Contact Lens Care

When you get your pair of contact lenses, you’ll want to consult your doctor about how to properly care for them. Your doctor will have advice on how to insert them into your eyes, how to remove them, how to clean them, and how to care for them. The manufacturer of your contact lenses will also have contact lens care information included on the box of your contact lenses and on paperwork that accompanies your contact lenses.

First and foremost, make sure you wash your hands thoroughly before you begin handling your contact lenses. You’ll want to wash your hands with warm water and a non-astringent soap that can remove any dirty, debris, and bacteria that might be on your hands.

Care For Soft Contact Lens

Your doctor can give you a thorough eye exam, an evaluation of your suitability for contact lens wear, the lenses, the necessary lens care kits, individual instructions for wear and care, and unlimited follow-up visits over a specified period of time. The initial visit and exam can take an hour or more.

Be sure you listen to your doctor and watch closely as you are given instructions and a demonstration for how to care for your contact lenses. Make sure your practice the care routine in your optometrist’s office. Follow these lens care and wearing instructions/schedules completely and thoroughly.

Care Contact Lens

You’ll want to schedule follow-up visits to your doctor both during and after your adaptation period. This is important to make sure you have good eye health and safe contact lens wear. Always handle your contact lenses over a clean towel. That way, if you happen to drop them, they will stay clean and undamaged. And be sure to store your lenses in the case that was made for them and make sure to keep your contact lens case clean, as well.

You don’t want to use any cream soaps when washing your hands before you handle your contacts. These cream soaps can leave a film on your hands that can transfer to your lenses. Putting your contact lenses in your mouth to clean them or to keep them wet is a bad idea. Your saliva is actually quite full of bacteria and can cause infection of your eye later on. Also you don’t want to use a saline solution that you make at home. Many people make saline solutions to save money. But using this with your contact lenses isn’t a good idea, because improper use of homemade saline is linked with a potentially blinding condition for those who wear contact lenses.