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Congratulations and welcome to contact lens wear. When cared for properly, soft contact lenses provide healthy, comfortable, and convenient vision correction. The following guidelines are intended to help you avoid problems and enjoy the benefits of soft contact lenses.
• Wash, rinse and dry your hands thoroughly each time you handle your lenses.
- Good hygiene helps to eliminate germs that can cause eye infection
- This is especially important for smokers
• Lenses removed from your eyes must be cleaned, rinsed and disinfected after each wearing period if they are reused.
- Cleaning loosens and removes accumulations of film, deposits and debris that can cause irritation, and prepares lenses for disinfection
- Disinfecting helps kill germs that can cause eye infection
- Carefully read and follow the instructions that come with your lens care products
- Important - saline solutions are used to rinse, not clean or disinfect
- Never rinse your lenses with tap water, and never lubricate them in your mouth!
- Always let your lens case air dry, never re-use multipurpose solution
• Remove your lenses immediately if they become uncomfortable
- Discomfort can be an early sign of a problem
- Early treatment can avoid complications
- If the discomfort continues after lens removal, contact our office
• Consult our office before wearing your lenses overnight or while sleeping
- Not all lenses are designed to be worn overnight or while sleeping
- Not all people can wear lenses overnight or while sleeping
- You are ten times more likely to experience complications when you sleep in lenses |
• Replace your lenses with a new pair as often as recommended
- Old lenses can cause discomfort, deceased vision and may adversely affect your eye health
- Replacement schedules are designed to provide a new lens before you experience symptoms.
• Slowly increase your wearing time over the first week
- We recommend beginning with 6 hours the first day, then increasing wearing time by two hours each subsequent day. For example: 6, 8, 10, 12, then 14 hours |
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