# Contacts making eyes red **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 8, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacts-making-eyes-red/173923 "2003-05-08T16:53:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![herman\_and\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacts-making-eyes-red/173923/21 "2003-05-09T01:00:11Z")
Didn’t you do a break in schedule? A couple hours the first day, add an hour or two each additional day or two until you are wearing them full time. get used to them, believe me and everyone else who has been thru this you won’t want them just for occasional wear. ---
**Author:** ![Fuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacts-making-eyes-red/173923/22 "2003-05-09T05:41:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by herman\_and\_bill \* > \*\*Didn’t you do a break in schedule? A couple hours the first day, add an hour or two each additional day or two until you are wearing them full time. get used to them, believe me and everyone else who has been thru this you won’t want them just for occasional wear. \*\* Why can’t I wear them occasionally? It was working out great, except for the red blood vessels. ---
**Author:** ![Finnie\_the\_Pooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@Finnie\_the\_Pooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finnie_the_Pooh)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacts-making-eyes-red/173923/23 "2003-05-10T00:39:19Z")
When I wore contacts, I developed an allergic reaction to thimerasol in the contact storage solution .This caused people to think that I was a dope smoker. Aside from redness there was no discomfort. Your’s could be also an allergic reaction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacts-making-eyes-red/173923.md?page=1)