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Originally Posted by MouseWife
Does anyone here wear extended contacts? She is and sometimes wears them longer than the two weeks. I say that is part of the culprit. Comments on that?
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I used to wear mine for 3-4 weeks back in the early days of contacts for me (I was a teenager). I caused irreparable damage to my eyes - I have severe vein build-up around my corneas. Luckily, I was able to prevent further damage by removing them nightly, but was just barely under the allowable limit for my Lasik procedure.
However, the veins around my corneas can worsen with age and may cause me to go blind if my eyes can't get oxygen on their own.
Wearing contacts for extended periods on a regular basis is BAD. Period.
Intended laziness (aka "inexcusable stupidity") nearly cost me my eyesight.