Safety Tips

Top 10 Safety Tips for Contact Lens Wearers

  1. Always remove your contact lenses before a night’s sleep. Leaving the lenses in your eyes overnight deprives your eyes of needed oxygen and heightens the risk of corneal ulcer, an open sore on the colored part of your eye.
  2. Check your lenses for damage before and after you clean them.
  3. Insert lenses BEFORE applying cosmetics like mascara and eyeliner, and remove the lenses BEFORE cleaning off the makeup.
  4. Be sure to visit an eye-care professional for a complete exam at least once a year. Some patients may require more frequent visits.
  5. Use only contact lenses that have been prescribed to you. To keep your eyes healthy, don’t lend your lenses to anyone else, and don’t wear anyone else’s lenses.
  6. Remove lenses if your eyes become red or irritated and visit an eye doctor.
  7. Throw away disposable lenses as directed by their manufacturer. Even non-disposable lenses wear out over time, so be sure to replace contacts as necessary.
  8. Wash your hands before inserting or removing contact lenses; use antibacterial soap.
  9. Thoroughly clean your long-term contacts as directed.Use good hygiene.
  10. Don’t moisten contacts with saliva and don’t put contacts in or near your mouth