Contact lenses and LARPing

[sobrique]

Well, I've signed up for some daily disposable lenses. Which is nice.
Was looking for some advice from people who use lenses already. How do you 'deal' with them in a camping/LRP environment?

Comments

[paulw.livejournal.com]

As long as your hands are clean when putting then in or out you shouldn't have a problem. Also I find that a mirror helps when putting them in.

[elrohana.livejournal.com]

Daily disposables rock. Just make sure you wash your hands when putting 'em in - taking out I usually just flick them out into the bin. I've put mine in before now in a tent in the middle of a field with only a bottle of water and a make-up mirror to help, but you'd be better using the shower block, as its easier to find one if you drop it

[siryel.livejournal.com]

Also keep a few mini bottles of eyedrops with you, to keep the eyes hydrated and the contacts wet. Dust and smoke make contacts very dry and sore

[mister-jack.livejournal.com]

But make sure you buy the (expensive) ones that are specifically suitable for use with contact lenses!

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

The silly question would be where these are acquired? Opticians? Boots? Somewhere else?

[ehrine.livejournal.com]

Tesco will quite happily sell your their own brand (as well any other supermarket or the like). Just read the packet as it will say somewhere if they're suitable for use with contacts or if they're not (it will say one way or the other).

[mister-jack.livejournal.com]

Any decent pharmacy.

[paulw.livejournal.com]

I use Allergan Refresh Contacts.

They come in handy 0.4ml vials. When wearing my lenses I always have one in my pocket.

[xarrion.livejournal.com]

A few camping/LARPing hints:

Take your own handsoap - campsites are notoriously lacking, and you really want your hands sparkly clean.

In the morning, put them in before you put on your makeup.

Keep a respectable distance away from campfires.

If you're planning to get completely slaughtered at night, take them out before you lose hand-eye co-ordination.

If possible, take off the make-up from around your eyes before taking your lenses out.

[girl-working.livejournal.com]

We use continous wear onces (although Ian's got to take them out overnight now...) I, however, find it very nice to just be able to sleep in them...

Eyedrops good tho'...

[paulbroz.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what they said (though I personally stopped having any problems with smoke and campfires afer the first few months.) I always take a spare hand towel with me when wiping solution off my hands, tissues leave fibres which are a pain if they get on your lenses.

You won't regret it, contacts are totally liberating in larp. You'll rapidly learn to deal with the routine of putting them in, though I would advise trying not to rely too much on using a mirror, with practise you'll learn to do it by touch and judgement.

adapted from tabletop...

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

Roll 1d11, refer to the following table:

Contact Lenses while Larping
-------------------------

1: You fumble, badly, your fingers slide deftly into your head, scooping out your brain. You are dead.

2: You fumble. Your eyes are gouged out. You are now blind. Modify stats accordingly. Bonus: You don't need to use contacts anymore.

3: You fumble. You drop a lense, roll 1d6 for the number of turns spent fishing about for it on the floor, then try again.

4: Poor success. You get the lenses plus some grit into your eye. You can see, but your eyes hurt. Lose 1 to initiative for 10 turns.

5: Reasonable success. With a little effort, you get both lenses into your eyes, which don't feel too sore.

6: Good! You deftly insert both lenses, no pain, no messing. You feel good Gain 1 to initiative for the rest of the day.

7: Excellent! You're like an eye ninja. Colours seem brighter, more vibrant. Hawks nod appreciatively. Gain 1 initiative permanently.

8: Your short/long/weird sightedness spontaneously *heals*. Remove all related effects permanently.

9: You grow a THIRD EYE, a sort of long, squashy one that can see at great distance, at night, and through time.

10: New eyes sprout from every pore in your body. Your WHOLE HEAD is now a MASSIVE pair of eyes. Your nipples? Eyes. Your elbows? Oui. Les yeux. Don't even ASK what your (old) eyes are now. We're talking monstrous. Your balls? You'd better know that you're now sporting a pair of baby blues down there now. EVERYTHING IS EYES. EVERYTHING. YOU CAN SEE THE WORLD. THAT CUNTING CYCLOPS STARING AT MIDGETS FROM MORDOR? *FUCK* HIM. YOU ARE THE FUCKING *EYE* KING NOW.

11: Sudden, crippling blindness. Who knew?

[crashbarrier.livejournal.com]

Clean hands for handling them

Watch out for makeup and suncream contamination during the course of the day (you will sweat into your eyes its inevitable)It hurts like heck.

I found that learning to put them in withough a mirror to be most handy.

Try not to fall asleep in them because its a bit nasty when you wake up and have two pieces of dried plastic on your corneas.

Oh yeah ordinary optical saline is way okay for rehyrdrating dry eyes and contacts alike. just don't squirt yourself in the eye.. its painful:D


I will be wearing mine so on the spot advice will be available:D

[mister-jack.livejournal.com]

"Try not to fall asleep in them because its a bit nasty when you wake up and have two pieces of dried plastic on your corneas."

If this does happen, do not remove the contacts if they don't come out easily. Seriously, you can tear your corneas doing that. You have to wait until the tears streaming out of your eyes from the itchy, scratchy pain have softened the lenses so you can easily remove them. If that doesn't work pop straight to the nearest hospital and they'll clean them off your eyes with a pressurised jet of sterilised water.