Proper Contact Lens Care goes a long way in keeping eyes healthy and vision sharp

Are your contact lenses irritating your eyes? Are you prone to eye infections? Don't blame your contact lenses. The fault may be in how you care for them. Proper contact lens care is key to healthy eyes and good vision.

Step-by-step contact lens care

Your eyecare professional will show you how to care for your contact lenses. In general, here are contact lens care guidelines to keep in mind:

• Before handling your contact lenses, always wash your hands with soap and water.
• When it's time to clean your contact lenses, remove one lens and place it in the palm of your hand. Apply a few drops of cleaning solution. Your doctor will recommend a solution that's right for your contact lenses. Rub the solution on both sides of the lens surface to remove deposits, debris, protein build-up, and bacterial film. Removing these deposits will help improve your vision and reduce your risk for eye infections.
• After cleaning the lens, rinse it with saline solution. Use a saline solution recommended to you by your eyecare professional. Homemade saline solutions should not be used!
• After cleaning and rinsing, the next step is to disinfect your lenses. There are two lens care systems-heat and chemical disinfection. The system you use depends on the type of contact lenses you have. Your eyecare professional will recommend the best system for you. Be prepared: Both heat and chemical disinfection systems require several hours of disinfection time.
• After disinfecting your lenses, rinse each lens with your saline solution before putting them back in your eyes.

It's more than just contact lens care

It's not just your contact lenses that require your attention. Don't forget to clean your contact lens case, too. The case should be rinsed with warm water and allowed to air dry. All contact lens cases need to be cleaned frequently, including disposable lens cases.

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