They can be used after cataract surgery on one or both eyes. Children of all ages usually are quite comfortable wearing contact lenses. Lenses are available that can be worn continuously for about a week at a time. It is important, though, to remove them regularly for cleaning. With babies and school age children, family members usually learn to handle contact lenses well in a short time.
Contact lenses are very safe when properly cared for.
Rarely, though, they can cause serious eye infections, especially if care instructions are not followed. Some children wear contact lenses part of the time and glasses part of the time, depending on their particular needs or wants at the moment. The third way to provide refractive correction after cataract removal is by implantation of an intraocular lens , or IOL . An IOL is a tiny object that is placed inside the eye surgically, usually during the same operation in which the cataract is removed. IOLs, like contact lenses, usually provide vision and appearance that is very natural.