Ive had contacts for a while now and im getting sick of putting them on and taking them off. is it okay if....

Question

is it okay if i keep them in my eyes for a straight week without taking them out. (wearing them when i sleep)

Answer 1

I wouldn't recommend it. If you have daily wear contact lenses you should take them out each night. They are not made to be worn for days at a time. If you want to wear your lenses for longer, you should get the extended wear contacts. They allow more oxygen to permeate through the lens and into your eyes. They're also specifically designed to be worn for 6 or more days.

Answer 2

NOO!!!!

Even if you leave them in for an hour while you're asleep, you have the risk of them getting STUCK TO YOUR EYES.Then you would have to get surgery, and basically be blind for the rest of your life. I have had contacts for a few years, and yeah it was annoying for a while, but after a while it just becomes a habit like showering or brushing your teeth.

The only alternatives are glasses or laser eye surgery.

Answer 3

No please do not do that....I used to do it and I got two infections....it was bad and hurt allot....I recommend getting Lasik done....thats what I did last year and it was awesome!!!

Answer 4

No.

Answer 5

Tired of putting them in and taking them off....

Boy...that is serious lazy !

Leave them in and s***w up your eyes so you can't wear them anymore, then you won't have to bother with it.

Answer 6

Leaving them  in too long will give you a nasty eye infection.

You need to talk to your eye Dr. about getting the kind that you can leave in longer.

Answer 7

only if your contacts are the type that allow you to wear them for a week.

I assume yours are not meant for this, otherwise, your eye doctor would have told you it's ok.

If you sleep with contacts like this, you'll get into a habit of only taking them out once or twice a month, and this will cause bad things to happen to your eyes.

Little tiny veins and capillaries will start to grow around your iris, and then they might form scar tissue.

You won't be able to see any of this stuff happening without the aid of  magnification, but it will happen.