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torn contact
I haven't lost them, but I wear soft contacts, and have had them tear while wearing them on a dive. Not only is it extremely painful to leave them in when torn, but it can do some serious damage to your cornea. Because I was hesitant to take the contact out and be blind for the rest of the dive, I foolishly left it in. I got a corneal ulcer as a result, which deteriorated my vision even further in that eye, and took several weeks to heal.
I have now bought a prescription mask, and always have it in a spare pocket just in case I have another malfunction with my contacts. You can get good prescription masks that you can continue to change out the lenses in when your prescription changes very affordably these days. If you can't see good enough to finish a dive without your contacts should something happen to them, it's just foolish to not have a prescription mask along with you as a back up. Hope my story helps a few of you to avoid a similar situation.
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