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Do you clean your contacts?

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A lot of people conplain about how it hurts to sleep with them in. But, this never was the case with me. I'd just go to sleep, and rub my eyes for a minute in the morning, and everything would be normal. I guess that's why I didn't take them out - because it was just so much easier to leave them in.
 


<< A lot of people conplain about how it hurts to sleep with them in. But, this never was the case with me. I'd just go to sleep, and rub my eyes for a minute in the morning, and everything would be normal. I guess that's why I didn't take them out - because it was just so much easier to leave them in. >>



see if your optometrist can prescribe you the PureVision contacts that i recently bought. you can wear them for 7 days straight without taking them out for cleaning, and they last about a month. i love these things, as they are really convenient for a person with my lifestyle.

dude, take care of your eyes, you only have 1 pair!
 


<< I couldn't sleep in my contacts if I tried. By like 10 PM everyday, they start to get semi-irritating and my eyes feel better after taking them out. I also have a problem with chronic red eyes, it seems like evrything causes my eyes to turn red, whether it's closing my eyes for a few minutes or looking at a bright light while my contacts are in.

Everyone thinks I smoke a lot of weed. Maybe it's chronic dry eyes? >>




i could never sleep with my regular contacts before (unless i was drunk) for some odd reason. it wasn't a physical discomfort thing, i think it was more like a mental thing. i did it twice while intoxicated, and the next morning i had to scrape the lenses out of my eye, as they were glued tight.
 
I went for eye exam today. My eyesight keeps getting worse and I need toric contacts. They are $420 for a year supply!:Q
 


<< I went for eye exam today. My eyesight keeps getting worse and I need toric contacts. They are $420 for a year supply!:Q >>



Yeah torics are pretty expensive. I think tho' I saved about $100 by ordering 'em online this past year. ($210 for a yr. supply)
 
Same thing here. My contacts are $420 a year. It sucks. I never really wear them anyways. It takes too long to put them in. I guess if I wore them more often they would be easier to put in and take out.
 
Ok . . . you people have been making me nervous. I currently have that "extreemly lazy but way too busy" college student lifestyle going, and part of that has been keeping my contacts in for weeks at a time since I tend to collapse at some odd hour rather then going to sleep 🙁 I was wondering, is there a big deal about the different type of contacts? Those PureVision lenses sound perfect (they are advertised as being able to keep them in for 7 days and 6 nights), and I can get them without seeing an eye doctor via all those places online that let you just input data, but is there some risk in doing this?

-Chu
 
I put them in the Renu Multipurpose Solution everyday. I have the 2 week disposable contacts but I usually use them for around two months. 🙂
 
I have 1-day disposables. More expensive, yes, but I dont have to clean them or anything. It seems that these are a lot les prone to ripping as well. I'd always rip the 2-week ones when I wore them. Plus I'm blind without my contacts and would inevitably grab the disinfectant bottle instead of the saline when rinsing them off. Ouch.
 
i have disposable contacts that are for like 2 weeks but i use them for about 3 or 4 months... but i take em out every night

i used to just leave them in and sleep with em and just spray solution in my eyes in the morning haha then when i'd eventually take them out my eyes would feel so relieved....i think my eyesight got worse because i would do that... so now i take em out every night
 


<< Alright - I just took them out of my eyes 🙁 IT BURNS WITHOUT THEM IN - and my eyes are very sensitive right now......Phew - good thing I can still see my computer screen without them in 🙂 >>



I am so glad my ragging on you (sorry - I am just like my mom now) had a positive effect. 😱 😉 😀

Eyesight is nothing to fool with. You risk blindness by never taking them out. Your eyes are starved for oxygen and that is part of why they are burning (they may also be fighting a low-grade infection right now). It may take several days to get back to normal.

If you OCCASIONALLY sleep in them, it's OK . . . but please (for your eyes sake), regularly take them out at night. Even the 7-day sleep in contacts are not ideal.

How do I know this? Well, I was young at one time and lazy . . . perhaps even irresponsible . . . but suffered no permanent ill effects regarding my contact wearing habit. 🙂
 


<<
If you OCCASIONALLY sleep in them, it's OK . . . but please (for your eyes sake), regularly take them out at night. Even the 7-day sleep in contacts are not ideal.

How do I know this? Well, I was young at one time and lazy . . . perhaps even irresponsible . . . but suffered no permanent ill effects regarding my contact wearing habit. 🙂 >>




what do you mean? those PureVision lenses are FDA approved to last 7 days and 6 nights. however i normally take them out every 3 days, clean/disinfect them, and wear them for the next 3 days straight. what would make you think otherwise?
 
Ive thought about going to daily's... I use once-a-month ones right now... Maybe my eyes wont be as dry with them...
 
every time I take them out I give em a thorough rubbing with some solution. Sometimes I clean them before I put them in if they start irritating my eyes.
 
Ick, with almost all lenses that I've heard of, you're not supposed to leave them in when sleeping because of the lack of oxygen thing... plus, it sucks bad to wear unclean, too dry contacts...

I wear monthlys as well, and ever since they came out with those norub allinone solutions, I love it... pop 'em out, spritz-spritz, done. I like having your lenses feel nice and fresh in the morning.
 
BTW, did anyone else hear about those lenses that you're actually only supposed to wear at night?
They're supposedly in Europe and unlike regular contacts (and the reason to wear them at night) is that they mold your cornea to properly focus light after they are taken out.
Your cornea retains that molded shape for the course of the day (contacts out) and then you just pop those suckers back in at night and take them out the next morning! I heard they're undergoing clinical trials... that would rock, you could read and do other stuff normally!
 


<< those PureVision lenses are FDA approved to last 7 days and 6 nights. >>



FDA "approved"?! HAhahaHAHAHahahah MUAhahahahah LOL

Um, sorry as I wipe the tears from my eyes and replace my contacts . . .

The LAST time the FDA "approved" extended wear contact lenses, several people went blind and many suffered eye damage and infections.

I just said NOT IDEAL. If you talk to your eye doctor, he will tell you NO lens allows the oxygen to permeate the lens 100% . . . it is NOT IDEAL to sleep in contact lenses. When they are absolutely brand new, they allow quite a bit of oxygen to the lens surface. As they stay in your eyes they act as a sponge and soak up the minerals, dust and other crap from your eyes and become less and less permeable to oxygen the longer they stay in.

If you religiously remove them after 7 days and toss them you SHOULD be ok. However, many studies have shown that people who sleep in extended wear contact lenses are more prone to infections. Most people seem to be although sensitive people cannot tolerate sleeping in any lens.

Hey, it's your eyes. But find out all you can before you trust "FDA approved". They "approved" thalidomide for pregnant women. 🙁
 
You guys are crazy... not taking your contacts out for weeks/months at a time? What are you guys, still kids?

Read up on the risks of this, before you go acting like cowboys. Everybody's eyes are different. Some dry very easily, while others don't. Some can tolerate less oxygen, others can't. But one thing's for sure - the risk of infection is great (can't remember how much exactly) once you leave lenses in more than a day or two.

Also, the other person who wrote about your eyes needing oxygen is correct... to a certain extent. Today's lenses are able to permeate more and more oxygen, so the risk may be lessened. But the risk of infection does not. Personally, I'd rather play it safe - you guys have a whole life ahead of you - unless they find some better ways to grow new eyes for people, don't risk your eyes for a few years of 'irresponsibility'.
 


<< Today's lenses are able to permeate more and more oxygen, so the risk may be lessened >>

I guess I'm that "other person". 🙂

Yes, the new lenses allow PLENTY of oxygen through WHEN NEW. However, they are just like tiny sponges. They absorb - for want of a bettter word - Crap.
It's the "crap" that builds up in the lenses and allows less and less oxygen through. At the end of 7 days they are pretty crusty if they havent been taken out and cleaned. That is why the instructions say to remove the lenses, throw them away and sleep without Contact lenses for a night.

For the "average" person, it is sufficient. However, if you are "sensitive", it may be very hard on your eyes and it will not show problems for many years.
 
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