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Why is it bad to sleep with contacts?

Why is it bad to sleep with your contacts on?

  • Why is it bad to sleep with contacts on? What gets damaged/happens? If one day i'm sooo tired want to know if it really matters

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    People who wear contacts overnight have at least ten times more problems than those that take them out at night. This is because the corneas get starved for oxygen wearing lenses when sleeping as follows: The cornea is the clear tissue in front of the pupil where you place the contact lenses. It is clear because it contains no blood vessels. During the day it gets oxygen out of the air. When the eyes are closed it gets oxygen by osmosis from the vessels on the back side of the lids. Wearing a contact lens interferes with this transfer unless the lens is permeable enough to let sufficient oxygen pass threw to the cornea. Failure means a break down in your corneal tissue.

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It dries out your pupils and when you wake up, the contact is stuck to the eyeball and you cannot see. Normally, the contact can still be removed without too much hassle but it is NOT a good thing to get into the habit of wearing your contacts to bed.

UhmItsBrookee

It prevents oxygen from getting to your eye. Its ok to sleep in them every now and then but not every night. It strains your eyes.

Cody

It is because when you sleep, your eyes move while you dream and can even roll back. So if you wear contacts while sleeping, you might wake up to having your contacts stuck somewhere in your eye.

Mia

It's not a big deal if it happens every now and then but every night could definitely push it. I slept in my contacts most of the time and although it never caused serious problems it did irritate my eyes often. Best to just take them out every night when you can.

The LSA Queen

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