Table of contents:
- Tips for keeping contact lenses clean and sterile
- Contact lenses vs makeup
- What not to do when using contact lenses
Contact lenses are one of the most popular choices for helping your vision problems. Or sometimes, contact lenses can also be worn just for the sake of fashion. However, be careful, if you do not take care of your contact lenses properly, then your eyes will also be victims. Here are some tips so you can avoid infection due to wearing contact lenses
The type of contact lenses you wear determines how you care for them. For example, disposable contact lenses require easier maintenance than conventional contact lenses. To avoid complications in your eyes, you must strictly follow the guidelines given by the ophthalmologists. If you have difficulty cleaning your contact lenses, tell your optometrist. Maybe they will help you ease the necessary steps, or you may even be advised to change the type of contact lenses you wear.
Tips for keeping contact lenses clean and sterile
- Before handling contact lenses, wash your hands thoroughly. Use non-cosmetic soap. Soaps that contain perfume, oil, or lotion leave a coating on your hands, which can transfer to your contact lenses when you handle them, causing irritation to your eyes or your vision to become blurry when you wear them.
- When you are finished washing your hands, dry your hands with a clean towel.
- Each type of contact lens has a different procedure for its treatment. Always use disinfectant, eye drops, and liquid cleaners recommended by your ophthalmologist. Some eye care products or eye drops are not suitable for contact lens wearers.
- Never wash your contact lenses directly with tap water. Microorganisms may live in the water, which, if they get into your eyes through contact lenses, can cause irritation or damage to your eyes.
- Clean your contact lens holder every time you use it. You can clean it with sterile liquid, or warm water. After that, dry it. Change your contact lens holder every three months.
- Do not let the inside of the liquid bottle for your contact lenses touch anything, including your fingers, eyes, or contact lenses. This can contaminate the liquid in the bottle.
Contact lenses vs makeup
For those of you who are women, there are some rules that must be considered regarding the use of makeup and contact lenses. This is important to follow to avoid contamination of the lens with beauty products.
- If you want to use hair spray, use it first hair spray before wearing contact lenses.
- If you want to use makeup, put the contact lenses on your eyes first to prevent the makeup from sticking to your contact lenses. However, when you are going to clean your makeup, take off your contact lenses first.
- Make sure your nails are short and tidy to avoid damaging your contact lenses or accidentally scratching your own eyes.
What not to do when using contact lenses
Ophthalmologists still agree that the safest contact lenses are disposable contact lenses. Talk with your ophthalmologist to determine which type of contact lens is right for you. After that, follow the instructions given.
Here are some things you should avoid if you are a contact lens wearer:
- Don't wear contact lenses for 24 hours without removing them at all.
- Do not wear contact lenses if the usage time has passed. If you have trouble remembering when to change your contact lenses, ask your ophthalmologist an chart to schedule contact lens wear for you. If an ophthalmologist doesn't have one, try making your own.
- Never use other people's contact lenses, especially those that have been used. Wearing other contact lenses can spread infection or particles from other people's eyes to your own.
- Do not sleep with your contact lenses unless your contact lenses are a type of contact lenses that can be worn while sleeping. When you close your eyes while sleeping, the oxygen that enters your eyes (which is needed by contact lenses) is not at its fullest.
- Wearing contact lenses may make your eyes more sensitive to sunlight. Use glasses that have UV protection or wear a wide hat to protect your eyes when you are out in the hot sun.
- To keep your eyes "lubricated", use eye fluids that have been recommended by your eye doctor.
- Do not wear contact lenses while swimming. Put on goggles to protect your contact lenses is always better, but it is even better if you do not wear contact lenses while swimming, so that you avoid infection.
If you feel irritation in your eyes, remove your contact lenses and do not wear them again until you talk to your eye doctor. Wearing contaminated contact lenses keeps the infection from going away. When you return to wearing contact lenses, follow any directions your doctor has given you so you don't get infections again. Quickly see your doctor if you suddenly feel your vision becomes blurry, sore eyes, infection, eye patches, red eyes. or irritation.
