Hygiene
- Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water and dry with a lint-free towel before putting in and removing contact lenses.
- Contact lenses should be put on before applying makeup and removed before washing.
- The container where you store your contact lenses should be cleaned every two days.
- The lens storage solution should be changed daily.
- Contact lenses must be covered entirely with the liquid in the container.
How to put on and take off contact lenses
- Container lids are marked with the letters R (right) and L (left). Never mix and store lenses with the right eye on the right R (right) side and the left eye on the left L (left) side respectively.
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- It is better to put on the lenses first on the right eye, then on the left, and also remove them first from the right eye, then from the left.
- Before putting on a contact lens, it is necessary to check whether it is bent on the inner surface. The correct shape is the shape of a cup, and the wrong shape is the shape of a plate slightly curved outward.
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- The contact lens should be removed from the container only with the pad of the finger, without the use of a nail.
Focusing contact lenses
- After putting on contact lenses, briefly close your eye to allow the pupil and lens to adjust. Sometimes the lens can move.
- Close your eye and try to carefully adjust the position of the lens through your eyelid.
- If the contact lens continues to cause discomfort after fitting, remove and put it on again.
How to remove a contact lens.
- Look up, lower down your lower eyelid with your middle finger.
- With a smooth movement of the index finger, move the contact lens down.
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- Use your thumb and forefinger to gently press the contact lens and remove it from your eye.
When should contact lenses be removed?
- if you feel uncomfortable,
- if the feeling of discomfort remains even after removing contact lenses, contact your ophthalmologist immediately,
- if you have cold or flu symptoms,
- for dry eyes, it is recommended to use special moisturizing drops.
Not allowed
- rinse contact lenses under running water,
- swimming in the pool without special glasses,
- wear contact lenses for longer than the specified time, even if they remain comfortable,
- reuse one-day contact lenses multiple times,
- wear contact lenses in the solarium,
- leave new lenses in the old lens container with the old solution,
- pick up a contact lens with a fingernail or other sharp object.
Eye exercises
- Look at the vertically extended finger of the outstretched hand, move the hand to the left and right six times draw a cross with your eyes, six times.
- Draw a semicircle with your eyes, six times.
- Look at a point at a distance of 35 cm for ten seconds, then look out the window about 50 meters and look for another ten seconds, repeat six times.
- Look at the nearest object for five seconds, move your gaze to an object farther in the room, then look out the window for five seconds, repeat six times.
- When working at a computer, it is advisable to go to the window every 20 minutes and concentrate on objects located there for 5 minutes, and then return to work. This exercise is useful not only for the eyes but also for relieving tension in the musculoskeletal system.