wearing contacts lenses.....?

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What To Do

1.Wash and rinse your hands before touching your lenses.

2.Use only the lens cleaners and eye drops that your eye doctor suggests.

3.Follow the directions that came with your lenses, lens cleaner, and eye drops.

4.Take care of your lens case. Clean, rinse, and dry it each time you take out the lenses. Get a new case every six months.

5.Get your eye doctor's OK using any new or different medicines. Tell your doctor about things you can buy without a prescription, like eye drops or lens cleaners.
Use eye makeup that is safe for contact lens users.
Take out your lenses and call your eye doctor right away if:
your vision changes.
your eyes are red.
your eyes hurt or feel itchy.
you have a lot of tears.

What Not to Do

1.Never spit on your lenses to clean them.

2.Never use tap water, bottled water, or salt water made at home to store or rinse your lenses. It can cause infections.

3.Never mix different cleaners or drops.

4.Never let lotions, creams, or sprays touch your lenses.

6.Don't use eyeliner on the inside of your lower eyelid.

7.Never wear lenses when you swim or go into a hot tub.

8.Never wear your lenses when you are using cleaning products.

9.Never wear daily-wear lenses when you sleep--not even during a nap.

10.Never wear your lenses longer than you eye doctor tells you to.

If you have made sure that you are following the above procedures and your eyes still hurt, then you should definitely see an eye specialist.

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If your eyes hurt it could be because your using a solution that is irritating your eyes. Make sure your contacts have no tears, sometimes you can't notice they're torn. I use Renew and it works for me, but sometimes not all solutions work. When I first started using contacts when I was around 15, my eyes would get irritated, I never new if it was because of the lense or my age, i've been wearing contacts for about 15 years continously and i haven't had any problems. So you might consider going to your doctor and checking it out....Show more

I would go see the doctor you got the lenses from. The lenses may be damaged in some way that is not visible. If see your eye doctor doesn't help, go see your famaily doctor. You might have a stigmatism that won't allow you to wear contact lenses or you may have s severe allergy to the solution....Show more

Make sure you have clean hands. Rinse off your contact lenses before you go to bed. Let them soak overnight. Rinse them again when you get up, again with clean hands. Make sure you don't put them on inside out. If that doesn't help, see an eye care professional....Show more

Try to take them out and put them back in. Your eyes might need to get some air. And get some drops for CONTACT LENSES I know that helped me when I first Started to where them....Show more