Contact lenses are the best choice for people who don't want to wear glasses. Even though they are easy to use, you have to take care of them. You can take care of your contact lenses in a number of ways that will keep them healthy and comfortable when you wear them.
The first thing you should do before putting in your contacts is wash your hands with soap and warm water. Also, make sure you dry your hands well with a clean towel. Soap residue or other chemicals could get on the contacts and make them very uncomfortable or even burn your eyes when you put them in.
If you can't get your contacts in, you shouldn't try to force them in. Instead, put some solution in the palm of your hand and rub the contact gently into it. Then, put some solution on it before putting it back in your eye, and it should go back in without any problems.
When you're not wearing your contact lenses, you should always soak them in fresh solution. This is especially important overnight because the solution gets the protein out of your contacts. If you don't put them in solution, they can hurt your eyes. If you experience any burning after soaking your contacts in solution, try a different solution.
Care Contact Lenses Schedule
Here is a general schedule for caring for your contact lenses:
- Before you touch your contact lenses, you should always wash your hands with soap and water and dry them with a clean, lint-free towel.
- Use the solution your eye doctor tells you to use every day to clean and disinfect your contact lenses. Pay close attention to the directions on the bottle of solution.
- Don't use old contact lens solution or "top off" your lens case with more solution. When you put your lenses away, discard the old solution and replace it with new solution.
- Every three to six months, or whenever your eye doctor tells you to, you should get a new case for your contact lenses.
- Unless your eye doctor tells you otherwise, take out your contacts before you go to sleep or take a nap.
- Follow the schedule for when your contact lenses should be worn. Some lenses are made to be worn every day, while others can be worn for longer periods of time.
- If your contact lenses make your eyes feel uncomfortable, red, or irritated, take them out right away and talk to your eye doctor.
- Visit your eye doctor often for checkups to make sure your eyes are healthy and that your contact lenses fit and work well.
Make sure to always follow the care instructions that your eye doctor and the company that made your contact lenses give you.
Depending on your eyes, some solutions may make your eyes feel like they are on fire. This happens a lot, but if you switch to a different contact lens solution, the burning or irritation should go away. To keep your eyes moist during the day, you may need to use rewetting drops or saline solution.
Contacts can sometimes make your eyes feel very dry and uncomfortable. But the dryness usually goes away when you put a few drops of salt water in them. If your eyes start to get dry, you should always have some rewetting drops or saline with you.
If you have never worn contact lenses before, you should ask your eye doctor or staff any questions you have. After you have been fitted for contact lenses, the optician and his staff will usually show you how to put them in, how to take care of them, and anything else you need to know about them.
It's not hard to take care of your contacts. As long as you look after them, they'll look after you. If you want to keep your eyes from getting hurt, you should always get a new pair when you're told to. Contact lenses are a great alternative to glasses, but you have to take care of them the right way.
