Tips On Care Of Contact Lenses

• Wash and Dry Your Hands – Not once but every time you handle your contact lens. Even during removal. Use warm soapy water and a clean towel. Much of the dirt, grime and gunk comes from the wearer.

• Only use lens cleaners and drops that your eye care professional has suggested.

• Follow directions: the directions from the lenses, the lens cleaners, the drops and from your eye care professional.

• Clean your contact lens case after every usage. Let dry before use. Get rid of the lens case every month.

• Look at your contact lenses before applying them. If they flare out instead of looking like a cup, they’re inside out.

• Don’t change contact lens solutions or drops without clearing it with your eye care professional.

• Use makeup that is safe for contact lenses.

• Don’t use water to clean your lenses; even distilled water may have tiny varmints.

• This should be obvious – don’t spit on your lenses or put them in your mouth to clean them – cleaning your contact lenses isn’t like coming up to the plate in a baseball game.

• Don’t mix contact cleaning solutions.

• Take your lenses off before swimming or entering a hot tub.

• Don’t sleep in your daily or non-extended wear contacts. Even a nap could lead to problems. When you’re sleeping it is more difficult to get oxygen to your eyes. Your contact lenses may also become dry and stick to your eyes.

• Don’t wear any lenses past their expiration date. Dailies are for one day, not two.

• If you develop any eye issues – redness, itching or blurry vision – take the contact lenses out and call your eye care professional.

• Don’t wear someone else’s contact lenses. Even with non-prescription color lenses, you don’t know where their eyes have been.

• Contact lenses make a wearer’s eyes more sensitive to sunlight. Wear sunglasses or a nice hat when out in the sun.

• Keep eyes lubricated with a rewetting solution suggested by your eye care professional.

• Put in contacts before applying makeup. This will make it easier to avoid contamination.

• Remove your contacts before removing makeup.

• Don’t let the tip of the solution bottle touch anything, not even your fingers. If the tip of the bottle becomes contaminated the solution may become contaminated.