JAKARTA - Contact lenses are often used to support appearance or help people with minus eyes. However, the use of contact lenses must be highly considered and should not be arbitrary, especially those with dry eyes.
Dry Eye Specialist and Contact Lens at JEC Eye Hospitals, dr. Niluh Archi, SpM, said that the use of contact lenses in people with dry eyes cannot be generalized. Dry eye sufferers must undergo a pre-examination before using a contact lens.
"The use of contact lenses in dry eyes cannot be immediately suggested without prior examination," said Doctor Niluh when met in the Kedoya area, West Jakarta, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
Drought in the patient's eyes must first be known how severe it is to finally be allowed to use contact lenses or not. This is because dry eyes can be a sign of other diseases, such as autoimmune.
"You have to see first how severe the condition of the drought is and whether there is comorbidities such as autoimmune," he said.
Doctor Niluh also explained that there are several types of contact lenses. Starting from soft ones to stiff contact lenses that are often devoted to dry eyes.
The most commonly used is soft contact lens and softlens. But actually there are also stiffer types, with different ingredients," he said.
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"For example, lens, a large type of rigid lens that is specially designed to cover the surface of the cinema and maintain eye moisture. This is commonly used for cases of heavy dry eyes, especially those related to autoimmune disorders," explained Doctor Niluh.
Thus, Doctor Niluh emphasized that it is not permissible to use contact lenses on dry eyes. The patient's condition must be thoroughly examined first so that it does not have a negative impact on health in the future.
"Therefore, it is very important to do a screening first so that we know whether the patient is safe and worthy of using a contact lens, either for correction or therapy," concluded Doctor Niluh.
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