The Ground Rule of Full Contact Cleaning

It is still the case that when you take possession of your contact lenses, your optometrist is obliged to give you the basic ground rules for taking care of your eyes and your contacts. There are three basic rules. The first is always wash your hands before you touch your eyes. The second is clean your contacts and soak them overnight. The third is never fall asleep with your contacts on — ever. Sleeping with your contacts on can lead to a massive eye infection.

Good Deeds and Nonprofits

I was in the grips of the most frantic job search of my life last year. I had quit my job a few months earlier in order to help my mother make the move to California. She was living in Texas and was eager to make the move the Golden State to make her dream come true. I had tried to warn her that there wasn’t much milk and honey here, unless you headed to Whole Foods, but she was dead-set on moving out.

Buck Up and Clean Up

Every night, you can expect the same battle of will. It’s been a hard day’s night and all you want now is to sleep like a log. Hold that thought, especially if you are one of the 38 million contact lens wearers in the United States. What has to happen now is a cleaning ritual that may break your will, but hold firm and follow through. Your contacts and your eyes will thank you for it.

Disposable, But Green

You will never hear the word “disposable” and green in the same sentence. Indeed, going through a box of contact lenses in a few months may bother environmentally conscious consumers. Disposable anything tends to run contrary to the image of otters at play in fresh, clean streams. But with the introduction of silicone hydrogels in 1999, contact lenses have become extremely biodegradable. In fact, the use of silicone hydrogels has made it possible to manufacture and market disposable contact lenses.