Contact Lenses

Do you wear contacts? 

Do you clean them as instructed by your eye doctor? 

No - do you really clean them?

Research shows that contact lens wearers' cleaning habits are horrendous. It has been compared to asking a child to clean their room and when you go to inspect, you have toys under the blankets, crammed in the closet and stuffed under the bed. "See mom, I cleaned  my room."

So as you go to inspect, what do you think you will find? That's where we find ourselves - at the crossroads of 'I want to see more clearly' and 'I am really a lazy person at the end of the day.'

Here are some personal stories :

When it comes to contact lens wearers, no one was more lazy than me. I wore Dailies. Let me give you that name again - Dailies. Dailies, as the name clearly says, are contacts that you wear for A DAY and then toss in the garbage. They come in bulk so you can wear ONE A DAY. Not only did I wear a pair more than one day, I would sleep in one pair and not change them for days and weeks. I'm not sure it gets any lazier than that.

What was really weird was when I would eventually change my contacts, magically, my vision drastically improved. Because I was not changing them or at the very least cleaning them, the longer I wore them, the worse the clarity was. Think of it this way, If you never clean your windows on the outside, the clarity will get foggier and foggier.

In a recent survey of more than 400 CLW's (the hip way to shorten Contact Lens Wearers), only 2% of them were cleaning their contacts as prescribed. That's an astounding discovery!

8 people were taking them time at night to properly care for their eyes. Some of the other rules that were bent or broken out of the 400 CLW's : 

-some swarm;

-some showered;

-some slept;

-some wore them longer than recommended

Also in this study, it was found that almost 1 out of 2 have never replaced their lens case. At the minimum, this cases need to be washed in warm, soapy water because it can be a breeding ground for bacteria that can case great harm to your eyes.

In another survey that will make you scratch head that happened in August of 2011, people turned to other items when they ran out of contact lens solution.

Let's see what people used for their 'solution' :

- beer;

- baby oil;

- coke;

- petroleum jelly;

- lemonade;

- fruit juice;

- and lastly - butter.

There are many people come in with ulcers, green goop, crusty eyes or in extreme cases - blindness.

Hopefully this has been a wake-up call to you if you are a contact lens wearer.

Hopefully, you will be more diligent when it comes to your contacts and cleaning, storing and changing them.

Maybe it's been a while since you last changed your contacts (GO DO IT RIGHT NOW!) or maybe it's been a while since you've updated your contact lens prescription. If so, don't be lazy anymore.

Source : www.okaloosaeyecare.com