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Q: Is it safe to wear soft contact lenses during asleep?

A: Some soft contact lenses are approved for sleeping by the FDA. These lenses have been tested for safety, but it is vital to follow the rules as prescribed by your practitioner. It is not safe to sleep in daily wear lenses. Your eyes could experience permanent damage due to a lack of oxygen.

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A: When contact lenses are over worn, the cornea has been starved for oxygen during overnight wear. This oxygen deprivation stimulates the growth of new blood vessels (neovascularization) into the cornea where blood vessels usually do not exist. The farther into the cornea they grow, the more problematic they can be. When the contact lens wear is stopped, the blood vessel growth stops, but the vessels themselves remain, though the blood within them may disappear - so called ghost vessels. Depending on the severity of the neovascularization, resuming contact lens wear may not be possible.

Q: Why some people, wearing rigid gas permeable contact lenses, perceive irritation in their eyes after gusts of wind.

A: Unlike soft lenses, rigid gas permeable lenses are smaller than the cornea. They float on the tears, moving up and down with every blink. A gust of wind can blow dust and other airborne material into the tears, which then carry this material under the lenses upon blinking. This occurs less often with soft lenses since they are covering the entire cornea. Eye drops can help solve the problem.

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