Dailies Contact Lenses

How do I save my daily disposable contacts because i wore them only half day?

I have daily disposable contacts, thus they last one day. but today i want to wear them for only about 5 hours. i don't want to waste em, and i would like to get another 5 hours out of them tomorrow. so do i just take em out when im done and put em in a case with solution? then wear em tomorrow? is that how it works, also is it SAFE?

Public Comments

1. NO - you can only wear them once. It is not safe to do this and it is not safe to re-wear them. Daily disposible contact lenses are made from different material to other contact lenses and they aren't suitable to be worn in this way. You are risking your eye health by doing this - dailies will build up dirt and bacteria quickly. The whole point of disposibles are so that you don't have to worry about cleaning and storing. If you don't want to chuck them out after wearing them for just a couple of hours you should consider getting different ones that you can wear and store.
2. Daily disposables are made to be thrown away at the end of the day. However, I have worn dailies for some time and can usually wear them a day or two MAX and haven't had any issues. If you put them in solution at night and only keep them for two days max there shouldn't be an issue. They're made of the same material as regular contacts, only thinner so less proteins can build up. If you're prone to eye infections or problems however, I would not keep them longer than a day.
3. That should be fine so long as you don't wear them for more than 14 hours. (That's the recommended maximum hours per day to wear lenses)