening is huge! When you wear glasses, you bend down a lot, and your glasses inevitably slide down your face… then I have mud on my hand, so I have to use my elbow to push them back up, they get in the way, and eventually, I take my glasses off… but then, I can’t see anything in the distance… so I have to put them back on! So just being free and not having to touch your face is amazing.
Q. So, night lenses have genuinely been life-changing for you. The biggest problem is that people don’t believe these things are real, and they’ve never heard of them, which is why we do these awareness campaigns with real people who wear them – what would you say to the previous ‘you’ two years ago or to other people who are watching this and thinking, “Really… is this real?” Are these real?
They’re like magic! They really are. I tell all my friends and family about them – you just pop them in, so easy before going to sleep… once they’re in, you’re not even aware of them because you’re fast asleep anyway, so you’re not thinking about having anything in your eyes… and when you wake up, you take them off… and your vision is completely corrected… it’s amazing… it’s like magic!
Q. To ask the obvious – you’d recommend night lenses?
Absolutely! Like you said in the title – “I wish I knew about these years ago!” I’ve been wearing glasses since my 20s, and if only I could have done this back then, I wouldn’t have had all the little day-to-day hassles from wearing glasses or dealing with irritated eyes from daily contact lenses… it’s just mind-blowing!
Thank you Catherine!
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