You might have concerns about wearing and caring for contacts if you’ve just had your first set fitted. Putting on a pair of glasses might not be as easy. And getting acclimated to them can take more time.
Contact Lens Varieties
It’s critical to understand the type of contacts your ophthalmologist has prescribed for you. Because they are flexible and generally more comfortable, soft lenses are the ones that are prescribed the most. Gas-permeable (GP) lenses are another name for hard lenses. They may sharpen your eyesight more effectively than soft lenses since they are stiffer. If you have allergies or astigmatism, your ophthalmologist or optometrist might recommend hard lenses.
There are various types of soft contacts, including:
- Daily throwaway (you throw them out every day)
- Long-wearing disposable (replaced every 1, 2, or 4 weeks)
- Toric (for moderate astigmatism, when your eye is more oval than round) (for moderate astigmatism, when your eye is more oval than round)
- Bifocal (corrects your eyesight for both nearsightedness and farsightedness) (corrects your vision for both nearsightedness and farsightedness)
Long-lasting hard contacts can endure for several months. Use a dry case without contact solution if you intend to keep them for a long time to prevent contamination.
Tips to Put In Contact Lenses
- After washing your hands with soap and drying them with a lint-free towel or cloth, use.
- Open any boxes or bags containing contact lenses. Keep the opposite eye closed at all times to prevent mixing up the right and left lenses.
- Use your fingertips, not your nails, to place one lens into the palm that is not used for writing. Rinse the lens with the contact solution.
- Put the lens on the tip of the index or middle finger of your dominant hand.
- Check to see if the lens is upright and if it has any damage. The lens’s edge should have a bowl-like shape. If the lens is upside down, carefully flip it over.
How to Take Off Contact Lenses?
Whether your lenses are daily worn or extended wear, make sure to take them out on time. This is how:
- Dry your hands after washing them with soap.
- Your non-dominant hand’s middle finger can be used to hold your upper eyelid open.
- Hold your lower eyelid open with your dominant hand’s middle finger. With your thumb and index finger, pinch the lens, then remove it. You might also try pinching it out after moving the lens downward.
Continue by using your other eye.
- Multiple-use solutions are the most common. Your lenses can be sterilized, cleaned, and kept moist in a case overnight. Multipurpose solutions work with both hard and soft lenses.
- Hydrogen peroxide-based treatments are a good choice if you have allergies or chemical sensitivity. They do, however, add a step. You add a neutralizing disc to turn the solution into saline and stop eye discomfort. Cleaning or rinsing your lenses with saliva, tap water, or even rewetting drops is risky. They are not sanitizing and may cause an infection to spread.
Advice & Suggestions
If you wear contact lenses, follow these guidelines to help maintain the health of your eyes.
- As frequently as your doctor advises, change your contacts.
- When washing your hands, use unscented soap.
- To thoroughly dry your hands, use a lint-free cloth.
- Reusing used case solutions or daily disposable lenses are not recommended.
- Every three months, change the contact lens case.
- Avoid sleeping in your contacts, especially if you wear them every day.
- Do not swim or shower when using contacts.
- Use only contact lens-specific rewetting drops. Use only prescription eye drops.
- Have your eyes examined annually?
How to Insert Soft Contact Lenses?
Due to their fragility, soft contacts can be difficult to insert; however, you’ll discover that many of our Acuvue soft contact lenses have a 1, 2, or 3 indicator and blue handling tint, making them simpler to do so. You should always adopt a hygienic technique when using lenses, making sure to fully wash your hands before you begin.
Purchase Some Useful Accessories
You must store your contact lenses at night if you wear them two or four times a week. When you’re ready to replace your case, we suggest our Feel Good Contact Lens Case, which is also offered in a triple pack. We advise using a multipurpose contact lens solution that cleans, disinfects, rinses, and stores lenses all at once for convenience and financial savings. Comfi's All-in-One contact lens solution is very reasonably priced and provides excellent cleaning. As an alternative, if you wear rigid gas-permeable lenses, we provide a full range of services that are tailored to these lenses.
You might wish to get some eye drops if you have dry eyes or spend all day staring at a screen. Blink Intensive Tear Vials are portable, pocket-sized, and easy to carry when out and about. Each vial has enough medication to treat both eyes; the eyes just need a few drops to feel better.
For people who lead active lifestyles, contact lenses give complete freedom from spectacles and are far more practical. You won’t need to be concerned about your lenses falling out while working out or having to put up with poor vision simply because you have to take your glasses off. You can wear sunglasses outside when you have contact lenses on. Additionally, Feel Good Contacts carries an extensive selection of designer sunglasses to match every taste and price range.
Keep your Contact Lenses Tidy
The secret to enjoying contact lens usage is maintaining proper hygiene. Hands should be properly cleaned with soap and water and dried before handling contact lenses. Saline solution should be used to rinse new contact lenses when you first open the container. Use the solution your doctor advised and the appropriate case before taking out your lenses at night. Think about a solution like Clear Care as an illustration. It won't function properly if you place it in an ordinary contract case rather than the one that came with it. When you go to put in your contacts, it could harm your eyes.
Adhere to the Wearing Schedule.
Your doctor will advise the wearing schedule to get your eyes used to the lens when you acquire contacts for the first time. Additionally, there is a recommended wearing regimen for each type of contact lens. When and how long to use the lenses each day should be specified on the packaging. It ought to also alert you when a fresh pair needs to be opened. Never attempt to make your contacts last longer than they were intended to or sleep in them. Both of these behaviors have the potential to infect you or perhaps harm your vision.
What Should you do if your Contacts are Uncomfortable now that they are in?
Your eyes may require two weeks to completely acclimatize to contact lenses, according to eye care doctors. But how can you tell if your eyes are adapting to contact lenses properly if you’ve never worn them before?
The pain, wet eyes, dry eyes, or fuzzy vision that new contact lens wearers feel are all possible. Because of the normal fluids in your eye, a contact lens may occasionally move on your eye as well. However, don’t be alarmed. Applying eye drops or blinking a few times should soon fix the issue. A well-fitting lens will also quickly adapt to the shape of your eye.