Are You Taking Proper Care of Your Contacts?

Following your doctor's instructions are important whether it's about taking your medications or wearing and caring for your contact lenses. But research shows that many contact lens wearers are not taking proper care of their lenses. Dr. Michael Rosenblatt has advice on how to take better care of contacts before, during and after you wear them.Rosenblatt: "So first you want to make sure that you are washing your hands before you put your contact lenses in and before you remove them. Second you want to make sure that you are properly disposing of your lenses replacing them when your doctor recommends. An of course many patients have trouble remembering that. There are services out like Acuminder.com which is an easy electronic reminder tool. And third and probably one of the most important is the way that we care for our contact lenses. You want to make sure that you're properly cleaning them, you're properly disinfecting them. That you're using fresh contact lens solution every day. That you're emptying that solution out every morning, you're cleaning your case, you're replacing your cases regularly. You know we have lots of patients who don't want to do all of that though and so in my practice we highly recommend daily disposable contact lenses, something like the 1*Day Acuvue Moist."Final tip, see your eye care professional yearly for an exam.