Can You Actually Wear Contact Lenses When Going Swimming?
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Yep… do it all the time.
I wear goggles. You know, those competitive kind like Speedo (R) makes. There are other brands, and you can spend LOTS of money on them. The gym to which I belong sells them for about $30. But I can get three pair for about $12 from one of those membership stores. There are three different styles included and one of them, that with the fixed bridge (that piece that goes between the two goggles). I like them adjustable.
With the chemicals and stuff that’s in the water, it’s a good idea to wear goggles even if you don’t wear contacts.
When selecting goggles, get a pair that "seals." That means fits your face. Take the goggles and press them against your face as if you were wearing them, but don’t put the strap(s) around your head. They should stay on by suction. That’s the one you want. I have a pair I purchased in the 70s when I was coaching swimming. I’ve had to replace the head strap a few times and the bridge a couple of times. The are pretty scratched and maybe a little oxidized due to exposure to sun and pool chemicals, but they still seal, so I use them on occasion.
But even the best goggles do not always keep out the water. Nor they prevent the occasional "popping out" of contacts. But even with water in them, even if your contacts "pop out," you know where they are. You just make it to the side of the pool, carefully remove the goggles, check to see if the contact is stuck to an eyelash, or somewhere else on your face, then check the goggles. You’ll find the contact(s).
When I was a lifeguard, I wore prescription dark glasses.
All that said, I have, on occasion, ducked under water without goggles. But I keep my eyes closed.
yes, i do it all the time!
Wear goggles. I did.
i would suggest goggles.
If you are wearing goggles, then yes, i do that all the time for practice. If you aren’t wearing goggles, then you can wear them in the pool, but i recommend not opening you eyes all the way, if you need to see then squint really hard.
I have contacts and wear them for my swim team. All I do is wear these things called goggles…..
you can…if you wear goggles and make sure water doesn’t get in your eyes, but you really shouldn’t
with goggles. but they also can make u perscription goggles so thats easier.
you can, but use goggles if you go underwater. chlorine dries out EVERYTHING and dry eyes + contacts are no fun.
wear goggles. or always keep your eyes closed. There are also perscription goggles if you want to buy them.
of coarse you can. i do it all the time and even open my eyes with and without goggles. it may not be the best idea but you can.
Yes u can wear them, but its best to wear goggles why u go swimming. Goggles don’t cost that much if you know where to go because i’m on a team i get a discount and so my goggles that usually cost 20 they cost 14 dollars and they are the really nice speedo ones
yepp im on the swim team and i wear my contacts while i swim all the time.just make sure u have goggles on
Some contact will stick good whenever you open your eyes under the water, but I do not suggest it though.
Mine have fell out plenty of times.
So don’t do it.
Only do it if your squinting your eyes really tiny, they won’t fall out then.
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Of course!!!! My doctor told me not to, but I go swimming for at least an hour every day with my contacts on my swim team. Just wear goggles, of course, and keep them tight. If water gets in your eyes your contacts can come out. But if you have a good pair of goggles, it’s really no problem. A few drops of water do nothing to your contacts; it’s happened to me before. Just wear goggles and you’ll be find.
When going recreational swimming or swimming competitively, it doesn’t matter–yes you can swim with contacts in. I’ve been a competitive swimmer for almost 9 years now and have been wearing contacts for 6 of them and it is fine as long as I had goggles. But even without goggles as long as I don’t intentionally open my eyes under water I was fine.
The goggles I use for competitive swimming are the Swedish kind that don’t have that suction but they still work great. On the rare occasion that my goggles do fall off my face during a race, don’t sweat it. My contacts usually stayed in place or just got moved around my eyeball a little bit, it was extremely rare that I lost a contact entirely. If I noticed getting out of the water that one of my contacts wasn’t in place, I’d blink a couple times and maybe with my hand guide it back into the front, but it’s fine and I’ve never had a problem.
As long as you take some precautions with wearing goggles and maybe bringing some contact lens solution with you swimming just in case you need to reapply them then you should be fine.