Daily contacts-literally?!
Question: Ive just got daily contacts and was wondering.My doctor said wear them for around 8hrs a day but I have work shifts that goes for 11hrs twice a week. - the others are 7hrs. Is it Ok to continue wearing my contacts that long (if I only wear contacts 5days a week)?
Answers: Ive just got daily contacts and was wondering.My doctor said wear them for around 8hrs a day but I have work shifts that goes for 11hrs twice a week. - the others are 7hrs. Is it Ok to continue wearing my contacts that long (if I only wear contacts 5days a week)?
It should be okay to wear them that long, once your eyes get adjusted to wearing them. The 8 hr a day wear may be what the doctor wants to you start out with, until your eyes are fully adjusted to wearing them. It can take up to 2 weeks for some people to get used to them enough to wear them for longer periods of time. If you're doing fine wearing them 8 hrs a day right now, call your eye doctor and ask if it's ok to wear them longer...he may have had a reason for specifying 8 hr wear.
I wear my contacts at least 12 hrs a day every day, and I'm doing fine with mine...and my eye doctor did okay that.
If you've just got them, that 8hrs may just apply for an initial acclimatising period...
Normally 12-14 hours would be quite possible, unless there was something unusual about your eyes which caused your doctor, who has seen your eyes, to issue a more cautious limit.
If in doubt, the prescriber will have to be consulted: just a phone call should do it.
Starting out you won't want to wear them long or you'll start getting headaches. Follow what the doctor says just until you're eyes get used to them.