Daily Disposable Contact Lenses
Jun 30th, 2008 by Dr. Langford
Most contact lenses are two week disposable, and there are a few that are one month, and a select few that are 3 month, but the arguably most healthy kind is the daily disposable.
Dr. Bazan wrote a post about why he likes them. Let me add that they are great if you have any eye allergies. They are great for your teenage kids because while you love your kids unconditionally, can you trust them completely? I mean trust them to always take care of their contacts properly so that they can avoid blinding eye infections (throwing away contacts on schedule, not sleeping in them, washing hands before applying or taking out the lens, avoiding swimming in them, getting a new case every 3 months, removing the lens if any redness, pain, light sensitivity, and/or discharge-watering occurs and calling me to schedule an appointment, get a yearly eye exam to renew the prescription)?
What was my question again? Oh, yeah…do you trust your kid to do all that stuff? Probably not, especially since chances are YOU don’t do all that stuff. So yep, your kids and you would do great in daily disposable contact lenses (if available in your powers and eye shape).
My favorites are Ciba Focus Dailies, Coopervision Clearsight or Proclear 1-Days. At your next appointment (or your kid’s) ask me about daily disposable contacts.
Please note: not all prescriptions and eye shapes are available in daily disposable contact lenses. I can explain all your contact lens options during a complete eye exam with a contact lens evaluation upgrade.
Great points! Kids do extremely well in daily disposables. They also appreciate not having the added responsibilities and risks involved with reusable contacts.
Wal-mart has super crazy low prices on certain daily disposables. Finally they are affordable to everyone! Follow up with Dr. Langford for more info.