The good & bad things about contacts? How often should you wear them? I'm th!
Question: The good & bad things about contacts!? How often should you wear them!? I'm thirteen!?
-Okay, first off, I just asked a question about contacts!. But now, my mom is telling me that I can't wear my contacts 3-4 times a week, and that I can ONLY wear them on special occasions, because she speaks chinese, and when we went to China, the eye doctors there said I wasn't ready, because my eyes are still "developing"!. But I never believe what they have to say/recommend me!.-
I think I am pretty responsible!.
I know that if you over-wear them, and do not clean your contacts & take care of them properly, you can get eye infections!.
But can contacts do damage to your eye if you only wear them 3-4 times a week!?
My eye doctor says that they won't, as long as you don't over-wear them, and that you clean them & take care of them!.
My mom, stubborn as she is, refuses to let me wear them more than once every few weeks, because she thinks they will do horrible things to my eye sight if I wear them more than that, because she thinks she's an expert at everything!.
So could you please tell me some things that are good & bad about wearing contact lenses!?
And tell me what I should say to my mom to convince her that she is wrong!?
Are there any articles/websites/pictures that help explain this!?
Thanks !
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I think I am pretty responsible!.
I know that if you over-wear them, and do not clean your contacts & take care of them properly, you can get eye infections!.
But can contacts do damage to your eye if you only wear them 3-4 times a week!?
My eye doctor says that they won't, as long as you don't over-wear them, and that you clean them & take care of them!.
My mom, stubborn as she is, refuses to let me wear them more than once every few weeks, because she thinks they will do horrible things to my eye sight if I wear them more than that, because she thinks she's an expert at everything!.
So could you please tell me some things that are good & bad about wearing contact lenses!?
And tell me what I should say to my mom to convince her that she is wrong!?
Are there any articles/websites/pictures that help explain this!?
Thanks !
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Answers:
I've never heard of 3-4 days a week!. When I was younger I remember the doctors saying that I should only where them for 8 hours a day while my eye were developing!. I'd have to agree with your doctor though cause contacts are serious business!. When I was dumb a few years ago I would leave them in for days at a time and ended up with painful dry eyes and had to leave them out for a week!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I am an optical assistant ive been working in optics for a year and you can buy certain contact lenses that have different lengths if time you can wear them for!. you should never really wear contacts longer than what they are supposed to be worn for as you can get infections in your eye, conjuctivitus!.!. alot of nasty things can go wrong if you wear your contact lenses longer than the suggested time!. sometimes it can lead to your eye not being able to take wearing the contact lenses!. and if you are thinking of wearing them to sleep consult your optometrist to find out which brand of contacts will let more oxygen to your eye while you sleep!.
there are good sides to wearing contact you can buy coloured ones to change your eye colour completely theyre good for sports and are good for if you dont like to wear glasses all the time!.
just keep them clean with soloution and make sure your hands are extreamly clean before putting them on and taking them outWww@Answer-Health@Com
there are good sides to wearing contact you can buy coloured ones to change your eye colour completely theyre good for sports and are good for if you dont like to wear glasses all the time!.
just keep them clean with soloution and make sure your hands are extreamly clean before putting them on and taking them outWww@Answer-Health@Com
As long as you keep your contacts clean and germ-free and take them out every day after wearing, there's no reason why you can't wear them every day!. There's no scientific proof that I know of that says contacts will damage your eyes!. I don't know where your mother is getting her "facts"!. But unfortunately she is sadly misinformed!. My advice is ask an eye doctor online, let him/her give you the facts on contact lenses, and print this out and show it to her!. Or if you can visit an eye doctor's office yourself and let them give you a pamphlet with actual facts about contact lenses, maybe you can convince her!. Good luck!Www@Answer-Health@Com