Lens Care Guidelines
Always wash, rinse and dry your hands thoroughly before handling your contact lenses.
Hard Lenses
- Hard lenses scratch easily, so don't wipe them with hard or rough cloths
- Hard lenses should be cleaned daily and soaked in a commercial sterilizing solution
- Use a wetting agent before insertion
- Periodically have contacts examined by a professional to ensure comfort and good vision. It may be necessary to have rigid lenses cleaned and polished professionally
- If you live in a polluted area, your lenses may need to be cleaned more frequently
Soft Lenses
- Always store soft lenses in disinfecting solution, not saline solution
- Never prepare homemade solutions. Use only commercially prepared products and saline solutions
- Because soft lenses are absorbent, never use water or any solutions without your physician's approval
- Soft lenses must be cleaned daily
- After cleaning, soft lenses must be disinfected using either heat or chemical methods, as recommended by your physician
- In addition to the daily cleaning, soft lenses require a weekly enzymatic cleaning to remove protein deposits and to ensure clean, healthy lenses