Should I clean my eye contacts every day?

[Anonymous]

should I clean my eye contacts every day? and is it important to use saline solution or contact lense solution?

[goaded]

Yes, absolutely yes! (Or use daily disposables.) You really don't want to take chances with your eyes, do you?

[Asker]

im new to wearing contacts so I used saline solution instead and then I tried contact solution and I feel a big difference.

[goaded]

Really, you need to use what's recommended. If you're really strapped for cash, I'd probably use a three-month bottle for a week or two longer than recommended, but only if I'd never screwed up and left the top off overnight. Or just get some glasses, which can be obtained online for a fraction of the old prices.

Wash and dry your hands before messing with them, too, you can get worms from tap water (although it's extremely rare).

[Asker]

appreciate you. No, money isn’t an issue, I just assumed contact solution and saline solution was the same thing.

[goaded]

No, lenses build up protein on the surface. In the olden days it was a two-step process, hydrogen peroxide overnight, then another liquid (saline, I think) before putting them in your eyes. Forgetting the second part was not a nice experience!

Even then, every month was another cleaning regimen, to remove protein.

[Asker]

oh, maybe that’s why the last few days using just saline solution, my eyes felt tired and terrible

[Abbycado]

Yes contact cleaning solution, and yes you should every day unless disposable ones.

[Asker]

great. I used saline solution for a few days and felt terrible. Then I used the contact solution and now I feel great. I didn’t know which one to use

[Abbycado]

Yeah, use the contact solution. Made specifically for them. At least better now.

[Asker]

Im new to wearing contacts so i’ll definitely use contact solution for now on. thank you

[Abbycado]

Welcome!

[ChicoFromThe305]

Yes of course, you wouldn't want to lose an eye to an infection.