Contact Lens Care

Do's and Don'ts

• Always wash your hands with soap prior to handling contact lenses or touching your eye.
  
  
• Clean, rinse, disinfect and soak your contact lenses with lens solution.
  
  
• Express" solution, to maintain sterility when not wearing the contact lenses.
  
  
• Always handle your right lens first and your left lens last.
  Do not let hair spray or other cosmetic aerosols come in contact with your lenses.
  
  
• Put your contact lenses in after applying hair products like hairspray, and before applying cosmetics, especially eye makeup. Remove your lenses before taking your makeup off.
  
  

• Wear lenses on the schedule prescribed by your doctor .

• Dispose of your lenses at the interval prescribed by your doctor.

• Do not share your lenses with someone else. They are only for one patient at a time.
  
  
• Do not take your lenses in and out repeatedly throughout the day.
  
  
• Do not participate in any water sport with your lenses on.
  
  
• Remove your lenses before going to sleep. Your cornea may not get the necessary oxygen while you are sleeping.
  
  
• Insert your lenses before putting makeup on.
  
  
• If you work in a hazardous environment, or with chemicals, you should not wear contact lenses to work. Gases and solutions can get behind your lenses and cause permanent eye damage.
  
  
• Make sure you don't catch a contact lens in between the edge of your case and the top of the case. Push the contact to the bottom of the case before closing the lid on that side.
  
  
• If one eye starts to bother you more than the other, switch it by placing it on the different eye for a few minutes to determine if your lens is bad.
  
  
• If, during the switch, the same lens continues to bother you, you probably are over-wearing the contact lens and need to give your eyes a rest. Try cleaning the contact lens. If cleaning doesn't help, the contact lens will probably need to be replaced.
  
  
• If your eyes get red and irritated or if you feel any pain remove your lense and contact your eyecare practitioner.
  
  
• Keep your contacts either in your eyes or in your case.
  
  
• Remember regular check-ups and always follow the advise of your eyecare practitioner.
  
  
• Do not put your lens in your mouth and then in your eye Do not use homemade cleaning solutions, they have been linked to serious eye infections.
  
  
• Do not mix different brands of solutions.
  Any eye drops, even nonprescription ones, can interact with all types of contact lenses. Use the brand of solution prescribed by your doctor or check with the doctor before changing brands.

  Always consult your eyecare professional for evaluation and complete vision care.