Why are 1-day disposables better for allergy sufferers? There are many different types of contact lenses available today. These include rigid gas permeable (hard) contact lenses, monthly soft contacts, biweekly disposable soft contact lenses and daily disposable lenses. The different lengths of time indicate how long the lenses can be worn before we need to replace them with a new lens. Lenses need to be replaced on a consistent schedule because protein, calcium and lipids build up on your lenses each day (from natural substances in the eyes). If the lenses are cleaned properly, following your doctor’s cleaning instructions, much of the build up can be removed. However, cleaning is not 100% effective and deposits still build up over time decreasing the comfort and clarity of your lenses and increasing the risk of eye infections. This necessitates disposal of the lenses on a set replacement schedule in order to keep your eyes healthy and your vision clear. Often, patients do not clean their lenses thoroughly or replace their lenses consistently, due to various reasons such as lack of time or lack of information. Daily disposable lenses do not need to be cleaned because they are thrown out every night and a fresh pair of lenses is put in everyday. This makes these lenses very healthy to wear because there is no daily buildup of protein deposits on the lenses and they have the lowest rate of infection. Daily disposable contact lenses are becoming increasingly popular due to the convenience, increased comfort and clarity of vision and increased health benefits of these lenses. Daily disposable contact lenses are also the ideal lenses for people who suffer from allergies, especially during allergy season. If you are an allergy sufferer, you have probably experienced have many of the common allergy eye symptoms such as red and itchy eyes, excess tearing, and swollen eyes. If you are an allergy sufferer who wears contact lenses, you have probably experienced a lot of discomfort wearing your contact lenses around allergy season. This increased discomfort occurs due to airborne allergens settling on your contact lenses and thus increasing your allergy symptoms. These allergens also stimulate excess production of the natural substances in your eye and this can increase the amount of protein and lipid deposits on your lenses making them less comfortable and less healthy to wear. Many people cope with these problems by using eye drops and by wearing their contact lenses less when their allergies are bad. However, if you don’t want to give up the convenience of wearing contact lenses, there is another option. Daily disposable lenses are a good solution because these lenses are disposed of every night so they are less likely to develop protein deposits or accumulate allergens which heighten allergy-related discomfort.