Before You Handle Your Contact Lenses:

Good hygiene is very important when handling your contact lenses. Always wash and rinse your hands thoroughly before inserting or removing your lenses. Avoid soaps with creams and use a lint free towel to dry your hands.

Inserting the Contact Lenses:

Always start with the right lens to avoid mixing them up. Remove the right lens from the case and rinse it with solution. Place the lens on the tip of your index finger. Inspect the lens for any debris or tears. Use your other hand to hold your upper lashes and lid to prevent the lids from blinking. Pull down your lower eyelid using the middle finger of your hand. Focus on a point straight ahead and place the lens on the center of the eye. Slowly release your eyelids and gently close them. Blink gently and do not rub the eye.

If your lens is uncomfortable, remove it, rinse it and inspect it for debris or damage. If it is damaged, do not try to insert it. If not, try reinserting the lens.

Repeat with the left eye.

Removing the Contact Lenses:

Wash and rinse your hands thoroughly. Again, start with your right eye to avoid mixing the lenses up. Position yourself over a towel and close the sink drain. Open your eyes as wide as you can and place your index finder on the outside corner if your eyelids. Look straight ahead and pull the lids out and up. Firmly blink and the lens will come out.

Repeat with the left eye.

Alternative method: Place one index finger on the center of the upper lid margin and the other index finger on the center of the lower lid margin. Open the eyelids and gently press the lid margins against the eye. Slide the lid margins together to remove the lens. The lens is forced off of the eye when the lid margins slide under it.

It is very important not to sleep in your contact lenses unless you are fit with a lens that is approved to wear overnight. Also, you should not swim or shower in your contacts.

Lens Care:

After removing your lenses, use an appropriate solution for rigid gas permeable contacts to clean, disinfect, and store your lenses. Refer to the directions on the solution for details. In the morning, remove the lens from the case and rinse it well before inserting in the eye. Pour out the old solution and clean the case with soap and hot water. Let it air dry and add fresh solution each night. Replace your case every 4 months.

Lens Position:

The lens may shift onto the white part of the eye. To reposition the lens, identify where the lens is and look away from the lens. Place your finger on your eyelid over the furthest edge of the lens and look toward the lens. It will move onto the center of the eye. You can also close your eyelids and gently massage the lens into place.