Yes they can irritate your eyes if you suffer from allergies. I suffer badly and I haven't been able to really wear my lenses a whole lot in the last month. I have been wearing my glasses instead. I don't know if there are any lenses that help but Bausch and Lomb does now make an OTC allergy eye drop that helps tremendously. The only problem is that you can't put your contacts in for 15 minutes after using it.