This is why you should NOT sleep in your contact lenses!

There is no denying that contact lenses are god-sent for those of us struggling with spectacles and the nonsense nicknames associated with wearing them. From the freedom of not having to remove glasses when you are getting clicked to finally getting to enjoy a cup of tea/coffee without fogging your glasses, contact lenses are as close as it comes to achieving the perfect vision.
The problem actually arises when you have to take out the contact lenses at the end of a long, hard day. So, if you are thinking of making your way to the bed, getting under covers and leaving your lenses in overnight, we have some really bad news for you.
Keeping your contacts in overnight calls for nothing but trouble, we assure you of the same. Sleeping in your contact lenses massively increases your chances of catching a nasty eye infection. Infact, it is actually way worse for your eyes than you can imagine!
Don’t believe us? Here’s proof:

If the pictures aren’t gory enough, pay attention to these lines, again:
“The pictures below show a referred case from the local urgent care, a subsequently cultured pseudomonas ulcer, and are the direct result of sleeping in contact lenses. Pseudomonas (bacteria) is an important cause of ocular morbidity and its opportunistic characteristics quickly lead to permanent blindness. This will be the 4th case of cultured pseudomonas that I’ve treated in my clinic.”
This serves as a warning sign for anyone who thinks that it is okay to sleep with their contacts on. It really does not matter whether you fall asleep in them accidentally, or only occasionally.
Why does it happen?
The thing is that contact lenses attract all sort of dust and debris throughout the day. When you sleep in your lenses, you let the dust and debris collect inside and become toxic.
More importantly, when your eyeballs are covered with contacts as you are fast asleep, they are actually not getting enough oxygen.
Even if you are wearing extended wear contacts, you are still putting your peepers at the risk of capturing junk and depriving them of oxygen.
The bottom line
To put it simply, according to several eye experts, if you sleep with contact lens you may actually end up with permanent eye damage or even blindness. If this combination does not scare you, we really don’t know what will.