Can you wear contact loenses when it rains?

I've just come back from the almightiest rainfall ever. Do I have to remove my contact lenses, I can't find any info in the guide or anywhere else? Please help I don't want to get an eye infection.cheers.

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Reply 1

*The One

I mean contact lenses not loenses!lol

Reply 2

high priestess fnord

no dont worry about it, unless they are uncomfortable just leave them.

Yes, thanks a lot!

You only have to remove your contact lenses around water when you are swimming or having a bath. You can wear them in the shower or when it rains.

Reply 5

CorpusNinja

unlikely anything would happen. don't swim in them regularly like i did tho! i think i'm in trouble, got a check up today! :redface:

Reply 6

kitten with a whip

What happens if you wear them while you swim? I do it all the time and I've never had any problems...

Reply 7

CorpusNinja

you can get an infection from a certain bacteria present in all water i think.
while its a slim chance, i've been told wearing goggles and wearing dailies rather than monthlies is advisable. but i've been on monthlies! and my eyes hurt with lenses in now...

Reply 8

Kill.Me.Now

i just got my first set of monthlies today! whoo!

Reply 9

lou p lou

biggie-n

mleh, i tried to be good and use last months lenses when i went swimming... but then i got bored of that too. if the optician asks just say you do wear googles.

lou xxx

Reply 10

hugatree

Of course you can wear them when it rains. :smile:

I found they annoy me in the shower though cos you get water on your lashes that you want to rub off.

Reply 11

CorpusNinja

lou p

mleh, i tried to be good and use last months lenses when i went swimming... but then i got bored of that too. if the optician asks just say you do wear googles.

lou xxx

wearing last months lenses is probably a bad idea. don't you chuck them away? :eek:

Reply 12

poltroon

Yes but not when it hails. :p:

Reply 13

Legend22

I noticed someone said you cannot wear them in the bath, didn't know that.

As for rainfall, I wear them when it rains doesn't do them any harm. :smile:

Reply 14

Lofty

matt@internet

You only have to remove your contact lenses around water when you are swimming or having a bath. You can wear them in the shower or when it rains.

I swim, dive and SCUBA dive in mine... have done for ages, oops! :p:

Reply 15

Navajo

Yer I wear mine Swimming :biggrin:

Reply 16

kikzen

i thought theyd fall out when submerged!!

nope they don't

I have opened my eyes underwater with them in and nothing happened....they loved it.

Reply 19

DoktaUH

biggie-n

you can get an infection from a certain bacteria present in all water i think.

to expand on that, if the bacteria get between the lense and your eye it is quite possible that by the end of the day you have no corneas left :smile: