Children wearing contact lenses

DeeDee74

Both my kids had contacts young.. 7 and 8 thay were under the hospital at the time. Thay couldnt put them in themselves for a while after having them.

gregg1

My daughter has been wearing contacts since she was ten. We always bought daily disposables for her in order to reduce the risk of infection and make it easier for her to handle.

Contact lenses are better than they were when my daughter started wearing them though and I think any risks from wearing them for too many years reduces as a result of those improvements.

suki1964

Unless the script is filled by a daily disposable , don't even think about it

What is not drilled home is that weekly, monthly lenses can not be cleaned and as kids are always going to be less scrupulous about being as close to sterile a you can whilst wearing and handling lenses, the risk is just too great

I'm an adult. I work in kitchens. I know how to keep my hands clean. I also wore monthly lenses, and with the go ahead go the optician, because I wore them so infrequently , I extended the wear to six weeks

I got an ulcer

I can no longer wear lenses

I got off lightly, some people lose their sight, others their eyes

beedeedee

Our son had them at 9. He was a promising footballer and enjoyed playing in the under 11's but specs were not allowed on the pitch after that age group. He wore them for years ( the gas permeable ones), but stopped them of his own accord when he gave up football.

Cherry_Bomb

Thanks for the replies.

Thought I'd update. Just got back from the opticians. No appointments but I nipped in quickly to have a chat. Checked DS prescription which is suitable for contacts.

Optician said its not uncommon for younger children now to have them. He's seeing it more and more so we've got a proper appointment in a few weeks to go through it all with DS see if he still wants to give them a try when he knows what it actually entails!

Person_one

Wow, your optician opens before 9.45 on a Sunday morning? That's impressive!

Good luck with the lenses.

Cherry_Bomb

I know!

I rang specsavers yesterday and they said i was welcome to come in for a quick chat......on Feb 19th:D
Rang a little independent place and they said come in today. Come to think of it they never said a time and neither did I.

God I wonder if they weren't actually open yet and there's me just swanning in there!

lil.smartie

I had dailies at 16 but have used extended wear lenses for 10-15yrs now and have no issues. They were a pretty new product when I first had them but maybe they would work for a younger child. They allow lots of oxygen through and I can wear mine 6 weeks before changing them (optician approved before anyone shouts, my eyes deposit very little protein on them and they still look new after 6 weeks, she felt they would still be clean enough after 8-10 weeks but 6 was the limit she gave me!)

Kate

gregg1

Cherry_Bomb wrote: »

I know!

I rang specsavers yesterday and they said i was welcome to come in for a quick chat......on Feb 19th:D
Rang a little independent place and they said come in today. Come to think of it they never said a time and neither did I.

God I wonder if they weren't actually open yet and there's me just swanning in there!

There is also maybe an option to get your child the lenses that they sleep in and they correct the shape of the eye whilst they sleep in them. You take them out the next morning and your vision is corrected. Then you pop them back in at night they are hard lenses though but that is not really a problem as you are asleep whilst wearing them. My daughter used them for a while but because she does not have a very good sleeping pattern, they were not really doing the job properly. But I know of others who have found these to be excellent (although they are quite pricey). Called Ortho K lenses

Bella73

Having recently read the story in the paper of the lady losing an eye because of an eye infection from wearing lenses I wouldn't go near them but each to their own.