# How often do you remove your contacts **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 16, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560 "2009-03-16T05:17:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/21 "2009-03-16T09:11:45Z")
Some contacts are designed to be worn continuously for about a month or couple weeks. I take mine out every night, though. ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/22 "2009-03-16T09:25:07Z")
> [@Avatar](#): > > Some contacts are designed to be worn continuously for about a month or couple weeks. I take mine out every night, though. No, some contacts are designed to be THROWN AWAY after a month. You’re not supposed to sleep overnight in contacts. Everyone who leaves them in for months should probably invest in lasik or something. and lawl @ dawn for saying the brand and not the type, idiot. To prevent future confusion: your contacts will get a protein build up (especially dawn, that tramp) and become dirty and start to break down if you don’t remove them to wash them. Also, sleeping in any non gas-permeable contact for any period of time cuts off oxygen, your eyes need to breath. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/23 "2009-03-16T09:29:59Z")
> Most extended wear lenses are FDA approved to be worn without removal for up to seven days. A newer type of soft contact lens material, silicone hydrogel, is considered “super-permeable,” and some lenses made from this material are approved for up to 30 days of wear without removal. > **[Extended Wear Contact Lenses](https://www.allaboutvision.com/contacts/extended.htm)** > > Find out the risks and safety tips for contact lenses you can wear overnight. ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/24 "2009-03-16T09:33:09Z")
> [@Avatar](#): > > [Extended wear contact lenses: Are they safe?](http://www.allaboutvision.com/contacts/extended.htm) > **Soft contact lenses** come in two basic forms—daily wear and extended wear. Both lenses are made from thin, flexible, material and water. Daily-wear lenses must be removed, cleaned and stored every day. Extended-wear lenses are designed for overnight wear. **However, there may be an increased risk of infection associated with extended-wear lenses for some people.** > **Extended-wear soft lenses** offer the same advantages as daily-wear lenses. These lenses may be worn for an extended period, up to a week. **However, due to the risk of infection associated with extended use, daily removal and cleaning is recommended** > **[A Lifetime of Healthy Vision - Prevent Blindness](http://preventblindness.org/)** > > Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness is the nation’s leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to fighting blindness and saving sight. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/25 "2009-03-16T09:36:43Z")
Better source. [http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/answers/2001/ans01109.html](http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/answers/2001/ans01109.html) You’re argument about infection risk does not invalidate the fact that there are contacts designed to be worn continuously for about a month. ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/26 "2009-03-16T09:38:23Z")
You’re going to argue that it’s safer to leave contacts in for a month than it is to remove and clean daily? Plus the human factor, if you can forget about them and leave them in for a month, you’ll forget about them for more than just 30 days. edit: I’m now ok with sleeping in your contacts over night if they’re the specific super-permeable ones and you don’t exceed the maximum interval > **[Extended Wear Contact Lenses](http://www.allaboutvision.com/contacts/extended.htm)** > > Find out the risks and safety tips for contact lenses you can wear overnight. BUT REMOVE AND WASH YOUR CONTACTS YOU RETARDS ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/27 "2009-03-16T09:45:56Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > BUT REMOVE AND WASH YOUR CONTACTS YOU RETARDS I agree with this and even though my contacts are “safe” to wear overnight, I take them out and clean them daily. I was just clarifying the information in this thread. There are products out there with the ability to be worn overnight. Previous to this one, I don’t see where I ever expressed any opinion about contact use in my posts. ---
**Author:** ![Firehawk853](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/firehawk853/32/7607_2.png) [@Firehawk853](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Firehawk853)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/28 "2009-03-16T09:48:09Z")
laser eye surgery FTW! ---
**Author:** ![khoveraki](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/khoveraki/32/5131_2.png) [@khoveraki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/khoveraki)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/29 "2009-03-16T10:03:36Z")
> [@Avatar](#): > > I agree with this and even though my contacts are “safe” to wear overnight, I take them out and clean them daily. > > I was just clarifying the information in this thread. There are products out there with the ability to be worn overnight. Previous to this one, I don’t see where I ever expressed any opinion about contact use in my posts. sorry, not directed at you ---
**Author:** ![Bucker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bucker/32/7379_2.png) [@Bucker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bucker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/30 "2009-03-16T15:01:04Z")
Khoveraki, fuck off. I don’t give a fuck what you do with your eyes, so leave mine the fuck alone. I haven’t had any problems wearing mine for awhile, so Ill keep doing. Maybw I’m not one of those “some people” who have a high risk of infection. ---
**Author:** ![Rsnake91](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rsnake91/32/4996_2.png) [@Rsnake91](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rsnake91)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/31 "2009-03-16T15:17:51Z")
i take them out every day. and change them every 3 weeks. along with my contact cases and btw. no contacts are good to sleep with. even though they say it. ---
**Author:** ![Slomies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Slomies](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slomies)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/32 "2009-03-16T15:24:14Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > At least every night and sometimes during the day if i am going to take a nap or something. > > I enjoy my vision so I don’t mind taking them out and putting them in when I wake up. x2 ---
**Author:** ![dtvburns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dtvburns](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dtvburns)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/33 "2009-03-16T15:30:44Z")
All of you with soft lenses are lucky, my old eyes and bad astigmatism mean I need to wear gas perm hard lenses ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/34 "2009-03-16T15:35:01Z")
I delete the people I dont talk to in my phone book probably every half a year… I just hate how cluttered it gets with people I will never talk to again… WAIT WAT ---
**Author:** ![copperlegend](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/copperlegend/32/7445_2.png) [@copperlegend](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/copperlegend)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/35 "2009-03-16T16:52:03Z")
I used to be stupid and leave them in for a week at a time. I’m paying for it now…I can’t really wear contacts at all anymore due to a bad infection. My eye doctor basically told me I developed an allergy to the protein buildup on the lenses and I had to switch to glasses. I can occasionally wear daily contacts now but they’re so expensive I just wear my glasses now. Maybe that will change come summer and I want to wear sunglasses. Right now I have transition lenses and the sun is tolerable. I’ve been so mad at myself for basically causing this too :picard: ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/36 "2009-03-16T18:19:14Z")
> [@copperlegend](#): > > I used to be stupid and leave them in for a week at a time. I’m paying for it now…I can’t really wear contacts at all anymore due to a bad infection. My eye doctor basically told me I developed an allergy to the protein buildup on the lenses and I had to switch to glasses. I can occasionally wear daily contacts now but they’re so expensive I just wear my glasses now. Maybe that will change come summer and I want to wear sunglasses. Right now I have transition lenses and the sun is tolerable. > > I’ve been so mad at myself for basically causing this too :picard: just be thankful that both of your eyes are still functional. ---
**Author:** ![Boomin99GT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boomin99gt/32/7306_2.png) [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/37 "2009-03-16T18:26:32Z")
Wow I dunno how anyone goes longer than like 12 hours with them in. When I take mine out I can feel the air on my eyes and it feels so great. ---
**Author:** ![9c1ny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1ny/32/5050_2.png) [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/38 "2009-03-16T18:49:44Z")
I used to sleep with mine in, then one night one dried onto my eyeball causing a nice ulcer… they come out everynight before I go to bed ---
**Author:** ![dawn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dawn/32/7209_2.png) [@dawn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dawn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/39 "2009-03-16T19:52:08Z")
> [@khoveraki](#): > > and lawl @ dawn for saying the brand and not the type, idiot. > > To prevent future confusion: your contacts will get a protein build up (especially dawn, that tramp) and become dirty and start to break down if you don’t remove them to wash them. Also, sleeping in any non gas-permeable contact for any period of time cuts off oxygen, your eyes need to breath. First of all, who are you? You’ve been making snotty little comments all fucking week. Real sweet. And what do you mean type? I said I wear disposable lenses in my first or second post. Disposable lenses are soft lenses. Is that what you mean with type? Are you an optician? Is that why your panties are in a bunch about this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Rsnake91](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rsnake91/32/4996_2.png) [@Rsnake91](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rsnake91)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560/40 "2009-03-16T20:14:06Z")
^ hes trying to be cool dawn. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-often-do-you-remove-your-contacts/64560.md?page=3)