It's been a hard day's night and all you want now is to sleep like a log. Hold that thought, especially if you are one of the 38 million contact lens wearers in the United States. What has to happen now is a cleaning ritual that may break your will, but hold firm and follow through. Your contacts and your eyes will thank you for it.
Exclusion from the infamous Four Eyes Club comes with a price. Theres no flopping in bed and clapping out the lights. You will have to buck up, plan and clean and store. The alternative is a quick descent into sleep, to be sure. But waking up with an eye infection can ruin days and weeks of your life. In addition to a constant burning sensation and non-stop watering, an infected eye is extremely sensitive to light and may require a heavy round of antibiotics to cure.
Avoid the pain, hassle and possible expense of an eye infection and take precautions. Make it a nightly ritual to wash your hands and then your contacts. Store your contacts in an airtight case filled with sterile hydrating solution. Some of the no-rub cleaning solutions can also double as storage solution. In fact, these cleaning solutions can penetrate deep into the molecular structure of your contacts, getting them that much cleaner by morning.
Come, come now, Watson -- it's elementary. Clean contacts require clean hands and a clear head. Do not be lulled into thinking you can get by with short cuts. A quick rinse with dirty hands is a waste of time and solution. Failure to store your contacts in solution is as good as throwing them away. There is strict responsibility when it comes to contact care, for better or worse.
Be cautious and side-step the worst-case scenario and simply take precautions. Have a hydrating, no-rub solution on hand and a sterile contact overnight case as well. You will also need some soap and warm water for your hands. Short-changing the process is essentially short-changing yourself and an invitation to a host of problems.
Exclusion from the infamous Four Eyes Club comes with a price. Theres no flopping in bed and clapping out the lights. You will have to buck up, plan and clean and store. The alternative is a quick descent into sleep, to be sure. But waking up with an eye infection can ruin days and weeks of your life. In addition to a constant burning sensation and non-stop watering, an infected eye is extremely sensitive to light and may require a heavy round of antibiotics to cure.
Avoid the pain, hassle and possible expense of an eye infection and take precautions. Make it a nightly ritual to wash your hands and then your contacts. Store your contacts in an airtight case filled with sterile hydrating solution. Some of the no-rub cleaning solutions can also double as storage solution. In fact, these cleaning solutions can penetrate deep into the molecular structure of your contacts, getting them that much cleaner by morning.
Come, come now, Watson -- it's elementary. Clean contacts require clean hands and a clear head. Do not be lulled into thinking you can get by with short cuts. A quick rinse with dirty hands is a waste of time and solution. Failure to store your contacts in solution is as good as throwing them away. There is strict responsibility when it comes to contact care, for better or worse.
Be cautious and side-step the worst-case scenario and simply take precautions. Have a hydrating, no-rub solution on hand and a sterile contact overnight case as well. You will also need some soap and warm water for your hands. Short-changing the process is essentially short-changing yourself and an invitation to a host of problems.
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Everything involved with contact care is based on the fundament of vigilance. Stay frosty, wash your contacts and enjoy not having to bother with glasses.
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