Is it okay for me to get contacts?

Question

I'm 13, is it okay? I'm planning on getting them next month in June . It's okay, right? It's not bad for my eyes at all?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I was 12 when I started wearing contacts, it will be perfectly fine...and it's life changing as well, you won't believe how much better you will feel when you don't have to wear your glasses the whole day!! It's totally worth it!

And if you take care of your lenses the way you should there will be no problem.

Answer 2

13 is fine, as long as you have consulted your optometrist and it's OK.

Contacts are completly healthy for your eyes, on the condition that they are stored and maintained correctly. Many people have gone blind from incorrect storage and solutions and consqequent infections because they buy them over the internet and haven't had them fitted properly.

Good luck, you won't even know you are wearing them!

Answer 3

Thanks pedestal, you've saved me a lot of typing....

What pedestal said.....

Answer 4

Yes, they are bad for your eyes.

But so's driving a car bad for health, but that hardly stops people! (100 a day dead in the USA)

There are inherent risks in wearing contact lenses: most obviously, it increases the risk of eye infections, and some eye infections are serious, even sight threatening.

There's no getting round this (except by ignoring it)

but the risk is small and, especially for people who have good lenses, don't overwear them, and keep a good hygiene regime, the benefits can usually be taken to markedly outweigh the risks.

There's no particular risk to getting them at 13, provided the individual is responsible, and adequately funded.

Nothing ups the risk of eye infections like trying to stretch the life of a contact lens, or skimping on solutions, to save money.