Contacts are a dream come true for most people with vision impairment. They provide a natural field of view, and you can comfortably wear them for physical activities. These clear lenses slip easily on top of the eye’s surface and enable ideal vision without wearing glasses.

 Although contacts may be an excellent option for the more significant duration of the day, having a reliable pair of glasses is still highly recommended. Occasionally, wearing these can help optimize your eye health.

 Eye Health

The human eye needs time and space to breathe to remain healthy. If the contacts you’re wearing for the better part of the day aren’t highly breathable, your cornea may suffer significant oxygen deprivation. This deficiency may trigger a host of eye issues.

 Equally critical for contact lens wearers are mechanical factors that may cause eye or eyelid abrasion. These concerns may stem from wearing loosely fitting lenses or inappropriate designs. Sometimes, the lens material can also be a factor in eye irritation.   

 To minimize your risk for such complications, experts recommend removing your contact lenses and wearing glasses for a few hours before resting at night. This time allows the eyes to recover from experiencing contact friction throughout the day. It’s also an excellent opportunity to boost oxygen supply to the eyes, especially the cornea.

Infection

To properly apply contact lenses, the user must touch their eye surface. Since opticians advise against sleeping in lenses, unless necessary or prescribed, you’ll have to remove and reapply the eyepieces every day. Doing that exposes you to the constant risk of touching your eyes. Although applying a contact lens solution prevents bacterial growth, there are always inherent infection risks when touching one’s eyeball.

 Assuming you’re keen enough to avoid contact with the eyes, you still have to touch the lenses to apply them. That entails thoroughly disinfecting your hands with soap and water and drying them before handling the eyepieces. Even then, you could still transfer disease-causing pathogens to the delicate organs through the contacts.  a

 Keep in mind you shouldn’t swim or take a bath in your lenses to avoid contact with water-borne germs. The eye infection risk remains, regardless of the health safety precautions you observe. Whether for a week or two, try wearing glasses instead to mitigate the bacterial infection hazard.

Fashion

Contacts have several obvious advantages for those who are visually impaired. However, contact lens wearers lose the fashion upgrade frames bring to an outfit from time to time. Many people who wear glasses also appreciate the aesthetic feel the eyewear adds to their style.  

 When you incorporate traditional spectacles as an eyesight treatment option, you can take advantage of the market’s elegantly framed solutions. Specialty lens retailers today carry the latest glasses frames for women and men. Wearing these trendy eyepieces allows you to differentiate your sense of style without compromising your eye health and vision.  

Dry Eyes and Allergies

Dry eyes add to the long list of optical health issues that most contact wearers grapple with from time to time. Allergies are the main cause of dryness, especially if allergens get trapped between the contact and the eye surface.

 Whether you’re spending your day indoors or outdoors, it may be impossible to avoid contact with pollen, dust, and other airborne debris during certain periods of the year. It’s these fine particles that may attach to your contact lenses and trigger eye irritation. This side-effect is unfortunately common, and glasses are necessary to give the eyes a break to remoisturize.

 While allergens may still stick on your eyeglasses’ lenses, they’re usually never in direct contact with your eyes. So, allergic eye reactions aren’t common among wearers of traditional eyepieces. Plus, you can quickly clean your spectacles at any time to remove potential irritants.

Strict Lens and Eye Care Standards

Wearing contact lenses comes with higher everyday eye care standards. There’s no doubt that contacts are as effective as glasses at correcting eyesight disorders, but contact wearers have to follow strict lens care instructions to avoid exposure to serious eye infections. You can break free from these tough requirements by switching to glasses, even if it’s just occasionally.  

Keep Your Pair of Glasses On Hand 

Contacts are a relief for most of those with vision impairments. They’re useful for physical activities wherein wearing spectacles is impractical. However, having a reliable pair of glasses handy improves comfort and prevents damage. If you have to use contact lenses during the day, be sure to take them out for a few hours after dinner and, if necessary, wear glasses instead.