Make Your Contact Lens Healthier and Safer

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:36:27 +0000

In addition to the right choice for contact lens, the maintenance for contact lens is also quite important. It not only can prolong the time of use, also can make contact lens healthier and safer. There are some notes for it.

First, maintenance for contact lens can be in accordance with the instruction of maintenance lotion. Generally, the focus of each bottle of maintenance lotion is not the same, and these lotions do not have the so-called quality difference. Actually, as long as followed the instruction of the use, all lotions can achieve the same cleaning effect. For example, contact lens should soak in hydrogen peroxide solution at least for 6 hours, while in other multi-functional maintenance lotion for 4 hours after scrubbing. Then, pay attention to the manufacture date and the storage life of maintenance lotion. Do not use expired lotion! Moreover, it is best not to continue to use the lotion which has opened for three month.

Second, periodically replace contact lenses. Even if the long-wear contact lens, such as rigid contact lens also need renew each one or two years. Besides, care about the use of disposable contact lens. Do not use daily disposable type as bi-weekly disposable type, or use bi-weekly type as monthly type, in order to extend the period of use. This behavior is quite harmful to the cornea. Moreover, do not soak the lens in the lotion for a long time. The lotion can gradually lose its sterilization strength, and then become a hotbed for breeding bacteria. Hence, those who not frequently wear contact lens can replace the soaking liquid every two days; while before wearing, be sure to sterilize and cleanse again.

Third, lens cannot be stored in physiological salt water, because the physiological salt water do not has the function of sterilization. Hence, if to put lens in such water, it is easy to promote the growth of bacteria, and then infect wear’s eyes.

Four, the lens box need to clean up at least once a week, and replace every three months, avoiding becoming a hotbed for breeding bacteria. Generally, using cotton ball dipped cleaning liquid to clean the inside of the box, then putting the box under the hot water with 79 ℃ or more to disinfect, lastly dry it. Do not put lens box in the bathroom, for it easily gets mildewed in the moist room.

Five, do not wear contact lens when swimming because chlorine, bacteria, impurities, and other thighs will adhere to the contact lens, which can injure cornea or cause eye infection, even cause corneal ulcer. Hence, remember this point for your eye health.

Contact lenses are one kind of delicate and expensive product for eye health, so they are worthy of careful maintenance.

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Make Your Contact Lens Healthier and Safer