how many hours a day can i wear my contacts?!


Question: How many hours a day can i wear my contacts?
i have acuve two-week pairs

Answers:

With wearing time if you are wearing for longer than 12 hours EVERY day keep a very careful watch on how red your eyes are when you take them out. The chief risk of overwear is oxygen deprivation and that doesn't show any symptoms before it hits you. Red eye is a warning sign , blurring is the next thing and by that point you are risking your sight and anyway its terribly painful while it heals. Lenses can be very comfortable if you are overwearing as teh lack of oxygen also affects your ability to feel pain.

Had problems due to overwear. Just rescued in time.



Hey, I wear acuvue, and I find that I can usually wear them for most the day, I would say maximum 7-8 hours I personally wear them. But I would check with your opticians for proper advice, I mean it depends on if your eyes get dried out too quickly some days then some days you can't wear them for as long.



The length of time you wear CL'S each day is up to you. Some people wear them for up to 16-18 hours a day. some people cannot stand them for more than 8 hours. It depends on the dryness of your eye. How new the CL'S are and other things such as your tolerance If you are having a problem wearing them "blink contact re-wetting drops" are the best OTC re-wetting drop you can get. We sell more of them at my eye clinic than anything.



A healthy period is 12 hours.

Some people can keep them less (6-8) and some even more (14-16).
It depends on the lens material, oxygen permeability and wetting agent.




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