Local Eye Clinic Shares Photos Of What Can Happen When People Sleep In Contacts…It’s Gross
“I sleep in my contacts all the time and I’ve never had a problem.” If you’ve been one to say this, you may want to think twice! Dr. Patrick Vollmer,…
GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN – MARCH 24: An optometrists at the Paktia Regional Military Hospital at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Thunder examines a patient on March 24, 2014 near Gardez, Afghanistan. The hospital, operated by the Afghan Army, treats wounded and sick soldiers and police from the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). Soldiers with the U.S. Army’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division stationed at nearby FOB Lightning advise and assist the staff at the hospital. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)"I sleep in my contacts all the time and I've never had a problem." If you've been one to say this, you may want to think twice!
Dr. Patrick Vollmer, an ophthalmologist in Shelby, North Carolina, posted shocking photos of a patient’s cornea that was eaten away by bacteria after she slept in contact lenses.
(Warning: photos not for the squeamish)
