If somebody punched in your eye are contact lens safe?!
Question:
If somebody punched in your eye are contact lens safe?
I think you are likely to close your eyes before impact.
Are contact lens safe when impacted by something small and fast, quicker than your eye can close?
Safe inasmuch they will not cause extra eye damage or the risk of?
Answers:
Contact lenses probably provide a minor extra degree of safety in the event of eye trauma.
In any event where the impact might make the lens split or otherwise damage the eye, the eye was in serious trouble anyway.
The old story of a welding flash fusing a contact lens to the cornea is an urban legend.