Can you swim, take a shower or sleep with contacts?

Question

I just contacts today, and I was wondering about these things.

Answer 1

Not recommended to do so.

Answer 2

i wear my contacts to both swimming and diving practice. for swimming its not a problem cuz ur wearing goggles. for diving it is cuz u cant open ur eyes underwater, but it has worked for me for a year now. so yes u can swim with them. it is also just fine to take a shower with them. and sleeping, DONT cuz i did and it made my eyes really dry so dont

Answer 3

yes, although it is not sujected because they might fall out or become eritating...

Answer 4

I've done it but swimming with them in I usually lose one. And when I sleep with them in they  usually hurt really bad when I wake up. But I can shower with them in and have no problems.

Answer 5

i have had contacts for about 10 years or so and i do all three... well.. i did.  when i swim i just don't open my eyes under water.  showering is never a problem.  as for sleeping.. i made the mistake of wearing my 2 week disposables to bed every night for months at a time until they would literally pop out of my head on their own.  That worked well for a while but now I have such dry eyes and they hurt all the time.  I wear dailys now so i just throw them out at night but my eyes feel like they have to have contacts in them at all times.  They get super sensitive without them. i would recommend not sleeping in them.  If you nap with them or accidentally do it once in a while over night dont worry but just try and take them out as often as possible and just wear glasses.

Answer 6

i wouldent sleep with them because the contacts dry out and it hurts to peel them off oyur eyes. but taking a shower is probably okay. If you wear gogles you could swim with them.

Answer 7

No, not at all.

Answer 8

i have contacts and the first day i4got i had them in and i took a shower with them..bad idea..one just fell off and went down the drain..bad idea..so just take them off..

i went swimming with them while i was on vacation but if u go underwater then ull probably lose one..so i dont really reccomend it unless you are carefull

and sleeping with "regular" day contacts is a bad idea! your eyes will get crusty and ull have mucus around them..ew..unless you have the night contacts i highly reccomend you DONT do it!

oh! and it doesnt hurt when the cotacts fall off (if by water in a shower)

Hope this helped! :3

Answer 9

I'v done all, but I don't think that you are supposed to. I had a friend and he left his in all night and his eyes were all red and sore. Me, on the other hand can leave mine in with no problems. One time I lost a contact when swimming.

Answer 10

When you swim, don't open your eyes when you're underwater but it's not a big deal when some water goes in.

You can shower.

You can sleep with em, but you're asking for eye infections.

Answer 11

You are alould to sleep with contacts, as long as you take them out and clean them every day.  You can take a shower and swim with them, but you shouldn't open your eyes under water, they may fall out.

Answer 12

Techinically you're not supposed to shower or swim with them because you cant get them wet.....If you swim with them wear googles or something as for shower you wont get them AS wet in the shower so you can. DO NOT SLEEP WITH CONTACTS unless your doctor has prescribed the 30day ones that you dont take out!! They can get dry out and get stuck to your eye or eyelid and then only be removed with surgery.... If you once accidently fall asleep for half an hour it'll probably be okay but any longer and you can have serious problems with your eyes

Answer 13

i've done all those things. ive had friends who have kept their contacts in for days without taking them out

Answer 14

It depends on the type of contact. Some allow your eyes to breathe better than others. For instance, some allow you to sleep with them on without a huge negative effect. Normally they say not to wear them in the shower and when sleeping. When swimming, you can close your eyes.

Answer 15

Well it really matters what kind of contacts you have.  You probably could do it with any, but it may have a negative affect on your eyes,