People wear contact lenses usually to get rid of their glasses or change their look with the help of coloured lenses. Contact lenses come in various types such as daily disposable, monthly disposable or yearly disposable. You can choose out of these according to your need and comfort. And the type of contact lenses you use determines how much you have to care for it. Disposable lenses require the least care whereas conventional lenses require a lot of care. If you are not sure how to use contact lens, you can ask your eye specialist to show you the correct way of using them.
Do’s and Don’ts to take care of your Conatct Lenses
Do’s with Contact Lenses
- Most important thing to do before touching the lenses, is to wash your hands. Try to use a soap which doesn’t contain oils, perfumes or lotions as they form a layer on your hand and it may get transferred to your lenses. This can cause blurred vision and even irritation in eyes.
- Either try not to use towel to dry your hands or use one which is lint-free.
- Cut your fingernails shot and keep them smooth otherwise it can damage your lenses and cause irritation in eyes.
- Put lenses on and then do any makeup on your face and eyes. Similarly remove lenses and then remove your make up. If you use hair spray then put your lenses after spraying.
- Always use recommended eye drops, disinfecting contact lens solutions or enzymatic cleaners because some of these eye-products are not safe if your use contact lenses.
- To clean your lenses, gently rub it with your index finger on the palm of your other hand. This helps remove surface build up.
- Always clean your lenses with sterile solution or hot tap water. Change your lens case every three months.
Don’ts with Contact Lenses
- Don’t use weird methods to clean your Bausch & Lomb contact lenses such as using tap water directly or putting them into your mouth. Even distilled water contains microorganisms which can infect your lenses.
- Do not allow cosmetics, soaps or other similar substances to come in contact with your lenses.
- Do not touch the tip of your lens cleaning solution as it may infect the solution.
- Do not reuse your contact lens solution.
- Do not use any eye drop or solution not meant for cleaning to clean you lenses.
- Do not wear your lenses in presence of any harmful vapour or near fire.
- Do not use contact lenses beyond their life.
- Do not swap your lenses with anyone.
FAQs on Contact Lenses
1. How to know whether the contact lens are inside out?
People especially new users often face problem in telling if the lens is inside out. To tell the difference is not so difficult. Before placing the contact lens in your eyes, make sure it looks like a half ball and not like a rimmed soup bowl. The trick is to put the contact lens on the tip of your finger so that you can see a cup like formation. Now bring the lens directly in front of your eyes. If the contact lens forms a “U” with flared out top edges, it is inside out, if it form a “U” without flared edges, it is in the right position.
There is another trick which works if you wear tinted lenses. Place your Bausch and Lomb contact lenses on your fingertip and look down at it. If its edge looks blue or green, it is in right position otherwise it is inverted.
Some lenses come with some making on the edges such as brand names, which helps you recognise whether it is inside out. Keep the lenses on your fingertips and if you can read the markings clearly then the lenses are in correct position.
There is no need to worry if you put inverted lenses in your eyes. They will not cause any harm to your eyes. You will just be uncomfortable and feel like removing them.
2. How to remove contact lenses from eyes properly?
Soft contact lenses are easier to remove. Pull your lower eye lid down and look upwards or sideways. Move the lens gently towards the white of your eye and pinch it off your eye with the help of your thumb and index finger. It is important to keep your hands clean and fingernails short while doing this.
Rigid lenses are tricky to remove. You can use your hands to remove them and they just pop out of your eyes or you can use devices called “plungers” to remove them. But make sure you touch only the lenses and not your eye surface with plungers.
With the help of these simple tricks, you can handle your eye lenses very well and without any trouble. Go ahead and buy contact lenses online.
3. Can I sleep with my Contact Lenses?
It is not recommended to use your contact lenses for more than 2 or 3 nights. Your eyes become dry when you wake up in the morning, due to loss of oxygen to the cornea. You can use it for 1 or 2 nights if you are so tired of removing them.
4. I suffer from eye allergies. Can I wear Contact Lenses?
Most of the people with allergies can successfully wear contact lenses. Getting right choice of lenses and with appropriate medication you can wear contact lenses. Those who suffer from seasonal allergies such as hay fever, it’s better to prefer daily disposable soft lenses.
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