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At what age can you wear colored lenses?

At what age can your child wear contact or colored lenses? What precautions should be followed? Our optician Sarah Marlien answers your questions.

There is no real minimum age to start wearing Contact Lenses; some children are often forced to wear them at a very young age for medical reasons. This is the case when they suffer from severe anisotropy or keratoconus, for example.

First, it's important to understand the reasons why a child or teenager chooses to wear contact lenses orColored Contact Lenses. Is it the child's choice? It's very important to know the answer to this question because it will reveal a lot about the child's motivation when learning to wear lenses, handling them daily, and maintaining lens hygiene. Is it due to a medical condition? The parent will then play a major role in supporting their child. Or is it more of a cosmetic nature?

Depending on the child's or adolescent's reason for wearing Contact Lenses, the ophthalmologist or fitter will direct your child toward a specific lens choice: daily, monthly, soft, rigid, etc.

It is important to know your child's level of independence because they will be responsible for following certain essential rules when wearing contact lenses:

- daily change of the Contact Lens care solution if they are monthly lenses,

- Change your contact lens case every month,

- Always wash your hands before handling your Contact Lenses,

- Do not sleep with your Contact Lenses,

- Remove your Contact Lenses during water activities

- respect certain rules during sports activities.

To measure your child's independence, you can ask yourself the following questions:
- Is he able to remember to feed our pet at a set time every day?
- Is he able to stick to a schedule?
These questions can be good tests to validate with your child his ability to manage daily contact lens wear.
However, for occasional use of colored lenses, you can be less concerned about his autonomy and ensure that the Colored Lenses are inserted and removed correctly before going to bed.
For these reasons, wearing colored lenses Disposable lenses are more suitable for children because they require fewer maintenance issues and do not require remembering the monthly change date. Hygiene standards are also more easily enforced since contact lenses are easy to replace if lost. Of course, before wearing contact lenses, it is very important that your child see their ophthalmologist. The doctor will then check the quality of your child's tears and ensure that there are no conditions that would prevent your child from wearing contact lenses.
Should we limit the number of hours we wear lenses each day?
This will depend on the type of lenses prescribed. For daily disposable lenses, the ideal wearing time is 8 hours per day. If you have silicone hydrogel contact lenses, which allow for better oxygenation of the eye, these lenses can be worn for 12 hours a day. Please note that it is recommended to let the eye breathe freely one day a week while wearing glasses... for example, on Sundays.
It is very important to follow these rules. If you do not follow these rules, your child or teenager may begin to develop a poor tolerance for lenses. They may experience dryness and may no longer tolerate contact lenses at all in the near future, not to mention the immediate health risks to their eyes.
Finally, your child must be old enough to understand and follow their rules. Why not start with disposable colored lenses if they're tempted by colored lenses? There are daily colored lenses with correction: Obsession Paris Daily Colored Contact Lenses. Don't forget to have your eyes checked regularly to ensure all precautions are being followed.
Posted on October 03, 2023
Aurélien Noiret
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