Contact lenses, from what age they should use them
Fear of ridiculous, comfort, most recommended for use in sports. There are many reasons that can lead a young person to want to use contact lenses. Some even consider stopping wearing glasses to avoid the limitations to which they are subject by the use of these articles of visual correction.
At this point, many parents are in the dilemma of leaving their children or not contact lenses. Will this product have a negative effect? Are you prepared or is it better to continue wearing glasses? Can you afford the greatest care that contact lenses require? However, many parents worry for no reason since the youngest can carry these items from an early age.
Development of the eye
The only one that eye doctors put to the use of contact lenses is the influence of these products on eye development in children. However, this is completely formed around eight years, so there would be no problem when using contact lenses as long as responsible habits are maintained.
At this point it is not so much the age, but the capacity of responsibility that the child has. The use of contact lenses requires greater hygiene than glasses since their contact with the visual organ is more direct. Keep them clean and take care of them with the right products is the key so that they do not appear in the future infections in the eye. A daily care that young people should accept in case they want to wear contact lenses.
Some specialists even recommend that children begin to wear contact lenses to increase their degree of responsibility. Putting them in charge of this activity and having them assume these practices is a good method so that the little ones begin to be aware that they have to take care of some matters related to them.
In fact many students assure that the time spent by young people from between 8 and 17 years in the cleaning of contact lenses it is very similar to that of adults, a sign that if they are proposed, this age group can be as responsible as adults. It could even be considered that these hygiene habits are greater since this sector of the population has more time for these practices.
The last word of the ophthalmologist
However, you always have to go to the ophthalmologist before deciding whether or not the use of contact lenses is relevant in young people. It will be he who determines if it concerns or the use of these articles and which models are the most recommendable. It is always convenient to speak with a specialist before deciding.
In addition, it will be the eye doctor who suggests a program of use of lenses with precious care, cleaning products for lenses and a calendar of replacement of these items.
Hygiene rules with contact lenses
As has been said, it is not so much the age but the capacity that the child has to accept responsibilities for the hygiene of their contact lenses. These are some recommendations of cleaning that must be assumed:
- Always wash your hands before touching the lenses.
- Place the lens in the palm of the hand with the appropriate products and rub it with the index finger by rinsing it thoroughly before soaking it overnight in the case.
- Replace the case every three months and even before. It also has to be cleaned between one use and another and leave it open during the day for drying
- Do not use saline solutions or moisturizing eye drops to disinfect contact lenses.
- Never use a used solution or transfer this product from one container to another because it affects its sterility.
- Always follow the contact lens replacement program recommended by the ophthalmologist.
- Never wear contact lenses while swimming.
- Visit the eye doctor regularly.
Damián Montero
