The Centers for Disease Control stress the need for proper contact lens care. Keeping your contacts in good condition can help maximize their use. Knowing how to do this can help prevent damage to your lenses and infections in your eyes. Here are the
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Keep Your Hands Clean

Your hands collect particulates and pathogens all day. Keeping your hands clean can prevent you from contaminating your contact lenses. Wash your hands with lotion-free soap and dry them well before you handle your lenses. This will help keep your contact lenses contaminant-free and your eyes infection-free.

Remove Your Contact Lenses Before Bed

You should not sleep with your contact lenses on. Your contacts should soak in the solution overnight after cleaning. Removing them before bed can prevent your eyes from developing infections. If you are not sure whether you can sleep in your contacts or not, ask your eye doctor. You will need more regular eye checkups for this.

Always Refresh Your Lens Solutions

Some patients do this to extend the use of their lens solution. But topping off your lens solution will keep the particulates and contaminants off your contact lenses. This increases your risk of developing a painful eye infection. It is ideal to refresh your contact lens solution each time you clean and soak your contacts.

Clean Your Lens Case

Your contact lens case is the bed for your contact lenses when you are not wearing them. Over time, they tend to collect grime and germs. You must clean your lens case each time you clean your contacts. Remove the used contact lens solution from your contact lens case and then clean it well. Rinse it with your clean fingers and some fresh lens solution.

Get a lint-free cloth and wipe your case dry. Store it upside down on a paper towel or tissue. It will be ready by the time you are ready to remove your lenses. You must replace your contact lens case after one to three months.

Refrain From Getting Wet While Wearing Your Contact Lenses

If you know that you will be swimming, using the tub, or showering, remove your contact lenses. Water has microscopic organisms that can cause eye infections. That is why contact lenses must not touch water. You must use the lens solution that your eye doctor prescribes.

Stay Away From Nonprescription Contact Lenses

Cosmetic contact lenses can make your eyes look attractive. But these lenses do not have the power to improve your vision. Each person has unique corneal surfaces. That is why your lenses should always come from your eye doctor. Proper testing and lens power grading can provide you with prescription lenses that may be clear or colored.

See Your Eye for Regular Eye Checks

Regular checkups can make your contact lens experience pleasant. Your eye doctor can spot any issues related to wearing your contact lenses. Once your eyes become watery, itchy, or red, remove your contacts right away. See your doctor as soon as possible if these symptoms are worsening.

Knowing how to care for your contact lenses can help you maximize their use. At Bespoke Eye Care, we provide high-quality eye care products and treatments. Please drop by our clinic in Dallas, Texas, for an in-person consultation. Please call 972-703-9070 to set an appointment or learn more about our contact lens care products.