Can I Shower With Contact Lenses On?

The common question from people that using glasses and a contact lens is Can I shower with contact lenses on and the answer is not as straightforward as you think so, let's take a look. 

So wearing glasses and contact lenses is a All part of the daily routine for a lot of people but wearing glasses while showering can be a little challenging because the water itself can get on the lenses make it harder to see the heat from the water cannon up steaming up the lenses and then the water itself could even damage the frame or the lenses,

For somebody with a really high prescription then if you take them off, you can't even see them see what you're putting on your body or in your hair. It mean try telling the difference between shampoo and conditioner with this type of vision. 

General contact lenses and water really don't mix and even though your bathing water usually is treated to remove contaminants and other bacteria microorganisms still live in this water. And if it gets in your contacts, it can lead to a nasty infection not to mention if you happen to get soap in your eyes while you're at it that's soap can get soaked up into your contact lenses and basically ruin your contacts. 

In fact, one of the worst eye infections can possibly get is called acanthamoeba. Keratitis. Has from microorganism that will burrow into your cornea that usually you get after hot-tubbing while wearing contact lenses and unfortunately, most people who get that infection usually end up needing a corneal transplant. The best answer is of course to not shower wearing your contact lenses. If you're wearing them, you can take them out and store them in a Multi-Purpose Solution take your shower. And then once you're done put them back in a pro tip is that if you're taking your contacts out just to take a shower and then put them back in don't use a hydrogen peroxide cleaner because 

Take at least six hours to clean your lenses. Otherwise, you're going to end up burning at cornea. Otherwise other multi-purpose solutions usually work a little bit better for this purpose. Now, the main point is that you can't take a shower with your contact lenses. 

In fact this conditions and scenarios in the eye clinic for myself and other eye doctors will tell people to explicitly yes still take a shower just tightly close your eyelids. This is important after wearing a bandage contact lens of scratching the cornea. We're from after types of her. Practice surgery, the main message is that if you can take your contacts out before showering, that's the best option. But if you do ever shower bathe or was swimming with your contacts and your eyes become red and painful take out your contacts right away and give your eye doctor a call. You only get two eyes. So take care of them.

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