Contact Lens Hygiene Tips from the AOA


Contact lenses are among the safest forms of vision correction when patients follow the proper care and wearing instructions provided by their optometrist. However, when patients don’t use lenses as directed, the consequences may be dangerous. In fact, Americans could be damaging their eyes by not using proper hygiene in caring for their lenses. Contact lenses and the solutions used with them are medical devices and are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, therefore, it’s extremely important that patients maintain regular appointments to ensure they are receiving clinical guidance from their eye doctor based on individual eye health needs. According to the American Optometric Association, clean and safe handling of contact lenses is one of the most important measures Americans can take to protect their sight. Exercising optimal care and hygiene with contact lenses can keep the eyes healthy.

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24 Responses to “Contact Lens Hygiene Tips from the AOA”

  1. xiHeartMCRx says:

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  2. lilsugert says:

    is it true the can melt inside the eyes??

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  4. razor005 says:

    BEcause there are chemicals in the water of the pool that would damage or irritate your eye and the contact would just hold onto these chemicals and keep them against your eye.

  5. Why can’t you swim with them?

  6. wow ur kinda rude

  7. ariannxd123 says:

    Lol i got mines today and no problems…Dumb Ass!

  8. please i need help i had one hell of a first nigh wit these i got them inside out and spent nearly an hour figuring out how to i dentify if it was in side out and i dropped about a million times i eventully ended up with a len WITH CRINKLED EDGES should i throw it away???

  9. aplayaz2000 says:

    for god sakes make sure u dont have left over soap in ur hands

  10. hollseey says:

    i got 2 corneal ulcers in my left eye from wearing contact lenses with a tiny scratch on.. i didnt even realise but didnt stop wearing the lense when i saw my eye was a bit red.. nearly lost my eyesight and have to wake up every half an hour to do eyedrops for the next few months (since about 3 weeks ago now) the pains gone but my eyesight is still messed up in the eye.. wish i’d thought.

    seriously, everyone – FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. i wish i had!

  11. hollseey says:

    as long as you do what you need to do, contact lenses are not at all dangerous to the eye, and before any proper damage is done you can usually tell by redness

  12. sorry we have chinky eyes

    at least we are not stupid and say out loud the certain traits of other races

  13. TREBLINKA007 says:

    180sk, you really are a ****ing idiot. I don’t know how the hell you wound up with a computer, much less internet. So what race are you? Viking? or are you some dumb Italian?

  14. spongey100 says:

    just americans?.
    how about asians?.
    seriously?.

  15. windex1122 says:

    I love my contacts

  16. Since ok, I still scared on getting contact lenses, (love my eyes to much)

  17. abzii323 says:

    ahhh dis is freakyx

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  19. tnx.. this video helps me a lot on my new contact lenses. my doctor doesnt explain briefly so some of your tips are very helpful to me.

  20. tklin888 says:

    Who is that strapping young lad in the pink shirt at the beginning and end of the video? Wow, what a hottie!


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