LASIK Facts

If you wear contact lenses then there are some basic must be taken to prevent eye infections. Basic contact lens hygiene is easy to follow with Optimum contact lens solution and will help to keep your eye healthy.

You must wash and dry your hands thoroughly, at any time before putting contacts into your eyes. You must lather and scrub your hands with warm water for 30 seconds.

Inserting your contacts while standing over a bathroom sink is never a good idea, because a dropped lens means it will be swimming in bacteria from the sink, or you may even lose it down the drain. Rather, use a table that’s got a magnifying mirror, or do it over a desk that is clean. Open the case that holds your contacts one side at a time to ensure you do not mix up your lenses by mistake.

Repeat the process for the second one when after the first lens in place. Dump any solution left in the sink and rinse the case with the cleaning solution lens.

The tip of the optimum contact lens solution bottle must be touched to anything. This will help to keep the bottle and its contents sterile.

Although it’s not a good idea to ever rub your eyes, if you wear contacts, this is particularly important. You might scratch your cornea and it could result in terrible injury. Contact lenses should only be re-wetted with contact solution, never use water or saliva.

Watch your eyes to the accumulation of mucus like material. This is an symptoms of problem from contact lens so it should be taken out until the problem has cleared up. To prevent contamination of the contact and this is to give the eye time to heal.

The contact lens case should be replaced every three months. Contacts should be replaced as directed by your doctor. Do not wear your lenses longer than recommended by your doctor.