Currently wearing glasses, want to swap to contacts for holidays next year!water and sand bad for my eyes?HELP

Question

going on holidays july 2009, and i want to wear contacts because i have always dreamed of wearing designer sun glasses. but i am worried if i get an infection in my eyes if i get sea or pool water or sand in them!:S need as much help as possible please.

Answer 1

wear goggles in the water

Answer 2

If contact lenses don't work out for you, some designer brand sunglasses can take prescription lenses depending on your prescription. Go and talk to the dispensers at an optical store and they will be able to help you. I am an optical dispenser and some of the brands I have used are guess, calvin klein and gucci...just to name a few.

Answer 3

You can't wear your contact lenses underwater,unless the goggles that you are wearing protect your eyes from water.You can get water in your eyes when wearing contact lenses.Not in the shower,while swimming...etc.

Answer 4

Well, you aren't suppose to wear your contacts in water though I have before and not gotten an infection. The one time I did it was because I slept with them in. Getting sand will probably have the same effect as if you got in it in your eye without the lens. It may or may not scratch your cornea. Mostly, you should be fine though. Wear designer sun glasses!!

Answer 5

U shd get dailies lenses. sue and throw away. Nothing to worry about.

Answer 6

I have worn contacts for about 20 years.  You won't get an infection from water or sand.  You can't go under water and open your eyes though, the contacts will float out.

Just take care of your lenses and do what the eye doctor says and you'll be fine.

Answer 7

For one if you are under the water you wont beable to open your eyes up if you are wearing contacts unless you have goggles on because yor contacts will just fall out!!!  so I would say yea get the contacts and just wear goggles in the water if you plan on going under but if not then you will be fine!!  I highly doubt that you will get an infection on any kind!!!

Answer 8

Well, I have contacts and it can hurt really bad if you get something in your eyes.

I doubt you would get an infection because if you have contacts in the sand would just stick to your contact so you can just take your contact out and clean it off.

As far as the pool water you shouldn't swim with them in unless you are not going to open your eyes underwater because they are really really easy to lose when you are underwater trust me i lost them before.

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