Is it okay to pause wearing contact lenses for a few months and then resume wearing the same pair?

I use Bausch & Lomb 3-month soft lenses.
Is it safe to do this? I know that lenses can stay up to a few years when packed in a factory, but can we re-store them for a long time period in the ordinary lenses solution (“water”)? Even if we periodically change the solution we keep them in?

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2 Responses to “Is it okay to pause wearing contact lenses for a few months and then resume wearing the same pair?”

  1. KAtHARiN3 says:

    i dont think so

  2. Anonymous says:

    You have to wash out the case very well and replace the solution at least once every month. I’m assuming that by “water”…you mean the saline solution for contacts. Otherwise, I see no reason and have read of no reason (I did a lot of research on contacts, and I currently wear them) why you couldn’t do such a thing.

    Obviously, use your judgement with this, though. If they’re in poor/moldy(I’ve never seen this happen, but if left long enough…just about anything in water seems to rot and grow bacteria, since it has been exposed to air, dust, etc.)/odd looking shape when you go to put them in again – use a new pair.


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