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Contact Lenses
Training videos on wearing & handling contact lenses:
Contact Lenses at Karthik Netralaya
Soft contact lens care
Before inserting your contact lenses
• Keep a small mirror, washed lint free towel, a clean bowl, washed and dry contact lens case, multipurpose lens solution and your soft contact lenses ready.
• Better to have your nails trimmed. Wash your hands with baby soap under running water. Air dry your hands; avoid wiping your hands either with a towel or tissue.
Inserting the Lens into the eye
• Don't open both the caps of your lens case together. Handle right eye contact lens first to avoid mixing ups.
• Shake the lens case well, open one cap and pour contents on your left palm.
• Place the lens on the tip of your right index finger. Ensure that the lens is not inverted with the Taco test. Look straight ahead with both eyes wide open.
• Pull the lower eye lid down with your middle finger of the right hand.
• Lift the upper lid & its lashes with index finger of the left hand.
• Gently place the lens on the cornea or lower sclera.
• Look down, blink and than close both eyes for few seconds. Check if distant vision is clear. Repeat the same for the other eye.
Removing the contact lenses
• Before removing lenses, close each eye and check if distance vision is clear!
• Look up and pull the lower lid down with the middle finger of your right hand.
• Place the index finger on the lower part of the contact lens and slide it down to the lower white part of the eye. The lens may come out now, if not pinch the lens lightly with your thumb and index finger and remove it gently. Clean and store.
• Repeat for the other eye.
Cleaning and storing your lenses
• Clean the lenses soon after removal.
• Place a lens on your left palm. Pour few drops of multipurpose solution and gently rub the lens side to side both horizontally and vertically with the index finger of right hand. Repeat this cycle 3 times. Don't use rotary movements for rubbing.
• Rinse the lens in multipurpose solution to remove the debris.
• Fill the lens case with fresh solution & place the lens fully immersed. Check the lens at the bottom before closing the lens case! Do not use water or any other solutions to clean or store the lenses.
• Don't touch the tip of the multipurpose bottle. Keep the bottle closed always.
• Clean the lens case thoroughly with a soft toothbrush under running water once a week & dry it. Change your lens case every 6 months.
General care
• Never sleep with your contact lenses on. It can be extremely harmful and may lead to blindness.
• Do not use the lenses if your eyes are red, watering, light sensitive or painful.
• Avoid contact lenses in illnesses like fever, cough, cold etc.
• Never share your contact lenses with anyone else! Don't use others lenses!!
• Avoid rubbing your eyes.
• Always carry your lens case and solution with you.
• Avoid swimming with your lenses on.
• Apply make-up after inserting lenses. Avoid powdery or oily eye make up. Hair spray & perfume are to be used with the eyes closed. Walk about 10 feet away before opening eyes. Inserting lenses afterwards.
• Do not allow lotions, soaps, creams, deodorants, hair sprays, cosmetics, drugs, eye drops, chemicals etc. to come in contact with the lenses.
• Replace lenses as per schedule. Never overuse them. Don't use the same lenses after a long gap. Discard them. Don't use lenses if you have used them on a red eye.
• Always have a spare pair of spectacles. Minimise use of Contact lenses. Use them only when needed. Remove them once you reach home.
• Visit us as advised, preferably once in 6 months. Your eyes are to be checked periodically for retinal and corneal health.
• You do have the good choice of undergoing LASIK, ASA or ICL to safely get rid of your eye powers! You won't need any more lenses or spectacles!! Contact us for the best LASIK treatment.
