Hand Washing Contact Lenses

You must clean your contact lenses properly, and often, if you want to avoid painful and dangerous eye infections.

Washing Soft Contact Lenses

1. Wash your hands thoroughly and dry on a clean (or paper) towel.
2. Remove right or left contact lens and place in the middle of your palm.
3. Add 3 or 4 drops of multipurpose cleaning solution to surface of lens.
4. Using the index finger of your free hand, gently rub the cleaning solution into the lens for about 30 seconds.
5. Rinse the contact lens with multipurpose cleaning solution, place lens in its case and then fill up case with more cleaning solution.
6. Repeat for the other contact lens.

1. Wash your hands thoroughly and dry on a clean (or paper) towel.
2. Remove your right or left contact lens and place in the center of your palm.
3. Add 2 to 4 drops of hard contact lens cleaning solution to the surface of the lens.
4. Using the index finger of your other hand, gently rub solution into the hard contact lens for about 30 seconds.
5. Carefully rinse the lens thoroughly with fresh tap water. Place the hard lens in its lens case, then fill the lens case with hard contact lens conditioning solution.
6. Repeat with the other contact lens.