Yep and if you wear them for too long your body will grow new blood vessels to supply your oxygen-starved eyes with what they need. These new blood vessels can cover your retina and can lead to blindness.
Learned that one by sleeping in daily disposable contacts for a while and losing a significant portion of my peripheral vision.
Kind of. This happened to me. My vision was noticeably bad when I was diagnosed with it, but once I started taking care of my eyes, they blood vessels shriveled and shrank, and my vision mostly improved to the point where I didn’t notice it anymore.
Yep and if you wear them for too long your body will grow new blood vessels to supply your oxygen-starved eyes with what they need. These new blood vessels can cover your retina and can lead to blindness.
Learned that one by sleeping in daily disposable contacts for a while and losing a significant portion of my peripheral vision.
Forever?
Kind of. This happened to me. My vision was noticeably bad when I was diagnosed with it, but once I started taking care of my eyes, they blood vessels shriveled and shrank, and my vision mostly improved to the point where I didn’t notice it anymore.
100% recovered, no. But better.
Yup!
Bet you didn’t see that coming
E is for eye A is for are Y is for you
Eayyyyyyy
Oh damn, did not know that was a risk