SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (KY3) — This is a problem for those who wear glasses because their face shields fog their lenses.
“A mask that gets lost too much around your nose and eyes just lets the air you breathe escape and atomize your glasses upwards,” says Dr. Chris Boschen of Sunshine Eye Clinic.
While Dr. Chris Boschen of the Sunshine Eye Clinic says there are ways to fix the problem, it’s not permanent.
“We have a few products here that reduce lens fogging,they’re not perfect and sometimes require several applications of the lens throughout the day,” says Boschen.
“The way my glasses fog up is driving me crazy,” Boshen said.”We have some people who are now contact lens wearers who wouldn’t have been.”
If you’re switching to contact lenses, good hand hygiene is important, says Dr. Boschen.
“Whether we’re in a pandemic or not, we always emphasize good hygiene when wearing contact lenses,” Boschen said.”There are a lot of other eye infections besides COVID, so it doesn’t prevent the new challenges of contacting the wearer.
“That doesn’t mean it won’t happen, because COVID-19 has been shown to have viral conjunctivitis in your eye,” Boschen said.
“Be sure to wash your hands before putting contacts in and out, store them in a fresh solution, sanitize them every night. Change your lens case once a month, because contact lens cases are the main source of injections. I think COVID fundamentally It’s not going to really change the things we do,” Boschen said.
Post time: Jan-14-2022
