How long can I wear my colored contact lenses and how long should I change them?

Many people love to wear colored contact lenses. They can be worn by people with or without myopia. How long can these contact lenses be worn every day? How often should you change your colored contact lenses?

How long can I wear colored contact lenses every day?

Generally speaking, colored contact lenses should be worn for a maximum of 10 hours a day, because the air permeability of colored contact lenses is not very good. Wearing them for a long time will cause the eyes to be in a state of oxygen deprivation, which can easily cause some discomfort. Therefore, it is recommended not to wear colored contact lenses for more than 10 hours a day, and do not wear them every day. Use frame glasses 1 or 2 days a week to give your eyes a rest.

How often should you change your colored contact lenses?

How often you should replace your colored contact lenses depends mainly on how long they are used. Daily disposable contact lenses should be replaced after 10 hours of wearing at most, and bi-weekly disposable contact lenses should be replaced every two weeks. Because daily and bi-weekly disposable contact lenses are used for a short time and the requirements for the lenses are not high, you can simply replace them according to the specified time for contact lenses.

Monthly disposable contacts should be replaced after 25 days of use, semi-annual disposable contacts should be replaced after about 5 months, and annual disposable contacts should be replaced after about 10 months. The longer the lenses are used, the greater the wear and tear and the greater the safety hazard. Therefore, the actual usage time of cosmetic contact lenses should be about 20% shorter than the prescribed time. It is recommended that you do not use a pair of colored contact lenses until their maximum usage time has expired before replacing them. It is better for your eye health to replace them some time in advance.

Colored contact lenses can generally be worn for 8 hours. How often they should be replaced depends on their usage cycle.