Lens Care Tips

Custom Contact Lens Wear Do’s and Don’ts

For successful long term contact lens wear follow these important tips.

Do
  • Wash hands with a mild soap and dry them with a lint-free towel before handling and applying lenses
  • Get into the habit of handling the same lens first to avoid confusing the right and left lenses
  • Regularly clean contact lenses after each wear using fresh solution
  • Close the sink drain when handling contact lenses
  • Apply hair spray before inserting lenses
  • Be careful when applying makeup. Put your contact lenses in before applying makeup and take them out before removing it
  • Replace eye make-up on a regular basis
  • Keep solution bottles closed when not in use
  • Discard solutions if they have passed their expiration date
  • Rinse the lens case with hot water daily and let air dry
  • Replace the lens case every three months
  • Have a back-up pair of eyeglasses
  • Have a back-up pair of contact lenses
  • Follow your eye care practitioner’s instructions for wearing times
  • Return for follow-up visits as recommended
  • Follow the cleaning and storing procedures as recommended by the solution manufacturer
  • Remove the lenses if you experience redness, pain, swelling or irritation
  • Ask your eye care practitioner if you have questions or concerns
Don’t
  • Rub the eyes when wearing contact lenses
  • Share your contact lenses with anyone
  • Wear cracked or damaged contact lenses
  • Use cream based soaps – they can leave a film on your hands
  • Use moisturizers prior to handling lenses since they can cause stinging and leave a film on the lenses
  • Use oil based eye make-up
  • Share eye make-up
  • Use eyeliner on the inner eyelid margin
  • Touch the tip of a lens care solution bottle to any surface, including your eye
  • Top off solutions
  • Stretch the replacement intervals your doctor has specified
  • Use eye drops or solutions not intended for use with contact lenses
  • Use tap water, distilled water, or saliva to clean the lenses
  • Swim or take a bath with lenses on
  • Sleep in lenses unless prescribed by your eye care practitioner