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James S asked in HealthOptical · 7 years ago

Used an expired contact lense (Expired for about 2 weeks) and tore a hole in my cornea, can I wear contacts a month after my eye has healed?

Hey all,

When I was abroad, my eyes got extremely irritated whilst I was out, so I decided to take my contacts out

On the way home, my eye got increasingly irritated, so I visited a eye hospital the day after (By then I couldn't open my left eye, and being outside with both my eyes closed, and my hand covering my face still resulted in extreme pain, I could barely sleep that night either..)

According to the doctor's prognosis, I have a hole in my cornea (According to him, about 10% the size of my cornea), and I have done well to avoid infection (I was using a disinfectant which came with my contacts to help stop any infections from occurring)

I was prescribed several bits of medicine, one to stop an infection, one to maintain moistness, and one to keep oxygen levels up, I had to make use of this medicine, even on my flight back to the UK

According to the eye doctor, at the very least I need to wait a month before using contacts again, 2 months to be safe

Here's the thing, I could see through my left eye after a day, and it was completely healed after about 3 days

Furthermore, its been just about a month, and uni starts for me in about a week, will I be able to use my contacts by then?

Thanks for any help!

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    ..he told you a month and to be really safe 2 months, but if everything was fine and one month is over you can do it, but you might use as well some glasses in the beginning, no matter if the time is almost over. It was a rough guess from him, so if you decide after 4 weeks to use them you most probably won't have any problems at all..

  • scott
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    You've got guts if your willing to take a chance at loosing your vision or even your eye after getting a hole in your cornea and wanting to go back to wearing contacts again.

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