in this video we're going to be reviewing the pros and cons of daily
vs monthly contacts helping you figure out the best contact lens for you
and your lifestyle let's take a look hey what's up this is dr allen here from
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now today we're talking about again daily vs monthly contacts
now this is one of the biggest decisions if you are a contact lens wearer
maybe you're just getting into contacts maybe you've been wearing contacts for a
long time there is really a big difference in
categories between daily vs monthly contacts and it can
be kind of tough to figure out which one is right for you
so let's break them down now by far as an eye care professional it is part of
my responsibility to recommend what is healthiest for
somebody as it is part of my job to take care of
people's eyes and for that reason daily lenses are strongly encouraged
as technology has developed more companies have moved away from monthly
lenses switching to more of those single-use
one-day lenses as one day lenses or dailies are
using being replaced every single day and they don't carry
the bacteria and the proteins and other kind of allergens that can get stuck to
monthly lenses they're not being carried over because
you're opening up a fresh new lens every single day
so one of the biggest benefits of day lenses is for health benefits
in addition to the lesser chance of infection daily lenses again because
they're being replaced every day and they're not carrying those proteins
and allergens they are generally more comfortable than the monthly lenses
as well monthly lenses can still be very
comfortable however a lot of people will experience those lenses becoming
more uncomfortable as time goes on through their wear use
getting closer to the end of the month and that's usually because the wetting
agents in those lenses wear off over time
and the build-up of other proteins and other allergens and because
daily one-time use lenses are so convenient and simple to use meaning
you don't need to have so much responsibility to clean the lenses every
night they are pretty much ideal for children
or younger wearers where again a monthly lens does require
more maintenance and to properly clean them it does take
extra time out of your day as well as having to spend money on
things like contact lens solution in fact most people who wear monthly
lenses do not wash their contact lenses correctly
if you want to see a video of me going over how to properly clean monthly
contacts i'll look that up in the youtube card up above as well as putting
that link in the video description below now as far as monthly contact lenses
they do have a couple of advantages one of those is the sheer
volume of different prescriptions that they come
in daily lenses being a new kind of technology that's rolling out
they don't come in every prescription available and that's true for all
contacts but monthly contact lenses do tend to have a little bit more
options for people with unique prescriptions so if you're somebody who
has a really high astigmatism correction or
you have some other uh really high prescription
for example maybe you have a like a negative 12 nearsightedness which
is a pretty high prescription then a monthly lens has the different
brands out there for monthlies just have a larger variety for those high
prescriptions versus the daily lenses however many
daily lenses are starting to have updated parameters
in those higher prescriptions as well another advantage for monthly lenses for
some people is the ability to sleep in the lenses on
occasion now a big disclaimer here not every lens
is been approved by the fda for overnight or extended wear
or sleeping in your contact lenses and even the ones that are approved for it
need to be really approved and prescribed
for that reason as even though some are approved
for that reason some people as patients or as a person wearing contact lens
some people do better in sleeping in lenses than other people
and in general the risk of getting an eye infection
goes up dramatically when sleeping in lenses even the ones that are approved
for sleeping if you are somebody who's interested in
sleeping in contact lenses i first encourage you to make sure you
talk to your eye care provider about that as an option for you
and check out my video where i accidentally slept in my contacts as i
reviewed more of the health consequences and risks
of those lenses as well as reviewing some of the lenses out there that
are approved for extended wear or sleeping in your lenses
one last big differentiator between monthly versus
daily contact lenses has to do with price
in general you're gonna pay more money up front
for a daily contact lens they're newer technology and you're going through more
lenses so daily lenses again in general a little bit more pricey up front versus
a monthly contact lens however a big price difference that
differentiates the two that most people don't think about
has to do with the price of cleaning solutions
for things like monthly contact lenses usually a
disinfecting solution comes at around 10 to 12
usd for a month supply so if you're wearing them all year round like i would
you're going to be paying about 12 times about 12
and that's gonna add up over time then you have to kind of add that to the
total price of your monthly lenses and it ends up being about the same
price as a lot of the daily lenses so if you're somebody who's really on
that edge of trying to decide daily versus monthly lenses hunting out
what the price would be for a daily lens compared to what it
would be for a monthly lens with all the solutions comparing those
two you might find that the convenience factor and extra
benefits of less risk of having to go to the doctor
less chance of infection with a one-time use single lens
maybe a little bit more advantageous for you but again everybody's got a
different budget and a different lifestyle
hey i care question for you let me know which one you prefer more
have you tried daily lenses have you tried months and lenses which ones have
brought you success let me know in the comments otherwise
thanks for watching keep an eye on it and we'll talk to you soon
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