quick question: Can i wear contacts almost 24 hours by switching between two?

quick question: Can i wear contacts almost 24 hours by switching between
two?


WOuld that be better than trying to wear one for 24 hours.

I could switch one pair to another and have like a 10 minute break.

Is that okay?

Or maybe i can switch one to another and have like a 1 hour break?

What do you think.

I am talkin gabout accuvue advance with hydro.


By using two pairs i will switch off and on between two and i will replace
two pair every two weeks.

Spockie wrote:
> quick question: Can i wear contacts almost 24 hours by switching between
> two?
>
>
> WOuld that be better than trying to wear one for 24 hours.
>
> I could switch one pair to another and have like a 10 minute break.
>
> Is that okay?
>
> Or maybe i can switch one to another and have like a 1 hour break?
>
> What do you think.
>
> I am talkin gabout accuvue advance with hydro.
>
>
> By using two pairs i will switch off and on between two and i will replace
> two pair every two weeks.
>
>

It's not so much the age of the lens, it's also the hypoxia and the
mechanical irritation that is the issue.

So your plan is not recommended.

Dom

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Dom <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Spockie wrote:
> > quick question: Can i wear contacts almost 24 hours by switching between
> > two?
> >
> > WOuld that be better than trying to wear one for 24 hours.
> >
> > I could switch one pair to another and have like a 10 minute break.
> >
> > Is that okay?
> >
> > Or maybe i can switch one to another and have like a 1 hour break?
> >
> > What do you think.
> >
> > I am talkin gabout accuvue advance with hydro.
> >
> > By using two pairs i will switch off and on between two and i will replace
> > two pair every two weeks.


>
> It's not so much the age of the lens, it's also the hypoxia and the
> mechanical irritation that is the issue.
>
> So your plan is not recommended.

I agree and will add a couple of comments: The extra handling of the
lens actually increases the potential for mechanical irritation, not to
mention pathogen contamination. Further, if the Acuvue Advance is not
giving you the wearing time and comfort that you need, try a different
lens. The Advance lens is not "the latest and greatest." That lens has
essentially been replaced by J&J's newer silicone hydrogel Oasys, IMHO
(and that of many other practitioners) a far superior lens. There are
three (soon to be four) other choices of lens in this technology.

LB, O.D.

You could wear focus day and night up to a month but its bad for your
eyes to sleep in contacts, especially for weeks on end. OrthoK may be
what your looking for if you want 24/7 good vision. You do sleep with
orthoK but only for 8 hours or so then they come right out and your
eyes get a rest and soak up lots of oxygen the rest of the time.

In article <(E-Mail Removed) om>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> You could wear focus day and night up to a month but its bad for your
> eyes to sleep in contacts, especially for weeks on end. OrthoK may be
> what your looking for if you want 24/7 good vision. You do sleep with
> orthoK but only for 8 hours or so then they come right out and your
> eyes get a rest and soak up lots of oxygen the rest of the time.

You are so often so wrong---why do you bother to post here.

1. No one in this discussion mentioned sleeping in lenses, merely being
concerned with a day of comfort. You are off topic. No one asked you.
Go away.

2. High DK silicone hydrogel lenses have been proven to be safe for
overnight use. And if hypoxia (go look it up) is an issue causing
discomfort, high DK lenses are a fix. So there.

3. OrthoK does not provide 24/7 sharp vision, at least not for most
people. It provides temporary and variable improvement. Some folks enjoy
the effect, some don't. Fact. Deal with it.

Why don't you down some of those magic mushrooms of yours and
hallucinate clear vision. Back in the kill file you go.

LB, O.D.

no need to be rude! This poster mentioned 24 hour comfort. Normal
people sleep more than 8 hours of their lives a day. She only needs to
wear contacts less than 16 hours at a time.


There is no such thing as safe overnight contacts. The risks are 10
fold and if you want to argue, take it to my optometrist, hes the
expert and hes seen many patients ruin their eyes sleeping in contacts!


OrthoK works great for low myopes and can provide sharp vision for
several days between each application of retainer lenses. If you dont
perform orthoK, you have no knowlege.

In article <(E-Mail Removed) .com>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> no need to be rude! This poster mentioned 24 hour comfort.

Did not, read it again.

> Normal people sleep more than 8 hours of their lives a day. She only needs to
> wear contacts less than 16 hours at a time.

Huh? That makes no sense. So, then why did you respond about 24/7 if
she's talking about 16 hours. See where I'm going here?
>
> There is no such thing as safe overnight contacts. The risks are 10
> fold and if you want to argue, take it to my optometrist, hes the
> expert and hes seen many patients ruin their eyes sleeping in contacts!

I'm sure you've read the studies. Your so very well informed. NOT.
The couple of dozen out of hundreds of thousands of wearers that end up
"ruining their eyes" are the bozos who continue to wear lenses that
obviously hurt, have red, sore eyes, experience blurred/distorted
vision, have pain and photophobia and don't seek treatment until it's
too late. Injury does not happen without symptoms.
>
> OrthoK works great for low myopes and can provide sharp vision for
> several days between each application of retainer lenses. If you dont
> perform orthoK, you have no knowlege.

Assumptions, assumptions. Wrong again, ace.

Just stop posting here -- the easiest way for you to get people to stop
calling you on your BS. You have WAY too much time. Shouldn't you be
doing your homework and studying so that one day you might make it out
into the real world?

LB

LarryDoc wrote:
>
> Just stop posting here -- the easiest way for you to get
> people to stop calling you on your BS. You have WAY too
> much time. Shouldn't you be doing your homework and
> studying so that one day you might make it out into the
> real world?

I got the impression that Ace is done with school, basically
non-functional and living in his parent's house. He has all
the time in the world to look for some attention.

-Quick

In article <(E-Mail Removed) .com>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> no need to be rude!

It's too bad, but sometimes being polite just isn't working, and it's
time for RUDE! I think partly it's just your posting style, but you
need to be aware that your posting style irritates some people here a
whole lot.


> There is no such thing as safe overnight contacts. The risks are 10
> fold and if you want to argue, take it to my optometrist, hes the
> expert and hes seen many patients ruin their eyes sleeping in contacts!


Let's bring on the dueling ODs!

However, I think it is very rude for you to say which OD is an expert
and which is wrong, especially since you aren't an OD yourself.


> OrthoK works great for low myopes and can provide sharp vision for
> several days between each application of retainer lenses. If you dont
> perform orthoK, you have no knowlege.

That's got to be one of the rudest things I've ever seen on this group.
And exactly how many orthoK procedures have *you* performed?

You are very, very rude! (Or something). Why don't you understand why
others are getting rude in return?

--
Dan Abel
(E-Mail Removed)
Petaluma, California, USA

Long answer is NO, short answer is no

Your eyes need the break from the contact lens, you run the risk of
severe corneal injury.