I recently had a client that has been successfully wearing continuous wear lenses for two years (not my client I just helped him for one day). He removes the lens on the 30th night and sleeps with no lens. He came because he had ordered lenses from a different retailer but they had not arrived yet. His problem was that having no lens in his eyes made his eyes water. I did an assessment his cornea was clear his tear but was 10+. No lid problems. He had seen his optometrist recently. Once the lens was inserted the tearing stopped immediately. I suggested that he talk to his eyecare professional about the causes of this. I suggested that he remove his lenses at night and see if his tearing problem resolved.
My question: If a person has been wearing lenses to sleep in for two years is it possible once the lens is removed that the eye develops senstivity for not having a contact lens on the eye?