Extended Wear Contact Lenses

Overnight or Continuous Wear Contacts

Extended wear contact lenses are contacts that can be worn overnight or continuously. The "wear" term refers to wearing schedule. It's about how long you wear your contact lenses: daily or overnight.

In the United States, the FDA has approved extended wear lenses to be worn for up to seven days. CIBA Vision's Night & Day, and PureVision by Bausch & Lomb are two examples of extended wear contact lens brands.

These continuous wear lenses are made from silicone hydrogel materials. The materials allow far more oxygen to get through the eye than most conventional extended wear contact lenses.
 

Replacement Schedule or Wearing Schedule?

Wearing schedule is different from replacement schedule. Replacement schedule is how often you discard your lenses -- whether they are planned/frequent replacement or disposable contact lenses.

But wearing schedule is how often you remove your contacts, which don't necessarily dispose them.
 

Flexible Wear to Minimize Eye Infections

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Based on CIBA Vision studies, extended wear contacts are not for everyone. Patients with previous vision health issues may not be good extended wear candidates.

What if you aren't a good candidate to sleep in contact lenses? Wear extended wear lenses as daily wear lenses. Or, you may want to wear them as occasional overnight. With the flexible wear schedule, you can get the benefits of overnight wear contacts without experiencing red or irritated eyes.
 

Continuous Wear Lenses for Presbyopia?

Unfortunately, 30-day contact lenses are currently not available for presbyopes. If you're entering your presbyopic years you can switch to multifocal or bifocal contact lenses. Or, you may want to consider laser eye surgery options, if you don't like the hassle of caring contact lenses.

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