Speedo do a a good swim mask. I use them all the time for swimming with lenses in, they stop any water getting near my lenses. They are UV protecting too.
Sweet can put a link to what they look like, the filth filter at work blocks it because the picture is on a shopping web site!
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Andrew MacLean
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Swimming masks notwithstadning, nothing on earth would entice me to wear contact lenses if I was going to be sitting on a beach. If I was just walking on the sand I'd judge based on weather conditions, but sitting with people walking past and the risk of sand getting into the eye beside the lens: Aargghhhh. (it would be sore)
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Libby
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Hi there
A couple of years ago we went one year to Fuertuventura and another year to Lanzarote. Both these places have a constant breeze, lovely for some but not for contact lens wearers. Think I spent the entire hol with specs of sand under my lenses. Now make sure I have wrap around glasses and avoid anyway known to be breezy
Hope you have a great time - really jealous
Libby
A couple of years ago we went one year to Fuertuventura and another year to Lanzarote. Both these places have a constant breeze, lovely for some but not for contact lens wearers. Think I spent the entire hol with specs of sand under my lenses. Now make sure I have wrap around glasses and avoid anyway known to be breezy
Hope you have a great time - really jealous
Libby
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Janet Manning
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I always wear goggles to swim and then clean the lenses asap on coming out. Without lenses I wouldn't know which direction I was swimming in and might end up swimming out to sea, rather than to the shore!
Several times after being on a windy beach, I have suffered a corneal abrasion, through getting sand under a lens. This has meant leaving the lens out for about 5 days, so I reckon it's better to cope without lenses on a windy beach (or avoid it altogether) than do without for 5 days!
Each incident has been in South Africa and I'm off there again in a month, so will take great care this time. If I want to swim without lenses, I'll have to persuade my friend to swim with me and shout directions!!!
Oh the joys of lens wear!!!!
Several times after being on a windy beach, I have suffered a corneal abrasion, through getting sand under a lens. This has meant leaving the lens out for about 5 days, so I reckon it's better to cope without lenses on a windy beach (or avoid it altogether) than do without for 5 days!
Each incident has been in South Africa and I'm off there again in a month, so will take great care this time. If I want to swim without lenses, I'll have to persuade my friend to swim with me and shout directions!!!
Oh the joys of lens wear!!!!
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samba_elite
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I spend more or less every day on the beach for 6-9 months of the year and generally don't have a problem with just wearing the lenses,the trouble i find is when youve always got sand on your hands and autmoatically go to scratch itches on your face/eyelids etc. I always have water with me anyway due to it being 40 degrees all day so i rinse them off a lot and keep some wet drops in my bag for in case i have to take the lenses out due to dust,which i rarely do,although when swimming they come out anyway,dont want to wash them out and lose them!
All in all the beach isnt really a problem,maybe because i'm so used to it,part of the battle with KC is always confidence and piece of mind,after they are gained the physical aspects become easier
All in all the beach isnt really a problem,maybe because i'm so used to it,part of the battle with KC is always confidence and piece of mind,after they are gained the physical aspects become easier
Lock up your daughters.....
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Lynn White
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Got here a bit late but thought I would just clarify a few things here.
Contacts and beaches depend on whether they are RGP or soft. Wind blown sand gets under RGP's very easily and can cause nasty abrasions. You are more unlikely to get sand underneath a soft lens, so they are much "better" on beaches. Mind you, I went to Gran Canaria once, went straight to look at their famous dunes, got an eye full of sand as it was very very windy and ended up with conjuncitvites for the rest of the holiday... so its still possible to have probs with soft lenses! A good pair of wrap round sunspecs is a good idea!
The sea... well as an optom I should say don't wear them or wear really good goggles as seawater is often not as clean as you would hope. However, I do sympathise as I am very shortsighted myself and many is the time I have spent an hour hunting up and down a beach after swimming trying to find out where the rest of my group were! (Ususally I ended up following the hysterical laughter as my friends watched me walk right past them hehe).
So it depends on the sea and what you intend doing. If its a calm sea and you don't intend putting your head in the water, then you are ususally ok with your lenses in. If its rough with rollers, then you are in danger of them being washed out. Also if you get water in your eye and you are wearing soft lenses, then there is danger of infection.
Plus also remember you are vulnerable to reflected
UV from the sea. KC eyes are very sensitive and you can get very red sore eyes if you are not careful simply from exposure to the sun.
It is a hard fact that any contact lens wearer as a lot to think about when going to the beach!!
Lynn
Contacts and beaches depend on whether they are RGP or soft. Wind blown sand gets under RGP's very easily and can cause nasty abrasions. You are more unlikely to get sand underneath a soft lens, so they are much "better" on beaches. Mind you, I went to Gran Canaria once, went straight to look at their famous dunes, got an eye full of sand as it was very very windy and ended up with conjuncitvites for the rest of the holiday... so its still possible to have probs with soft lenses! A good pair of wrap round sunspecs is a good idea!
The sea... well as an optom I should say don't wear them or wear really good goggles as seawater is often not as clean as you would hope. However, I do sympathise as I am very shortsighted myself and many is the time I have spent an hour hunting up and down a beach after swimming trying to find out where the rest of my group were! (Ususally I ended up following the hysterical laughter as my friends watched me walk right past them hehe).
So it depends on the sea and what you intend doing. If its a calm sea and you don't intend putting your head in the water, then you are ususally ok with your lenses in. If its rough with rollers, then you are in danger of them being washed out. Also if you get water in your eye and you are wearing soft lenses, then there is danger of infection.
Plus also remember you are vulnerable to reflected
UV from the sea. KC eyes are very sensitive and you can get very red sore eyes if you are not careful simply from exposure to the sun.
It is a hard fact that any contact lens wearer as a lot to think about when going to the beach!!
Lynn
Thanks for the reply Lynn.
It's true we face a lot of issues when we go to the beach!
I think I was just lucky that everything went fine. I'm the kind of person who can't be without seeing, even just for a short amount of time... so I figured swimming with it in was worth the risk.
My eyes did sting a bit from the salt, but that was the worst that happened... and everyone else had the same problem.
The sand was good, for some reason even though it was windy none of it seemed to blow into my face!
I have noticed though that since wearing a soft lens I haven't got any dust/dirt under it, whereas I used to always with my RGP's. Guess that's one good thing about the switch.
It's true we face a lot of issues when we go to the beach!
I think I was just lucky that everything went fine. I'm the kind of person who can't be without seeing, even just for a short amount of time... so I figured swimming with it in was worth the risk.
My eyes did sting a bit from the salt, but that was the worst that happened... and everyone else had the same problem.
The sand was good, for some reason even though it was windy none of it seemed to blow into my face!
I have noticed though that since wearing a soft lens I haven't got any dust/dirt under it, whereas I used to always with my RGP's. Guess that's one good thing about the switch.
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