DO’S AND DON’TS OF CONTACT LENS WEAR

Do

  • Do care for your contact lenses properly. It's risky to skip steps in your lens care routine! Use the proper care products, and never clean your lenses by popping them in your mouth!
  • It is important to wash your hands prior to handling lenses to remove any excess dirt and bacteria. Then dry your hands using a lint-free towel.
  • Do maintain regular check-ups and replace your lenses when advised by your eye-care practitioner.
  • Do clean and replace your lens case regularly.
  • Close your eyes tightly when using hair spray, body spray, perfume, etc. Alternatively, you can insert your lenses after you have used any of the above-mentioned sprays.
  • Make sure your fingernails are kept trimmed to avoid damaging your lenses.
  • Remove lenses if you feel discomfort, extreme redness, persistent pain, change in vision, excessive tearing, light sensitivity, unusual eye secretions or burning and contact us immediately.
  • Use proper eye protections or sun wear when needed.
  • Always bring your eyewear and your contact lenses along with the prescription each time you come to our office.
  • Keep an updated pair of eyeglasses for emergency back up.
  • Have a complete visual examination once a year.
  • Carry your storage case and solution at all times.
  • If you drop a lens, clean and rinse before re-inserting.
  • Regular and complete blinking will help keep your lenses moist and your eyes comfortable.
  • Always be consistent in which lens you insert and remove first. This will eliminate inserting the wrong lens in the wrong eye. We suggest you always handle your right eye first.

Don't

  • Don’t reuse your solution.
  • Don’t mix lens care systems.
  • Don’t clean your lenses with tap water.
  • Don’t share your contact lenses with anyone, ever! This especially applies to colour lenses.
  • Don’t wear your lenses beyond the recommended schedule.
  • Don’t sleep in your daily wear lenses.
  • Don’t use any products other than those recommended.
  • Don’t take the advice of other contact lenses wearers without consulting your optometrist.
  • Don’t wear your lenses when using eye medications or eye drops (unless advised by a contact lens practitioner).
  • Don’t wear damaged lenses.

Do's and Don'ts of Cosmetics and Contact Lens wear

Do

  • Always insert your lenses before applying make-up and always use water-soluble cosmetics.
  • Apply eye make-up sparingly and take care not to soil or damage a lens.
  • If you should get any make-up on your lenses, remove and clean immediately.
  • Apply eye make-up on the outer lid margin only, not the inside.
  • Use eye make-up that has been specially formulated to be oil and fragrance free.
  • Use a non-oily mascara which is waterproof, to prevent flaking and excessive smudging. Mascara with lash-building fibres should be avoided.
  • Remove lenses before removing make-up.
  • Replace mascara and eyeliner products every three to six months to avoid contamination.

Don't

  • Don’t apply cosmetics if your eyes are red or swollen or infected.
  • Don’t allow make-up to come in contact with your lens.
  • Don’t use water or saliva to lubricate the make-up applicator. This could cause infection.
  • Don’t apply eyeliner to the inner margin of your eyelid.
  • Don’t use an oil-based cosmetic remover.
  • Don’t use make-up with preservatives if you have any allergies.
  • Don’t expose cosmetics to heat.
  • Don’t use aerosols with eyes open after lens insertion.
  • Don’t share cosmetics.

THE ADVANTAGES OF CONTACT LENS WEAR

Contact lenses offer you…

  • No frames that rub your nose and ears, thus hassle free vision.
  • No misting or fogging when the temperature changes.
  • Contact lenses allow the wearer to retain a more natural appearance compared with spectacles, especially those that require a high prescription power.
  • Tinted or coloured contact lenses allow the wearer to deliberately change the colour of the eye in either a dramatic or subtle manner, if you’re looking for a new look.
  • Changing eye colour with contact lenses does not require a refractive correction so these lenses are available to many people even if they normally do not wear glasses or contact lenses.
  • The ability to play contact sports, such as football, and still maintain quality vision.
  • The ability to see clearly whilst swimming (providing goggles are worn).
  • Contact lenses allow the wearer to see clearly without the interference of a spectacle frame in front of their eyes. The absence of a frame means peripheral vision is more natural.
  • As contact lenses move with the eye, vision is always through the best optical area of the lens, unlike spectacles where distorted vision can occur through the edges of the lenses.

 

We dispense quality lenses for best comfort and vision.