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Tips For Wearing Prescription Contact Lenses

June 28, 2012


If you have ever been saddled with thick prescription glasses, you know how freeing it can be to go without them. For those who want to be rid of glasses forever, prescription contacts could be the answer for you. They're light weight, thin and can be worn for longer periods than ever before. When you see your eye doctor, request the special eye vision test and fitting for contacts in addition to glasses. Once you become acclimated to them, you'll never even realize there are in your eyes. But, there are some tips you should remember as you wear your prescription contact lenses.
  • If you are wearing contact lenses for the first time, it can be difficult to tell if they are flipped in the correct direction. Here's a hint. If they are flaring out, they're inside out. If they're cupped, they're right side out.
  • Follow Directions! While it doesn't sound like fun, it's important to follow the directions that you read on the lenses themselves, the solution and the ones your eye doctor gives you. If you are adding eye drops to your eyes, read the box to make sure they're safe for your type of lenses.
  • Keep your hands clean. If you see a bunch of gunk and spots on your lenses, it's probably because you didn't keep your hands clean when handling them last time. Wash your hands with soap and dry them well each and every time you handle your lenses.
  • Carry your solution with you. It comes in small travel sizes that will easily fit in your purse or brief case. Always use the solution to clean your Prescription Contact Lenses as even water may contain minerals or be too hard for your eyes.
  • Check the boxes of your eye makeup to make sure it's compatible with contact lenses. Additionally, make sure you put on your contacts before you put on eye makeup to avoid contamination. Moreover, take out your contacts before washing your makeup off.
  • Prescription Contact lenses have an expiration date for a reason. Don't wear them past that date. If your contacts are daily wear, that means one day, not two or three. Even if your vision appears to be fine, toss those contacts after your prescribed wearing time.
  • Sleep is for extended wear contacts only. Do not sleep in contacts that are not prescribed as such because oxygen will not be able to get to your eyes. No, one time will not be catastrophic, but it should definitely not be a habit. The contacts become dried out without oxygen and can rip in the eye or stick to the eye. This makes them extra-difficult to remove from the eye.
  • If you develop itching or excessive watering of the eyes as often happens when you're sick with colds or sinus infections, take your contacts off! Keep a pair of glasses around for cases just like this. This way you can still see while you're waiting for the cold to pass.
  • Do not wear your contacts in swimming pools or hot tubs. Chlorine and prescription contact lenses are not your friend.
  • Wear your own lenses, not someone else's. Never borrow someone else's lenses, even if they are non-prescription lenses. You don't know what kind of care they've taken with their lenses and you could be passing bacteria and germs back and forth.
This may seem like a long line of do's and don'ts for the Prescription Contact Lenses wearer, but most of it is truly common sense. Wearing contacts frees a person up to play sports, travel and look their best without having heavy lenses bearing down on their nose and causing tension headaches. Once you go contacts, you'll never want to go back to glasses again.

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