Where can I donate my contact lenses?

letmecry on 06/06/2012 - 16:50
Last edited 06/06/2012 - 18:56

Hi, I had an eye surgery, lasik. I have some contact lenses left (10 monthly contact lenses).
Where can I donate in Australia?

I've been checking on google and found only place in USA.
Can anybody help?

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  • imaximax1 on 06/06/2012 - 18:35

    why not here?

  • retiredfeline on 06/06/2012 - 18:37

    Local freecycle.org group maybe?

  • abbz0id on 06/06/2012 - 21:18

    Oh wow! I want to get lasik done some day too! What was the cost and the pain factor/recovery like?

      • Geewhizz on 07/06/2012 - 06:07
        +3

        The bottom line is that laser eye surgery (LASIK) does absolutely nothing to treat the cause of your vision loss, and is 100-percent guaranteed to make your vision worse over time. Please trust me on this one, as I am convinced that it is true.

        "Please trust me on this one, as I am convinced that it is true." Well gee, I'm pretty well convinced the world is flat too - doesn't make it so.

        • Postulative on 07/06/2012 - 15:28
          +1

          gamgo5, You're getting your medical advice from "The World's #1 Natural Health Website"? Where you can learn all about "Emotional/Mental Healing"?

          I see they're promoting their own "holistic" alternative. As soon as they can also provide independent, peer-reviewed, soundly constructed studies that indicate that "Dr" Mercola's treatment is any better than placebo and does not injure the patient, then it'll be worth revisiting. In the meantime - science rules, okay?

  • easternculture on 06/06/2012 - 23:58
    -1

    what power are they
    i waer -4.25 and -4.5

    would be happy to take them off you :)

  • letmecry on 08/06/2012 - 13:06

    It seems no where to donate it in Australia. Thank guys.
    It's -4.75

    I had my lasik in Thailand, http://www1.si.mahidol.ac.th/lasik/
    (You might need google to translate it.)
    It's the number one hospital in Thailand which trains Thai doctors here.

    It costs me around $2,xxx for operation.
    If you want to go, take a long holiday - maybe around 6 weeks to cover the follow up
    after operation. It's still cheaper than do it in Aus. (Some people go to India for lasik too.)

    It was irritated in my eyes at night after operation, like sand in your eyes, which is common
    The first time I woke up around 2am, I could see every almost clearly.

    I don't have any problems after operation. But you might have to use some eye drops for at lease 6 months.

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