6 Things to Avoid When Wearing Contact Lenses

Contact lenses provide many vision benefits and are one of the safest forms of vision correction. However, when used improperly, contact lenses can lead to eye infections and serious vision damage.

I have created the following graphic to show you what to avoid when wearing contact lenses.

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Don’t sleep in your contact lenses if they are not recommended to do so
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#2
Don’t wear contact lenses past their recommended use date – they may wrap, harbour infection or cause pain and dryness of the eye.
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Don’t swim in your contact lenses – swimming pools can harbour serious eye threatening infections
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Don’t use your own saliva from your mouth to wet your contact lenses – your mouth harbours many kinds of bacteria that can risk your eye health
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Don’t ignore persistent pain and eye redness – infections such as ulcers can be very serious.
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#6
Don’t rinse your contact lenses with tap water – it is not sterile and can harbour eye threatening bacteria.
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