Why do I have redness and bloodshot eyes with contact lenses?
You can try the drops, but if it doesn’t clear up in 24 hours, call your eye doctor. Are these your very first contact lenses? Or just your first time with this particular brand? **EDITIf this is your first pair of contacts ever, you should have been given a wearing schedule to follow, which starts with wearing the lenses for only a few hours for the first 1-2 days, and then gradually builds up to 8 hours. Where I work, we start new contact len patients at 4 hours maximum for the first 2 days, then 3 days of 6 hours, and followed by 2 days of 8 hours. This is to gradually get your eyes used to having the lenses in because patients experience exactly what you’re going through if they are worn too long too soon. Your eyes need to build up a little bit of tolerance for the lenses and if you go whole hog right away, your eyes get dry, irritated, red, and itchy. Sound familiar? I would suggest that you NOT wear them for a full day and then start the day after at 4 hours, and then build up f
