What is the Age Limit to Wear Soft Circle Lenses ?
There is no minimum age required as there is no maximum age to wear soft circle lenses, and this is worth for both, opthalmologic or cosmetic circle lenses.
Indeed, some elderly persons, sexagenarian, septuagenarian, octogenarian and even nonagenarian with a perfect physical and mental health are perfectly able to wear and handle with care their contact lenses.
The most important with contact lenses is to know how to care them and respect the basic rules of hygiene, because in case contact lenses would not be properly cared they could be harmful for the eyes.
If they is a lack of hygiene bacteria and viruses can develop and cause eye infections. Only cleaning and soaking contact lenses in a lens case with multifunction solution can avoid any risk and make contact lenses 100% safe to use.
An issue often met with seniors, is that their eyes might not produce enough tears. This is why a senior has to consult an eye practitioner before using contact lenses for the first time. If the senior already use contact lenses for years it is also good to have a medical eye check if there is any discomfort to wear contact lenses. Soft contact lenses are made from 40 to 80% of water, if the lachrymal gland can’t produce enough tears the contact lenses could dehydrate, irritate the eyes and even stick to the cornea.
On the other hand, the eye fatigue appears faster when someone reaches 50 years old. Eye fatigue (also called eye strain) symptoms are for example difficulty to read small fonts and sensibility to light (photophobia).
At an advanced age, your eyes are exposed to other conditions like glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and cataract. Nowadays new contact lenses generation are made with new materials and are able to meet the needs of elderly people exactly like corrective glasses. They are able to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Contact lenses can even be bifocal or multifocal as corrective glasses, meaning that different area of the soft contact lens can be use for different purposes.
A new contact lens generation released recently on the market is made with less water, this is an advantage because they will be slower to dry and this is perfect if you are suffering from dry eye.
Contact lenses made of Hydrogel silicone as we sell on Solution-Lens.com, are able to let your eyes “breathe” and allow you to wear them for at least 10 hours. For any dry eye issue all you need is lubricating and moisturizing eye drops.
Another kind of contact lenses can ban UV (ultra violet) because they have a special coating. Anti-reflection coating contact lenses also exist.
Soft contact lenses can today fix many issues related to aging. Besides, some soft contact lenses brands will suit better a person than others.
Indeed, hard contact lenses are stronger and can last longer but they are less comfortable than soft contact lenses. With soft contact lenses you can avoid any eye infection if you use daily disposable lens, and they are also the most comfortable.
Reading this page you now understand how important it is to consult an ophthalmologist who will prescribe the contact lenses that will suit the most a person needs, but then you can wear lenses as often as you want without talking any risk for your eyes.