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Originally Posted by alnorth
I'm guessing its more along the lines of "the added risk is negligible for these specific contacts" rather than "it makes no difference at all". I refuse to believe that taking out contacts every night makes no difference at all. I've had 3 eye doctors and none of them like the idea of wearing them to bed, no matter what kind of contacts they are.
If you have contacts intended to be worn a lot where taking them out every night reduces the risk by only 1%/year or whatever of getting an infection, I might believe that, but with my eyes I want to take that extra step to avoid an infection even if it doesnt make much of a difference.
Seriously, it takes no effort at all. It's what 45 seconds out of the day, no discomfort, no hassle, to remove and clean contacts. I don't understand why anyone wouldn't.
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Because the contacts are DESIGNED to last 30 days in your eyes without being taken out. The more you take them out and mess with them, the more they lose their integrity. And eye infections are a nuisance at worst. You get some antibiotic eye drops and use them for a week to get rid of the infection. It's not like you go blind.
The thing people need to worry about is starving your eyes of oxygen because that can cause some permanent damage. This happens when you buy regular short term contacts (that are meant to be cleaned daily or disposed of weekly, etc) and wearing them for months at a time without cleaning.