Extended Wear Contacts
Extended wear contact lenses are used for continuous wearing meaning
that you put them in, wear them all day and sleep with them in at night. You
cannot do this with daily wear lenses
without damaging your eyes. The extended wear contact allows more oxygen to
reach the eyes cornea than the daily wear.
You should only wear the extended wear contacts for up to seven days without
removal. Keep in mind though that the FDA does consider overnight wearing of
contacts to be dangerous and it should not be done. There is evidence that eye
infections are greater with people that sleep with their contacts in place.
If you have any questions on this topic please schedule an examination and
ask our doctors.
If you do use extended wear contacts you should do it on a flexible basis.
Wear them during the days with only an occasional overnight sleeping in them.
If your eyes start to get irritated or burn or look red, take them out and
let your eyes have a "rest" from.
As with all medical devices follow the instructions the doctor gives you in
their use.
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