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Soft
Contact Lens Tips
Always wash your hands
before inserting or removing contact lenses. Use
a non-moisturizing hand soap.
Clean your storage case daily,
rinse
out your storage
case with warm to hot water (including the lids)
after you insert your lenses. Even with good care, you should replace
your storage case every three (3) months. Most eye infections come from
a dirty/old storage case.
Always close the top of the solution bottle
after using and don't touch
the tip of the bottle to anything.
Do not transfer solutions
from one bottle to another.
Do not sleep with your
lenses, unless you have been told otherwise.
Do not rinse soft lenses
with tap water.
Use
lubricating/re-wetting drops before you remove soft lenses. This
helps prevent tearing of the lens. Soft lenses are very strong when
they are wet but very brittle when they are dry.
When you are ready to
remove your lenses, open the right or left side
of the case first. Get into the habit of inserting your right lens
first and removing your right lens first (or visa-versa). This helps
you from switching your lenses.
Do not swim or use a hot tub with your
soft lenses on, especially in a lake, river or
the ocean. Soft lenses are roughly 50% water (or more) and they will
absorb anything that it comes into contact with it, good or bad. If you
swim in a pool, make sure that you wear goggles to keep the lens from
washing out. Do not wear your lenses in a hot tub or sauna.
Upon lens removal, rub
the lens between your fingertips or on your palm
with the prescribed solution. Place the lens in the case and fill it up
with solution. Before screwing on the lid, make sure the lens is
covered with solution and away from the edges, make sure you don't over
fill the storage case with solution.
For toric soft lens
wearers: When removing your lenses, rotate the lens
with one finger clockwise then remove it. The next night rotate it
counter clockwise then remove it. This helps to help avoid stress tears
of the lens.
Always
remove
your
contact
lenses
and
call your eye doctor if:
*
You
develop
unusual
eye
redness or pain.
*
You
are
sensitive
to
light, more than usual.
*
You
develop
unusually
foggy
or cloudy vision.
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