How To Efficiently Care For Contact Lenses

If you wear contact lenses then there are some basic should be taken in order to prevent eye infections. The basic hygiene of contact lenses is easy to follow and will help keep your eyes healthy.

Prior to placing contacts in your eyes, you need to thoroughly dry and wash your hands. Under warm water, for thirty seconds hands should be lathered and scrubbed.

You may accidentally drop the lens down the drain and do not install contacts over a bathroom sink as sinks are full of bacteria. Instead of working on a desk or a clean table with a mirror. Open your contact case one side at a time so that you can make sure you don’t accidentally get your lenses mixed up.

After the first lens is in, do it again with the next lens. Do not touch the tip of the bottle containing the solution of contact lens solution. This helps to keep the bottle and its contents sterile.

Never touch the tip of the contact lens solution bottle to anything. The keep the bottle and contents sterile will help.

While you should never rub your eyes, this is especially true if your contacts are in. You might scratch your cornea and it could result in terrible injury. Soft contact lenses should only be re-wetted with contact solution, never use water or saliva.

For buildup of mucus like material, watch your eyes. This is an symptom of problems from contact lenses so it should be taken out until the problem has cleared up. These give the eye time to heal and prevent contamination of the contact.

Every three months, the contact lens case should be replaced. Contacts should be replaced as directed by your doctor. Not longer than recommended by your doctor, do not attempt to wear your contact lenses.