Can i wear my contacts this long?

Question

im going on a backpacking trip up mount robson.

i'll be on the trail for about 3 days. i dont really want to take them out on the trail and really dont want to fiddle with them in the morning. will it be hurtful to my eyes if i leave them in? i have drops i can put in too.

Answer 1

Your not supposed to keep them in for over 12 hours, but i know people who do. It shouldn't do much harm. Just remember to keep putting in those eyedrops cause you don't want them to get stuck to your eyes (Trust me it's happend to a friend of mine. She had to get them surgically removed. She left her's in for two weeks though.)

Good Luck! (:

Answer 2

Yes, dont ever leav the lenses in the eye for more than 24hrs. USes the dailies one will be better

Answer 3

My friend kept her contacts in 4 about 2 days and her eyes got super blood shot and she had to get these special eye drops from her doctor. So i wouldn't recommend it! Hope i helped!!

Answer 4

Unless you have Extended-wear lenses, I don't recommend wearing your contacts for 3 days without removing them.

Hiking is dirty and dusty, and sweaty. Your lenses are going to get dirty and the drops are meant to moisten your eyes, not clean your lenses. You risk scratching your eyes and getting an eye infection. I suggest you figure out a way to clean your lenses during the hike.

Answer 5

You can leave them in your eyes if you have the extended wear for contacts otherwise you have to take them out every night. If you don't have the extended wear try them, it is nice not having to take them out every night.

Answer 6

Your eyes will be extremely red and irritated if you leave them on that long! I only leave my contacts on for 10 hours and towards the end of the day my eyes are pretty tired and dry.

Also, if I ever sleep with my contacts on my eyes become extremely dry when I wake up, I almost have to immediately take them off and wait an hour or so to put them back on.

I would take them off and bring your glasses too.

Answer 7

i used to leave mine in for a month at a time and they were not the long term ones.

i did get an eye infection though so i take them out every night now.

sometimes i leave them in for two days but thats it.

i think it will be fine if you leave them in for 3, but make sure to take your solution because they will be very dry in the mornings.

and also take your glasses and a contact case just incase you get an infection.

oh, and if you dont know what an infection will feel like, it will feel like there's something under your  contacts. look in a mirror and if there isn't anything under them and your eyes are red around the outside of the lense, you have an infection and you need to take them out immediately.