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Let’s get one thing straight: contact lenses are thirsty sponges. They’re designed to absorb your tears, but they love absorbing water even more. When you put a lens in water, it soaks it up and changes shape.

Imagine wearing a wet wool sweater that suddenly shrinks in the wash—except it’s on your eyeball. That distorted lens will now scratch your cornea like a bad roommate scratching a record. The fit goes wrong, and that’s when the real trouble starts.

And no, taking them out first doesn’t make it safe. If you’re thinking about storing your lenses in water overnight? Please, don’t. You’re basically inviting tiny monsters to a party in your eye.