Wear Contacts 24/7? You Risk Infection, Blindness
Despite the introduction of silicone hydrogels in the 1990s, overall corneal infection risk has held steady over decades, Schein said, affecting about one in every 2,500 lens wearers. But that risk is “at least 10-fold greater for those choosing to sleep with lenses in. So I discourage that practice whenever I can,” he added. As… Read More »