Contact Lens Use for Beginners | Complete Guide
If you are not comfortable with wearing glasses, contact lenses are for you. The lenses both fulfill the function of glasses and they are not noticeable from the outside. Thus, they eliminate your aesthetic concerns, if any. At the same time, the lenses also have an anti-fatigue effect. However, using contact lenses is an issue that needs attention, especially when you start using them for the first time. In this article, we have compiled all the details you need to know about the use of these lenses.
You will need some time and experience to fully learn how to wear and remove the contact lenses. This is similar to learning how to drive or ride a bicycle. With the experience you will gain over time, the process of wearing and removing the lenses will become a reflex for you and you will not have any difficulties.
Contact lens use is not just about wearing and removing them. Apart from that, you need to know how to keep the lenses, how to clean them, and other issues that need to be considered. Here we have compiled the information you need about all these issues. Thanks to the information you get here, you can be sure that you will not have any difficulties with contact lenses.
How to Take Care of Contact Lenses and Eyes?
The lifetime of contact lenses and the health of your eyes are directly related to the right care of the lenses[1]. Moreover, this care is not only for the lenses, but also covers the eyes. The issues you should pay attention to while using lenses are generally as follows:
• When using contact lenses, you should blink your eyes regularly. Thus, you will ensure that your lenses remain both moist and clean.
• Keep your lenses in their special lens cases. Also, wash your contact lens cases with soap and warm water at least once a week and dry them.
• Change your contact lens cases at least every 3 months, depending on the type of lens case you are using and your doctor’s recommendation.
• Remove your lenses immediately if you experience pain, discomfort, unusual redness, sensitivity to light, impaired vision, lacrimation, or similar conditions during contact lens use. And contact your doctor to inform the situation. After the examination, having learned what the problem is, continue using your lenses or change them.
• Do not use your lenses when you are sick. Be careful not to use them even in a simple disease such as a cold. The reason is that while putting on and removing your lenses, germs can pass from your hands to your eyes.
• If your eyes become excessively dry during use, you can use the artificial tear drops prescribed by your doctor.
• Contact lens solution expiration is 1 month. At the end of this period, please throw away the solution not used.
• Never wash your lenses with tap water. Some substances in the water can be dangerous to your eyes.
• Remove your contact lenses while sleeping unless approved by your doctor and no explanation is made about this issue.
• Never think about and try using your saliva to clean your lenses.
• Avoid taking a shower and swimming with your lenses on. However, if you wear swimming goggles while swimming and protect your eyes from water, you can wear your lenses. Contact with water while wearing your lenses can cause an infection in your eyes[2].
- Pay special attention to hand and nail cleaning when wearing and removing your contact lenses.
These are the basic points you need to know about contact lens use for your eye health. You can get information about the issues that are not mentioned here and stuck in your mind from your doctor. With the correct use and care of contact lenses, you can improve your quality of life.
