HELP! going to a sleepover/campout and hate my glasses...is it really bad to sleep in contacts just once?

Question

im going to a sleepover tomorrow night and we're going to be camping outside...& i have a HORRIBLE eyeglass prescription..it's a -12 (which is basically considered legally blind)...and i always wear contacts except when i'm like at home in my room because my glasses are MAJOR coke bottles..MAJOR (and they're the special extra thin lenses too..id hate to see what theyd look like if they werent...)..i feel so awful and ugly in them...I basically always avoid sleepovers and stuff because i'm so ashamed to be seen in them...but i really want to go tomorrow night. plus i already look like c**p without makeup, but I can even deal with that. it's just the no makeup + coke bottles glasses thats hideous. is it really that bad to sleep in contacts for just one night? (i wear acuvue oasys)& yeah i know it probably is, so does anyone have any other suggestions for me on how to avoid being seen in my glasses (i literally cant function without contacts or glasses..so not wearing them isnt an option)

Answer 1

You don't sleep with them in, you take them out and put them back on in the morning.

When you go to sleep you're eyes go into a REM cycle ( Random eye movement) so if you had contacts in you could end up find or with a serious cut in your eye which will be the third most painful place to can get cut.

Answer 2

Wearing your contacts to bed won't make your peepers pop out....but it's not recommended to do it because of possibility of infection and your eyes need to breathe.  If you really need to wear your contacts, I would just bring a bottle of eye drops with you because they probably are going to be super dry when you wake up.  Bring your glasses just in case if something happens in the morning like super dryness or they pop out.  Good luck on your sleep over!

Answer 3

it can ruin your corneas which is something you really do not want to do, bc you need those the rest of your life.  It also is really uncomfortable and hurts really bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! seriously!! ( I have acuvue oasys and once i slept with them in, then they hurt sooooo bad and i couldnt even get them out. it was NOT GOOD!) also if you are worried abt going somewhere without your makeup i think you may want to think about why.. maybe you have some self esteem issues? maybe not, but if these ppl really are  your friends than it shouldnt matter what you look lik ewith glasses, or not or with makeup or not.

Answer 4

A. Theoretically, yes you could, but it's not healthy.

B. You don't want to do it once because once you do something once, it gets easier to do a second time and yes, sleeping in your contacts is horrible.

C. You really don't need to wear your glasses for too long between going to bed and waking up, and if the people you're sleeping with are your friends, they may poke a little fun but it's worth it to not get a possible very painful infection.

D. IF you do end up getting an infection you will be FORCED to wear your glasses EVERYWHERE until the infection heals. Meaning basically that people who AREN'T your friends will see you in them.

E. If you do sleep in them, and you make it a habit, you can seriously damage your eye. You could get a ulcer (painful!) and then be stuck wearing glasses for an EVEN LONGER period of time.

Feeling ugly for a little while may hurt, but it doesn't come close to infection, ulcers or blindness.

<3 buck up! You'll be having too much fun to even notice.

P.S. Please don't miss out on any more slumber parties because you're embarrassed of your glasses....these years only come once,  and you don't want to regret it later over a little insecurity.