Hard Or Soft Contact Lens

Taking care of soft contact lenses can seem like there are several major steps when you are used to having glasses. Some eye doctor’s will not allow younger kids to have contacts because of the care required among other reasons. Soft contacts require a little less special care than their gas permeable counterparts. Gas permeable lenses generally require you to soak the lens for 12 hours each week in a special solution designed to remove protein and other build up. Soft contact lenses don’t require this unless you go with a yearly lens. Most individuals find daily wear to monthly wear more comfortable and a lot easier to maintain. There are some downsides to having soft contact lenses that will be discussed further on.

When taking care of soft contact lenses you need at least one solution that takes care of disinfecting, rinsing, and storing the lens. Most contact solutions come in an all in one; however if this doesn’t work for you there is always the two solution approach with a rubbing agent as the disinfectant. The rubbing solutions can actually cause you to tear your lens if you are not gentle. Occasionally you can tear a lens even when you are being gentle. You always need to have the proper amount of liquid in your contact case to avoid drying out the lens. Drying out the lens means you may not be able to wear it again or it could tear. The no rub solutions are a saline mixture to avoid irritating your eye. The hydrogen peroxide solution used for the disinfectant will irritate your eye if you do not rinse it properly. Most individuals prefer the multipurpose or no rub solution because of this.

When removing your contact lenses you need to always wash your hands before touching your eye. You could cause an eye infection if you do not. If your eyes are dry when wearing the soft contact lenses you will want to use refreshing drops to avoid taking the contact lens in and out.

Now that you know how to take care of your soft contacts properly you should remember that the soft contact lenses unlike the hard contact lenses will tear easily if you do not take care when handling them. Hard contact lenses are often made of glass while the soft contact lenses are made of plastic. So the hard contact lenses though very uncomfortable are sturdier than the soft contact lenses. An eye doctor may recommend daily wear soft contact lenses if you are susceptible to high protein build up on your soft contact lenses to help improve the comfort of your eye.






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