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Optometrist's Techniques for Cleaning Contacts
Safety Techniques for Cleaning Contact Lenses
Daily Wear Time for Contact Lenses
How Long to Wear Disposable Contact Lenses
Types of Contact Lenses
Contact Lens Solutions & Cleaners
Contact Lens Cases
How to Put Contacts in a Lens Case
Clear Care System for Contact Lenses
Cleaning Contacts With Clear Care
Hard Contact Lens Solutions
How to Clean Hard Contact Lenses
How to Clean Contacts Without Ripping
Using Eye Drops for Contact Lens Care
Allergies & Contact Lens Care
Protein Deposits & Contact Lens Care
Irritation & Red Eyes
Removing Debris Under Contact Lens
Techniques if Contact Lens Falls Out
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Summary: Learn how to clean protein deposits from your contact lenses in this free vision and eye care video.
Elton Hall has been an Optician for over 13 years. He is currently a manager at Texas State Optical in Austin Texas and in charge of the contact lens department.read more
"Hi! My name is Elton Hall and I'm here at Texas State Optical in Austin, Texas. I'm here on behalf of Expert Village, and I'm going to show you how to care for your contact lenses. If you're having problems with protein build up on your contact lenses, what you want to do is you want to actually consult your doctor about that. There's products that you can use in order to try to elevate some of the protein build up. You can change your contact lenses a little more frequently. The solution that you could probably use would be a disinfectant solution like Clear Care that you leave in for 6 hours or more. Most of the time, you can't beat protein build up. If you have problems with it, make sure that you call your doctor and ask them about it. Look and see what they can do, or you can just change your contact lenses more frequently. Just depending on what the doctor says and what you want to do. Most people know when they're having problems with protein build up. You can actually see it on the contact lens itself. Depending on how much your body puts out. What happens is it imbeds itself in contact lenses and it's hard to get it out. If you do have problems with that, make sure that you consult a doctor and just change your contact lenses more frequently. You can actually see protein build up on the contact lens itself. Sometimes it’ll be cloudy, milky, the contact lens will change colors or something like that. It kind of just depends on how much protein build up that it's putting out. Just make sure that you consult a doctor at all times. You can't beat it. You may as well join it. It just depends on how you want to take care of it."
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