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Is it necessary to soak disposable coloured contact lenses in any sort of solution before use?
I recently bought a pair of white contact lenses for a fancy dress day and I have no idea whether I have to soak them in solution or not. I was going to wear them tomorrow, but I looked up how to put them in again today just to be safe and that I knew exactly what I was doing, and all the instructions for everyday-wear contact lenses include multipurpose solution .
The lenses came in seperate vials full of some sort of liquid. They expire in two years.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
3 Answers
- FootprintzLv 76 years ago
They are already in sterile solution so they can be worn directly from the vials.
After you have worn them , THEN you need to put them in a case with new multi purpose solution to disinfect them over night.
They expire in 2 years ONLY if you don't open the bottle. That is a " best before date" , not how long they will last you.
Once they are opened and you start wearing them , you will be lucky to get more than 6 or 7 comfortable months out of them. They are supposedly 1 year lenses , but 1 year lenses rarely last that long. After 6 months, they start being quite unhealthy to wear because they are blocking too much oxygen , which is why there are no more yearly lenses in real contact lenses.
Source(s): Optician - 6 years ago
If you're going to wear them straight away then it shouldnt be urgent for you to soak them in solution. Whenever I buy them to wear them straight away, I leave them in the solution they come in, and sometimes right before actually putting them in, I give them a quick rinse with any solution I have, but I wouldnt say this is vital. Theyre fancy dress so chances are you wont have them in that long anyway :) Have fun wearing them! Theyll look awesome! :)
