Contacts: Who's wearing them under their goggles and who isn't?
At my last eye exam, my dr. sternly lectured me about the evils of swimming with contacts. When your goggles leak, which seems inevitable, the chlorine seeps in the lens, contaminates it and can thereby irritate your cornea.
I wore contacts my whole youth without incident, but now I notice some dry eye and redness. The problem is I don't like most prescription goggles.
What does everyone think? Anyone whacked out an eye?
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I think that most of the problems come from people who wear their contacts too long. I know a couple of people that do not change them for weeks or more. I used to play water polo with my contacts in so I could see better. I don't really need them much so I tend to not to wear them to the pool, but I don't worry if I need to.
I did lose a contact once. My wife and I meet at the pool so we got married there as well. Well I wanted to be able to see so I wore my contacts, and since I never had a problem during polo I didn't think about it. Well one of them fell out. I didn't notice until later when I couldn't see too well. I thought it had slipped so I kept looking for it in my eye, let me tell you that it's not a good idea to look for a contact and keep poking your eye.
I think that most of the problems come from people who wear their contacts too long. I know a couple of people that do not change them for weeks or more. I used to play water polo with my contacts in so I could see better. I don't really need them much so I tend to not to wear them to the pool, but I don't worry if I need to.
I did lose a contact once. My wife and I meet at the pool so we got married there as well. Well I wanted to be able to see so I wore my contacts, and since I never had a problem during polo I didn't think about it. Well one of them fell out. I didn't notice until later when I couldn't see too well. I thought it had slipped so I kept looking for it in my eye, let me tell you that it's not a good idea to look for a contact and keep poking your eye.
