Wearing contact lenses every day is both practical and highly regulated.
In order to enjoy optimal comfort and take good care of your lenses, you should follow certain rules and good habits.
For example, it is not advisable to swim with your contact lenses, as this visual device is not very water-friendly.
Directly on the eye surface, contact lenses are fragile pieces of equipment that should be protected from damage.
When you swim, your eyes are immersed or in direct contact with water.
And it is important to know that sea or river water contains invisible microbes that can infect your lenses.
Also, swimming pool water contains germs that can irritate or infect your eyes.
In addition, pool water also contains chlorine which tends to harden the lenses.
As a result, the devices become unpleasant to wear and difficult to remove after swimming.
It is therefore strongly recommended that you remove your contact lenses before any bathing, regardless of the water element you swim in.
As mentioned above, contact lenses do not mix well with water immersion.
Swimming with your contact lenses on can cause damage to your visual devices.
When you swim in a pool with your lenses, they become less flexible and therefore unpleasant to wear.
Depending on how often they are renewed, it may be necessary to change them immediately.
Swimming with contact lenses can also lead to irritation or even infection of the eye.
In such cases, the eyes may become red, the vision blurred and a stinging or painful sensation may be experienced.
The first thing to do is to remove your contact lenses immediately after getting out of the water.
The lenses will need to be dried and then cleaned in a suitable solution to be purified.
It should be noted that repeated eye irritation can lead to ophthalmic complications.
It is therefore advisable to make sure to remove your contact lenses before any immersion in water.
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