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CONTACT LENS TIPS

ALWAYS wash your hands with a cream-free soap before handling your lenses.

ALWAYS rinse out your storage case and lids with warm/hot water after you have inserted your lenses. Replace your storage case on a regular basis, for soft lenses every 1-2 months, gas permeable lenses every 2-3 months.

ALWAYS use lubricating/re-wetting drops in your eyes before removing your lenses. For soft lenses this helps decrease the chance of the lens tearing when you “pinch” them out while too dry. For gas-permeable lenses this helps decrease the chance of an abrasion when you “blink” them out.

When removing “toric” soft lenses it is advised to turn/rotate the lens just before “pinching” it out, this decreases the chance of a stress tear. Because the lens is weighted, chances are you are “pinching” the same area of the lens each night, so one night turn it clockwise, the next
counter-clockwise, the next don’t turn it at all.

ALWAYS remove your right lens first, and insert your right lens first, this helps from mixing them up.

NEVER swim or use a hot tub with your contact lenses in. They can wash out, and in the case of soft lenses they will absorb anything (chlorine, bacteria from lake water, etc.).

ALWAYS clean your lenses when you remove them in the evening, cleaning in the morning makes it more difficult to remove deposits.

ALWAYS remove your lenses and call your eye doctor if:
        You develop unusual redness or pain.
        You become extremely sensitive to light.
        You develop unusually foggy or cloudy vision

A dirty contact lens case increases your risk of eye infection

A dirty contact lens case increases your risk for eye infection.

A dirty gas-permeable contact lens

A gas-permeable lens that was not properly cleaned every night after removal. Protein build-up has caused this lens to be uncomfortable and caused poor vision.