What happens if you sleep in your contacts?!
Question:
What happens if you sleep in your contacts?
Answers:
If you are wearing contact lenses that are not made to be worn overnight it will greatly deprive your cornea of oxygen.
A cornea deprived of oxygen is very susceptible to damage and infection!!! Sleeping in your daily wear contact lenses once will probably not cause any lasting damage to your eyes, but it is definitely not good for you!!!
If you frequently over wear your daily wear lenses (overnight/too many hours in a day) then you will be causing damage to your cornea...whether you realize it or not!
This can result in higher risk of infection and damage that can be permanent. In serious cases this can lead to inability to wear contact lenses and even in loss of vision. This is very serious.....so if you have daily wear lenses it is very important to stick to the wear time prescribed by your doctor.
If you are interested in wearing your contacts for longer periods of time you should talk to your doctor to see if extended wear contact lenses would be right for you :)