Contact Lens Wearing Tips
Home > Vision Problems > Contact Lens Wearing Tips- Wash your hands before you touch your lenses. It's just plain gross if you don't.
- Don't ever put your lenses in your mouth. Ewww.
- Don't wear your lenses longer than you should.
- Don't wear anyone else's lenses.
- Disinfect your lenses each time you take them out. Follow your eye care professional's instructions.
- Handle your lenses in the same order - either left eye or right eye first always. This will help avoid confusion.
- Close your solution bottles when you are done.
- You shouldn't swim with your contacts in.
- Use solutions intended for Contact Lenses.
- Apply eye makeup after putting in your lenses.
- Check your eyes for redness or unusual mucus (nasty!) at the edges; pain, watery eyes, sensitivity to light or blurry vision are signals to call the doctor.
