It doesn’t matter how trendy your glasses frames are, they don’t quite stay on your face when you’re swimming or dancing or kicking a ball around.  Daytime contact lenses may be an alternative, however some people find them uncomfortable, they get dry eyes or they’re scared of losing them in the water or on the playing field.

If this sounds like you, and you want to stay active without the hassle of glasses or daytime contact lenses, try ortho-k.   Imagine no more glasses and no contact lenses for outdoor and indoor sporting and recreational activities like polo, yachting, fishing, soccer, football, dancing, ballet, swimming, scuba diving, surfing, diving, extreme sports.

No more glasses no more daytime contact lenses with ortho-k

These four C’s, camping, contact lenses, cleanliness or get complications are an interesting combination.  And they all relate to the issue of cleanliness of your hands and contact lenses, to reduce symptoms of irritation, allergy, discomfort or other horrors you may have seen on your optometrist’s wall.

I remember I was really scared to get contact lenses for a while because of those posters of all the eye infections you could get from wearing them, my optom at the time reassured me that that only happened if you didn’t keep good hygienic practices.  Needless to say it took me a year to get over those gross pics.

Anyway…

While it’s holiday time it’s a good time to remind people that if you take your daytime contacts or ortho-k lenses camping, ensure that your hands are clean of dirt before you sanitise them to put into your eye (this way you’re less likely to contaminate your eye and cause irritation or infection from the stuff you touch unintentionally when camping- and that could be anything from animal droppings on your shoes which you touch to put on…I think you get the picture!).    Also, make sure you clean your lenses well after use- rubbing beats rinsing or soaking in solution usually, however Anthony recommends that if you’re camping use dailies as you won’t have to bring along all your solutions and cases- but always remember to wash your hands thoroughly before inserting your lenses.  If you use ortho-k lenses and go camping, then you’ll have to bring all your solutions and maintain hygiene.  Keep all of your optical stuff in a clean, plastic tub with secure seals so no dirt from the outside bush/beach environment can contimate your eye gear.

Personally, after my 3 day adventure in the surf with one pair of monthly contacts that were totally wrecked and torn and unwearable, I would take dailies when going camping or going to beach/ outdoor activities.