Quote Originally Posted by AptaMer View Post
Wearing contact lenses in lakes or the ocean has led to some serious eye problems, Mermaid Joie. Especially swimming in some lakes, people have gotten a nasty amoebic parasite between their eye and the lens and have developed infections, that even led to one person going blind in one eye. More info is in this thread

http://mernetwork.com/index/showthre...th-contacts-on

This thread is about how children have learned to see clearly underwater without lenses ot goggles. It seems it might be possible for older people to learn how too. Some equipment would be required, and people would have to debug the procedure developed by Swedish researchers. Maybe a Kickstarter/Indigogo is called for?
Right but couldn't you encounter the same problem just swimming with your eyes open? Are there antibacterial drops that Mers can use before swimming?