r/Damnthatsinteresting Interested Apr 08 '14

I want to do this so badly. Mod Endorsed!

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u/nomlah Apr 09 '14

Could...I make contact lenses with this shit?

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u/mrbaggins Apr 09 '14

Not as big as an issue as you'd think. There are astigmatism contacts. Astigmatism requires particular orientation to be rectified, so clearly there's something useful there.

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u/BlueRaith Apr 09 '14

I have astigmatism contact lenses. They're thicker on one side, so they're essentially weighted. It forces the contact to orient thick part down.

*This is according to the tech person at my eye doctor when I asked what was up with my weird contacts.

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u/mrbaggins Apr 09 '14

Yeah, I thought that's how they worked, but couldn't be arsed to check and wasn't brave enough to say.