3 Tips To Avoid Mistakes With Your Contact Lenses

Wearing contact lenses is a convenient option for many Kenyans to correct their vision problems such as shortsightedness, long-sightedness, and astigmatism. Contact lenses help eliminate the use of glasses which are cumbersome and annoying sometimes. This is the case in foggy weather or in the rainy season with droplets falling into your eyes. Contact lenses come handy but require some special care when it comes to maintenance.  This article has 3 tips to avoid mistakes with your contact lenses.


Here’s the catch

Before you begin using contact lenses, it’s no doubt that you might have concerns regarding their proper maintenance. This concerns issues such as disinfecting, cleaning and replacing the contact lenses. However, as time goes by, perhaps your schedule becomes busy. It might be so easy to forget some particular aspects regarding care, use, and maintenance of contact lenses.
 
Perhaps you might forget to take out the contact lenses from your eyes before sleep. You might also make a mistake of using water to clean your contact lenses. This is regrettable since contact lenses require special cleaning solutions for their proper hygiene and use. Well, below are 3 common mistakes regarding using contact lenses to avoid.
 
Not cleaning the lenses after use
 
Finding a reputable store like Baus Optical in Kenya for your contact lenses is essential but you also have to know how to maintain proper hygiene. These lenses require rinsing out using a fresh solution and to let them get dry.  This is essential for safety reasons. Poor maintenance leads to a buildup of bacteria called Biofilm at the bottom. This will make you develop an eye infection.
 
Cleaning your contact lenses with water

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in America, you should avoid washing contact lenses in water. It might cause soft contact lenses to change shape, swell or stick to your eyes. It might also cause corneal scratches which come with a risk of a germ breeding ground leading to eye infections. The CDC goes ahead to warn against wearing contact lenses while swimming or in a hot tub. It’s highly recommended that you use a fresh solution to clean your contact lenses and to leave them to dry.
 
Poor hygiene before using the lenses
 
It’s very important that before you reach for your contact lenses, you have to wash your hands. Poor hygiene such as not washing your hands might result in bacteria spreading to your contact lenses. This will lead to eye infections. Therefore, good hygiene is key when using contact lenses. 
 
Bottom line
 
Using contact lenses offers a variety of benefits but requires special care. Failure to practice good hygiene regarding care and use of your contact lenses puts your eyes at risk of infection. You might put your eyes at risk of corneal scratches, eye infections, and eye inflammation. It’s only special care and attention which can help you make the most of your contact lenses.