How Glasses Can Help Contact Lens Wearers

Contacts mean never having to wear glasses again, right?  Not necessarily.  Though you wear contact lenses, the fact is that there are some cases in which you may want a pair of back up eyeglasses.

Main Reasons For Back Up Eyeglasses

– During an eye infection, you shouldn’t wear contact lenses.

Eye infections actually occur less often with people who have backup glasses because they are more likely to wear their backup glasses instead of contact lenses when they have an irritation in their eye.

– Your eyes need oxygen.

Giving them a break from contacts every now and then is a good thing (especially if you live in a high altitude area or where it is very dry).

If something is wrong with your eyes or you have an infection, continuing to wear contact lenses can cause the issue to last much longer and worsen.  This is where a pair of backup eyeglasses can really come in handy.  Eye doctors and professionals often recommend it to their patients.  It is also important that if you do have an eye infection or irritation in your eye that continues, you consult your eye doctor so that he or she can make sure you don’t have a more serious problem.

Backup eyeglasses are also useful if you travel for work.  If something goes wrong and you’re away from your eye doctor and additional supplies of contact lenses, and solution you may be in trouble without a backup plan (and pair of glasses).

You should always keep your backup eyeglasses in an easy to find place so that you can find them quickly if you need to not wear your contact lenses.  It is usually a good idea to get a frame and lens style that is not too trendy, since you’ll most likely hold onto this pair of backup eyeglasses for a while.  If they go out of style or you decide you don’t like them anymore, you may not want to wear them in public.

Of course, you should make sure that your backup eyeglasses are based on your prescription from your eye doctor, just like your contact lenses.  Also, your backup eyeglasses should allow you to see well enough to drive (20/30 or better).

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