Ever fallen asleep with your contact lenses in? 👁️👁️
The Center for Disease Control reports that this is the most common offense for contact lens users. But what’s so bad about it anyway?
Eyes, like the rest of our bodies, need oxygen to survive, and if you have lenses in for an extended period of time, your cornea – the outer surface of your eye – doesn’t get to breathe. Without oxygen, your corneas will get larger and swell up. This is called keratitis, which means your eyes’ physiology is being damaged or altered.
This inflammation causes small gaps to start to appear across the surface of the eyes and bacteria will start to make its way through those gaps to invade the cornea.
In most cases, this leads to eye infections. In worst case scenario, it can rob you of your eye sight.
Moreover, you can damage your cornea by trying to pick out dried out lenses, and develop other long-term problems that can eventually lead to loss of sight.
Why risk it? Keep your eyes safe & take those contacts out at night.