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Post by silverdragon on Sept 6, 2015 11:19:46 GMT
Heat from a B-B-Q can "melt" contact lenses. How much heat can a Contact lens take before deforming, and wouldnt you get facial burns anyway before that heat was damaging to your eyes?... urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/ss/BBQ-Melts-Contact-Lenses.htmSo how do modern contact lenses hold up?.... I suspect this tale to be bogus, but, I cant find any POSITIVE proof other than anecdotal.
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Post by OziRiS on Sept 7, 2015 6:48:32 GMT
Another good one Some people might actually be staying away from contacts out of fear if they've heard this, so this would be very much in the spirit of the old PSA-type myth testing they used to do back in the day.
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 7, 2015 8:17:28 GMT
I personally can see it. [Edit... no pun intended, but, well, .... you wouldnt would you?..] If the fire is that hot, you getting facial burns anyway. I cant see the heat that melts contacts NOT doing some serious burns to the face... missing eyebrows are the least of worries here?...
Therefore, I would say that melting contacts although Valid, are not as minor a problem as stated, in that "ONLY" the contacts were affected.
I suspect barbecuing your face to the stage where the contacts melt is more serious than suggested, and DEFINITELY something you should NEVER try, Unless you are a Mythbuster with a Pig cadaver as a stand-in?... and even that is just to prove how stupid sticking you face that close to a fire is.
The myth is, after all, that JUST the eyes and therefore the contacts were affected. .... With inference that the Contacts are to fault, and without them the eyes would have survived?.. THAT I call pure BS, because just by being there they are creating some form of shield to eye damage.
I agree Eyes are a little more sensitive than maybe other body parts, but, I suspect Modern contacts would be more resilient than just flimsy plastic, and then, more resilient that your eyeball without contacts. Modern Contacts have to take a lot of wear, think how many times a day you blink for a start.
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Post by OziRiS on Sept 7, 2015 13:23:59 GMT
And then there's the little thing that eyeballs are actually wet, so in order for the contact to melt, all the moisture on your eyeballs would have to evaporate first. If you haven't moved your face before that happens, I don't feel sorry for you. I feel sorry for your parents for having a child who's that stupid.
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Post by the light works on Sept 7, 2015 13:50:22 GMT
PVC that is soft enough to be flexible is too hot for ME to handle bare handed.
unless there is some form of UV reactivity in some contact lens material, I can't see arc welding as a hazard unless you're doing what you shouldn't be, anyway. we have guys who do entry wearing contacts - the biggest risk is accidentally blinking one out and losing it into the mask.
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