Essential Tips for Contact Lens Care
It can be hard to know if you are doing the right things for your eyes. Doing right by your eyes is clearly important, as we’ve all got just a pair to last us from the cradle to the grave. This brief article should get you up to speed on the current medical advice for patients who wear contact lenses. First of all, it is important to keep in mind that we did not evolve with contact lenses in the eyes. The cornea (the clear lens on the very front of your eye) needs a lot of oxygen to stay healthy long term. When patients sleep in contacts they are asking for trouble. The incidence of serious complications from contact lens use is MUCH higher in patients who sleep in lenses. In an ideal world, all of our patients would have their contacts out for 2-3 hours every day. This can be right before bed…just take your lenses out after dinner and you’ll be fine. This is a great time to consider having a good pair of glasses, even if you pri...