Disposable Contact Lens
Lens that are used temporally and replaced after a specified
period of time are termed as disposable contact lenses. A doctor
advises to replace the contact lenses to maintain the smooth
functioning of the eye.
There are different terminologies regarding the types of contact
lenses. 'Disposable contact lenses' are those that are replaced
after every two weeks or even earlier. 'Frequent contact lenses'
are exchanged after a month or even quarterly. 'Traditional or
reusable contact lenses' are replaced in six months or in a
year.
People commonly face two kinds of confusion i.e. about the
replacement schedule and wearing schedule intervals. Replacement
schedule refers to the frequency of replacing the lens. Wearing
schedule means just removing the lens for a shorter time and
wearing them again. They fail to understand the true nature of
the lenses whether it is disposable, frequent contact type or
traditional type. They are not even able to decide if they
should remove them while sleeping or to wear them during sleep.
It is really beneficial to change your lenses as often as
possible, because protein, calcium, lipids etc get collected day
by day thus causing uneasiness in the eye and increasing the
risk factor of infection.