What to do if your eyes become dry after wearing contact lenses

Due to the improvement of living standards, almost everyone now has myopia to some extent. I usually like to wear contact lenses, but over time, like many of my friends, I have dry eyes when wearing contact lenses, and the effect of eye drops is not very good. Let me share with you what to do when your eyes are dry when wearing contact lenses.

Why do my eyes feel dry when I wear contact lenses? It may be because I chose the wrong lenses. People with drier eyes should wear contact lenses with low water content (38%). Contact lenses with high water content are comfortable when first put on, but dry eyes will appear after twenty minutes. Because contact lenses with high water content need to absorb more tears, making the eyes drier. Using the computer for a long time. Especially when staring at the computer screen for a long time in an air-conditioned room, the eyes are very likely to become dry. People who use computers for a long time are advised to wear frame glasses, or reduce the time they wear contact lenses, or shorten the time they look at the computer and increase the number of times they blink, or increase the humidity in the room. It is worth reminding here that you should not wait until your eyes are dry before using eye drops, as this will make you dependent on eye drops.

Dry eyes from wearing contact lenses may also be a sign of dry eye syndrome. Dry eyes caused by wearing contact lenses Dry eyes are mainly caused by using the eyes for too long. In addition, it is also related to the inappropriate water content of the contact lenses worn. At present, most contact lens wearers use soft hydrophilic contact lenses, and general consumers believe that the softer the lens and the higher the water content, the better the quality. In fact, this is not very scientific. Not everyone is suitable for wearing contact lenses with high water content. For this reason, doctors recommend that you go to a professional eyewear store when fitting contact lenses, test the tear content of the cornea before fitting the lenses, and choose contact lenses that suit your eye condition under the guidance of an expert, rather than blindly wearing contact lenses that are not suitable for you.

To avoid dryness caused by wearing contact lenses, it is recommended to wear contact lenses about 5 days a week, preferably within 8 hours a day. Because contact lenses are water-absorbent materials, they absorb tears in the eyes, so the eyes feel dry. Wearing contact lenses for too long will cause dryness. You can go to the drugstore to buy a bottle of artificial tears, but the key is to pay more attention to protecting your eyes, for example, you should not read for too long each time.

In fact, in our daily life, it is better to wear contact lenses as little as possible. Even if you want to wear them, do not wear them for more than eight hours. Be sure to take them off before going to bed at night and do not sleep with them on. If dry eyes occur due to wearing contact lenses, and other discomfort symptoms, you need to go to a regular hospital for examination as soon as possible. I hope my answer is helpful to you and I wish you good health.