What are the risks of wearing lenses overnight?
The complications of wearing contact lenses include corneal ingrowth of vessels, ulcers, and abrasions. The risks associated with wearing contact lenses overnight are higher than wearing contact lenses only while awake. Contact lenses cannot become lost behind the eye (this is anatomically impossible) and is rare for ortho-k shaping lenses to become decentered from the cornea.
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