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Originally Posted by Dragonslayer
Going back to the original question. Can you nap in Focus Dailies contacts?
I did a search and found a lot of answers from non-professionals, and I wasn't satisfied. Finally my search took me to the CibaVision website, the lair of the dragon, so to speak. It said "Designed for napping and sleeping for up to 30 nights of continuous wear" but that was for Air Optix Night & Day Aqua, NOT Focus Dailies.
The section on Focus Dailies does not say anything about napping in them. So I would be very careful not to fall asleep with the Focus Dailies in, even for a half hour nap. |
The Focus Dailies are a standard hydrogel lens, not a high oxygen permeable silicone hydrogel lens like the Air Optix.
However, even if Ciba Vision and the FDA say you can wear these (Air Optix) lenses for up to 30 days & nights, current thinking is that this is NOT recommended. Wearing
contact lenses on a continuous or extended wear basis greatly increases the risk of corneal infections, including corneal ulcers. See the posts by Doctor G on this subject. He would NOT prescribe lenses for extended wear, except under extreme circumstances and certainly not just for the convenience of not having to clean the lenses daily.
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