Do any of you wear glasses or contacts? I dont mean just for reading but I mean all the time? Has it affected your swimming in any way? What do you do about not being able to see?
I wear my contacts while swimming out of necessity. Without my contacts, my vision is approx. 20/400. I wear the 1-2 week disposables so if my goggles leak I will just move to the next pair. No great economic loss.
The eye Dr. is actually the one who advised me that contacts are porous and will absorb water from wherever they are exposed and that it could possibly infect the eye. I have been swimming with them for over 5 years now and have never had a problem we could trace directly back to the water.
PS. I swim in pools, lakes and even Lake Michigan. I also jet-ski with contacts but never without goggles for the same reasons.
I wear my contacts while swimming out of necessity. Without my contacts, my vision is approx. 20/400. I wear the 1-2 week disposables so if my goggles leak I will just move to the next pair. No great economic loss.
The eye Dr. is actually the one who advised me that contacts are porous and will absorb water from wherever they are exposed and that it could possibly infect the eye. I have been swimming with them for over 5 years now and have never had a problem we could trace directly back to the water.
PS. I swim in pools, lakes and even Lake Michigan. I also jet-ski with contacts but never without goggles for the same reasons.
