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I've got another Purevision question.
When it says you can wear Purevision contacts for 30 days, does that mean 30 days, day and night without taking them out, or does it mean clean them every night and throw them away after 30 days? |
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Purevision lenses are designed for 30 day continuous wear (day and night) or 30 day, daily wear.. meaning take them out at night, soak them and wear the next day and then throw them out after 30 days.
Now it all depends on how your doctor PRESCRIBES the lenses. I wear Purevision but have been instructed for daily wear only. Reason being. I am a post RK patient and the eye doctor wants to make sure my eyes stay healthy while having the benefit of wearing contacts and wants to be sure I get enough oxygen to my eyes in lieu of my surgical history. Hope it helps misskitty |
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Hi Miss Kitty. I'm finally responding to you with a question. It sounds like you're saying that these contacts will last 30 days whether you wear them all night or not. I thought I heard that they'll last 30 days only if you don't sleep in them. Have I gotten something confused?
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Do you sometimes skip a day when wearing your Purevision contacts dboo? If you wear them every day, you're not supposed to wear them for six weeks. How do you know you have to toss them after six weeks? What happens at that point?
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Sometimes I do skip a day or two or sometimes more. I try to throw them after 30 days but sometimes I go longer. I throw them out and use a fresh pair even though they could wear them longer, I know it's not good to wear them till they feel uncomfortable.
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when health matters a lot to you u should use daily disposable lens
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I second that, pooja. It's healthier for your eyes to put a fresh pair of contact lenses in each morning.
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Me too. Changing your contacts on a daily basis is better than wearing monthly contact . . . unless you're the type of person who will forget to take them out at night. I think that's why the extended wear contacts were invented.
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No problems AT ALL here with the 30-day B & L continuous wear. IN fact, I'm on my third pair in the last 3 months now and very comfortable. Eyes never felt better. And I have astigmatisms in both eyes. Great technology for quality of life.
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Against that, most daily disposables tend to be of standard hydrogel lens material with lowish oxygen permeability, so if you like to wear your contact lenses many hours/day, then they are less than optimum (IMHO). Weekly or Monthly Disposables are an alternative and are normally cheaper than Dailies. If you wish to wear Weekly or Monthly Disposables then it is probably advisable to go with the silicone hydrogel type lenses (assuming no allergies) and get the benefit of higher oxygen permeability. Personally I don't have a problem with deposit accumulation on monthly lenses and I used to wear yearly ones. These should be good for at least 9 months before deposits became noticeable, but were not normally a significant problem for me. For those people who need to sleep in their lenses (e.g. people on call at a minute's notice and who won't have time to put lenses in, e.g. firemen perhaps, then the extended wear weekly or monthly silicone hydrogel lenses may have some benefits. However, the risk of corneal infections is about five times higher when wearing lenses 24/7 than for daily use only - irrespective of whether you use standard hydrogel or silicone hydrogel lenses, (though of course most, if not all, standard hydrogel lenses are not approved for 24/7 wear due to their lower oxygen permeability). knotlob |
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I just asked my doctor to prescribe these lenses for me simply due to the fact that on occasion I have been known to fall asleep while reading. (I run a business and am a student) I was trying for the highest oxygen permeability just in case. If I were to fall asleep with them on, I would definitely stick to glasses the next day to make up for lost oxygen.
What I have now are monthly disposables rated up to 7 days continuous. Even though I do realize that occassional overnight wear would not be the end of the world, I would prefer to use something at the highest rating for optimum safety. |
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One of my opticians recommended that I don't put my lenses in, in the morning, until 45 mins after I had gotten up. This was to allow the eyes to replenish the oxygen deficiency during sleep (without lenses in). Of course, not always possible to give 45 mins if in a rush, but sensible advice nonetheless. knotlob |
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I posted it here again to demonstrate that 45 mins is beneficial, without, I think, avoiding contact lens wear the whole of the following day, especially with the latest generation of high oxygen permeability lenses. But better to be safe than sorry. knotlob |
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I'm glad to read that things are going so well for you Lawson. Congratulations. Since you posted here I take it you're wearing PureVision contacts so contentedly?
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