Hard Contact Lens Cleaning: A Comprehensive Guide

Contact lenses are thin, finely crafted plastic discs designed to fit over the cornea of the eye. Hard contacts are made with a mix of polymethylmethacrylate and other plastics to increase oxygen permeability. To keep your eyes free from debris and infection, keep your hard contacts clean.

Things You'll Need

• Hard contact lens solution
• Saline solution
• Lens case

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Instructions

• 1

  Wash your hands. Remove any particles and debris from your hands. Particles can scratch the lens or get placed back into your eye.

• 2

  Remove a contact lens and place it in the center of your palm. Create a habit of always removing the same lens (right or left) first. This will help you to not get the contacts mixed up when cleaning and storing them.

• 3

  Add 2 to 4 drops of cleaning solution to the surface of the lens.

• 4

  Use your index finger from the other hand and gently rub the cleaning solution into the lens for about 30 seconds.

• 5

  Rinse the lens thoroughly with saline solution.

• 6

  Store the lens in a lens case filled with cleaning solution.

• 7

  Repeat the process for your other contact lens.