Are You Making Theses Contact Lens Case Mistakes?
Tips for keeping your contact lens case germ-free
Your contact lens case might not seem like a major part of your eye health, but it truly is. Not only does your contact lens case store your contact lenses when you’re not using them, but it can be a Petri dish of bacteria. Cleaning your contact lens case is essential to good eye health.
What’s the case?
You should start off with selecting a contact lens case that is simple to clean.
It should be made out of a hard plastic when you’re storing your contact lenses on a regular. A thinner contact lens case isn’t sturdy enough for this kind of use.
The smoother the inside surfaces, the less likely germs can multiply.
Disinfecting the situation
One of the biggest mistakes beginners make is to use the wrong solution in their contact lens case.
And while you are harming your contact lenses, you are also creating poor conditions for the new set to be stored in. Contact lens case care starts with the proper solution.
Don’t use saline solution to store your lenses.
This is the old way of storing lenses in a contact lens case, but since newer products can be used to clean and store, why not use those?
Look for solutions that promise to disinfect as well as store the lenses. This saves you time and money, while also protecting your lenses until the next time you will wear them.
The low protein diet
Sure, everyone else is trying to eat more protein in their diet, but your contact lens case should not.
Protein deposits are harmful to your eyes as well as the contacts.
If your solution does not include the ability to remove the protein from your contacts, put a few drops of protein remover into your contact lens case when you’re storing the lenses.
And finally, once a week, be sure to boil the case in hot water.
Just rinsing your contact lens case can leave small organisms from the water able to get onto your contacts.