Contact Lenses and Cooking

Multi-Tasking

Cooking can be a complicated process with all the different stages of prep, cooking, seasoning, and checking on your dish. Once again, sweat can be built up with all this plus the heat, causing your glasses to potentially slip. This isn’t a problem with contact lenses, as you have a full range of movement without having to worry about slipping glasses.

Another benefit of wearing contacts with multi-tasking in the kitchen comes from when you have to read a recipe book. We all know what recipe books can be like with writing that is far too small, and no one likes squinting to read. As mentioned before, there are issues with wearing glasses and cooking so having your contacts in means you can both cook without foggy glasses and read the recipe at the same time. Contacts in this situation are great for those who suffer from presbyopia, as they will help you to read clearly up close.

Is it safe to cook and wear contacts?

There’s a common myth about contact lenses that they can melt whilst exposed to the heat of cooking. However, this isn’t true. The indirect heat of cooking is nowhere near hot enough to melt contact lenses. Therefore, it is safe to cook and wear contact lenses at the same time.

We hope this has been helpful for you when it comes to showing you some of the benefits of wearing contact lenses and cooking. If contact lenses sound like the thing for you, why not book an eye test with our optometrists or browse our range of contacts if you’re already a wearer.