Cleaning Contact Lenses After Wearing

Series Summary

Have you been nearly blind all of your life, but now have a pair of contact lenses that you hope will change everything? Do you find, unfortunately, that they irritate your eyes because you have trouble keeping them clean and free of protein deposits? Do your contacts keep ripping in half every time you take them out to scrub them?Contact lenses are a superb way to correct your vision. Because there are no bulky plastic frames to protect your secret identity (sorry Superman), contacts help create the illusion of naturally good vision while letting the world see your face. They also don’t slide down or pinch your nose, like glasses are sometimes known to do. But, contact lenses do come with their own set of problems to deal with, especially when it comes to keeping them clean.

While contact lenses can be convenient, this will only hold true if they're properly cared for. In this free video series, an optics expert will teach you how to clean and care for contact lenses with a number of do's and don't's. You'll learn why you should clean contacts after each wear, how to keep a case clean, and why you should apply makeup after putting contacts in. You'll also learn how to make a contact cleaning routine and wearing schedule, why not to reuse old contacts, and why you shouldn't sleep while wearing contacts. With these tips, your eyes will remain healthy and your vision sharp!

Video Transcript

"We?re going to talk about the does and the don'ts of contact lens care. First thing I want to talk to you is a definite do and that is the cleaning of the contact lens after each wearing. Now that can take one two different context ok, there?s multiple ways to clean the contact lens. There is a general solution it's called a multi purpose solution and the multi purpose can go in to any generic case. Ok. So after your done wearing them for the day take out the contact lens. And I'll tell you what, I'll show you how that goes. Just take the contact lens, obviously this would be coming out of you eye. Put it into the contact lens case. Make sure that the contact lens is in the case so that the lid does not on part of the contact and put them in. That multi purpose solution is kind of take off all the deposits of the contact lens your not going to have any protein probably after the first few, the first few days but at towards the end. Let?s say this is two week lens. It's going to take care of the lens for that period of time. And I would defiantly do that you know every night. Make sure after every wearing you keep the contact lens, it just keeps the contact lens fresher and reduces the risk of infection."