Bad Hygiene A Problem For Nearly All Contact Lens Users: CDC Study

If you wear contact lenses, chances are you’ve slept in them and on occasion forgot to disinfect them.

Of the 41 million estimated contact lens wearers in the United States; almost everyone is guilty of breaking the rules when it comes to contact care, according to a new survey from the Centers for Disease Control.

Fifty percent of contact users report wearing their lenses while sleeping and 82.3% of contact wearers keep their contact lens cases longer than recommended, according to the survey.

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