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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:59:08 -0400
To: Paul Nolan <Paul.Nolan@er*.co*>
From: Mike Rodriguez <mikey@ma*.co*>
Subject: Re: Contact lenses and diving...
Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
At 02:03 PM 9/21/99 +0300, Paul Nolan wrote:

Hello Paul,

>I was wondering does anyone here dive with contact lenses on or has
>dived ? I've heard it is dangerous ?

I've been diving with gas-permeable soft contact lenses for a very
long time.  The worst thing that can happen is you lose one if your
mask floods.  I've always found the reflex to close my eyes in that
case is always faster than the flooding.  I've also tried opening
my eyes underwater without a mask.  As long as I open them just
very slightly, the lenses stay in place and I can see as well as
anyone underwater indefinitely.

Some people may tell you something about bubbles forming under the
lenses during deco, but if that ever happened, you'd have more
serious things to worry about than your contact lenses!

-Mike Rodriguez
<mikey@ma*.co*>

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