For optimal, safe contact lens use, avoid “the three S’s”
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Okay, this much I can tell you right now: Eighteen hours a day is way too much contacts time. Sixteen hours probably is, too. I know this because I went to the eye doctor recently and got in trouble for wearing my contacts too much, and I wear mine 14 or 15 hours a day. Apparently, I am growing blood vessels on my corneas, which is a symptom of hypoxia, or oxygen deficiency.
For optimal, safe contact lens use, Dr. Haberman advises patients avoid “the three S’s”: swimming, sleeping, and showering in contacts are all no-nos. Two of the three have to do with water, which presents one of the greatest risks for eye infection to contact wearers, says Haberman. Most of these infections, called corneal ulcers, can be treated successfully, says Haberman, but when they’re larger, or left untreated, they can eat through the tissue of the cornea, leading to sight loss.
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