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Whenyou are wearing your contact lenses, following these four useful tips can help make wearing them a more enjoyable and safer experience.
Tip 1: Learn if your contact lenses are inside out
If you have been wearing contact lenses in Canada for several years, you can likely tell the difference between when your contact lens is inside out or not.
For those who aren't experienced enough to know this by sight, or need further reassurance before beginning to insert the lens, here are some tips on how learn this skill.
Firstly, it's worth noting that the difference isn't always immediately obvious, though the overall shape of the lens should resemble half a ball. This is in contrast to when it's inside out, where it will appear more like a squashed ball with a rim around the top. The rim is one of the easiest signs to look for, and one that will become easier to spot over time.
Depending on the type of contact lenses in Canada that you are wearing, there may also be a brand marking to help calculate if it is the right way up. If you can't read the branding then in most cases this will mean it is indeed inside out.
As you start to use a particular type of contact lens more often, it will become easier and easier to tell whether it is inside out or not.
Tip 2: Regularly clean and replace contact lens cases
One of the most common tips that is not often followed by wearers of contact lenses in Canada, is regularly cleaning and replacing contact lens cases.
It is generally accepted that contact lens cases should be changed every three months or so, though if you are looking for specific instructions for your situation, seek advice from your eye doctor.
Along with routinely changing your entire lens case, you should also be regularly cleaning it after each use. This is a simple procedure, though one that many users don't complete on a daily or even weekly basis. Simply use some of your multi-purpose solution to rinse the case, before rubbing lightly with clean fingers. After this, leave your case to air dry.
It is also possible to sterilize your contact lens case by boiling it in water for five minutes, though this should not be done as an alternative to replacing your case every three months.
Tip 3: Maintain regular eye examinations
Lastly, though a very critical point, is to maintain regular examinations with your eye doctor, even if you do buy your contact lenses in Canada from an online retailer.
As the growing trend of purchasing contact lenses in Canada continues to shift towards online, there is a larger proportion of wearers who are skipping their regular eye examinations, which is a dangerous move.
Keeping routine examination allows the eye doctor to ensure your eyes are in a healthy state, which is particularly important for contact lens wearers, who are often more susceptible to complications than others.
