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What are daily disposable contact lenses?
Medically reviewed by Tina Patel, Contact Lens Optician at Feel Good Contacts.Daily contact lenses are single-use lenses that are removed and discarded at the end of each day. Your lenses can be replaced with a fresh pair the next morning. Wearing daily contact lenses offers convenience as they don’t require any cleaning or maintenance. Dailies can be applied in the morning and taken out right before bed.
What are disposable contact lenses?
Contact lens wearers should not confuse ‘daily wear’ lenses with ‘daily disposable’ as they aren’t necessarily the same thing.
Disposable lenses can be any wearing type
‘Disposable’ doesn’t always have to mean daily disposable contact lenses. You’ll find that two weekly and monthly wear lenses are often called two weekly disposables and monthly disposables. These lenses are also typically prescribed for ‘daily wear’ and require cleaning and storing overnight, which doesn’t make them daily disposables.
Daily wear lenses are worn during the day
A daily wear lens such as daily disposables can be worn during the day and must be removed before sleeping, because daily disposables are not approved for extended (overnight) wear. A daily wear lens might be replaced daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly, depending on the brand. Only a daily disposable lens can be worn for the day and thrown away before bed.
Daily disposable contact lenses are not reusable
It’s very important that you don’t reuse your daily disposable contact lenses. These lenses are designed to be worn as single-use only and therefore, are very thin and could break or tear easily if reused. You cannot sleep in daily disposables as they are only designed to be used for a day and then they must be discarded. Even taking a short nap in your dailies can put you at risk of developing an eye infection. Read more about extended wear lenses and how they work.
What are the benefits of dailies?
Daily disposables, or ‘dailies’ are a popular type of lens and offer benefits such as:
- Convenience – no need to clean and disinfect after use
- No need for contact lens case maintenance
- Spare lenses are always readily available
- Less deposits on the lenses
- Absence of solution interactions with the ocular surface
- Less irritation from environmental allergens like hay fever
- Ideal for part time or occasional lens wearers
- Lower incidence of infections compared to reusable contact lenses
What types of daily disposable contact lenses are available?
At Feel Good Contacts, we stock a wide range of daily disposable contact lenses, offering comfort, hygiene and exceptional vision correction for the wearer from morning to night. Buying daily lenses doesn’t need to be expensive. When you consider that no contact lens care solutions are needed for daily disposable lenses, the cost is comparable to other lenses.
Our selection includes: 1 Day Acuvue Moist, Dailies AquaComfort Plus, Focus Dailies All Day Comfort, Acuvue Oasys 1-Day with HydraLuxe, comfi Daily Disposables and Dailies Total 1
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