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What r your chances of getting eye infections from contacts?


if u drop your contact on the bathroom sink and kind of just rinse if off with the solution ?

Depends what has been in the sink! Eye infections are always a risk with contacts.

Say you put your finger in your eye (without contacts). Any germs from your finger would swim around in the natural fluid in your eye, which would wash the germs away fairly quickly. But if you have a contact lens in your eye, it's hydrophilic which means it attracts and absorbs that fluid - and the germs. So the germs stay in your eye for longer and are more likely to cause an infection.

Same would apply to the situation you mention. If the lense picked up some germs from the sink, they're going to be sitting in your eye all the time you're wearing that contact. Not a pretty thought! You really need to soak the lens to disinfect it again.

That's why they say, never use someone else's eyeliner or mascara while you're wearing contacts.

Having said that, I must admit I've dropped my lens and then put it in my eye, more than once - and got away with it. So far!

As long as your are good about rinsing them before inserting, especially after dropping it anywhere but in the case, then your chances should be fairly low.

if you keep them clean there is little or no chance of infection

It depends on how dirty the sink is, but you should be ok if you rinsed it very well. If your eyes start getting really red with a lot of drainage, you should remove the contacts and go to the doctor to get some antibiotic ointment or eye drops.

slim to none.

leavin it in solution 4 a while can b clean enough 2 put it in your eye but i suggest leavin them in da solution 4 quite a while cuz u neva knoe wat could kind of bacteria is around not dat ima dissin ur sink but certain germs can really cause pain in da eye

The other folks who answered are right. I've worn contacts for thirty years and have had maybe five eye infections in that time, which actually is the same or less than people who don't wear them. (Plus, with them in, your eyes water little to none when you slice onions! ;-) )

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