Can I sleep with contact lenses?

Nowadays, contact lenses have almost become a daily necessity for girls. When putting on makeup, many girls will wear colored contact lenses to make their eyes look brighter. After a day of work outside, girls will be very tired when they get home. Sometimes they are too lazy to take off their glasses and just squint for a while. Everyone knows that it is bad for the skin to go to bed without removing makeup, so contact lenses should definitely not be worn to sleep. Next, I will analyze the specific reasons for you.

In some aspects of life, contact lenses do bring us a lot of convenience. First of all, we don't have to worry about not being able to see anything clearly when wearing sunglasses in the hot summer. However, contact lenses are in direct contact with the cornea, so there are very high requirements for contact lenses to avoid adverse effects on eye health. Can you sleep with contact lenses? Because contact lenses have weak oxygen permeability and are prone to protein precipitation, contact lenses should generally be taken off before going to bed every day.

Generally, there are two situations when people wear contact lenses to sleep: the first is similar to a short nap or a short rest, and the second is wearing contact lenses overnight.

The first one is not a big problem in the short term (of course it is best not to wear it), for the second one, it is recommended to take it off before going to bed, or wear some lenses with anti-protein function which would be better. Because the eyes are constantly metabolizing during sleep,

Secrete substances such as protein, which will adhere to the lens and reduce the oxygen permeability and comfort of the lens. Normally, our blinking can alleviate this situation appropriately, but whether it is sleeping or taking a nap, after waking up, the lens

The comfort level will be significantly reduced.

In fact, it is best not to wear contact lenses for more than 8 hours a day. Wearing them for a long time will make your eyes more tired and cause severe hypoxia, which will lead to worsening of myopia. Be sure to remove it and wash it at night. Because after long-term wearing,

A large amount of protease, dust and dirt will accumulate on both sides of contact lenses. If they are not cleaned properly, they will cause keratitis, upper and lower blepharitis, eye congestion, etc. In severe cases, it can cause blindness or even shock.

Therefore, we must not take it lightly and never hurt our eyes for the sake of momentary convenience.