A member asked:

Will contact lenses melt if i use it while cooking/bbq ing?there is an email circulating saying so !

6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

If left on the grill: Contact lenses on the eyes won't melt during cooking or barbecuing (unless a cook has a severe or fatal accident in which his whole face is burned up). Cook's eyes don't get hot, and they automatically blink whenever hot air blows into their faces. A cook also knows not to have his face over a pot when he lifts the lid (avoid hot steam) nor too close to an oven door when he opens it (hot dry air).

Answered 12/20/2012

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No: Heat hot enough to melt contact lenses would sear the eyelids, and damage the cornea.

Answered 12/9/2013

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