Contact Lens Case

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Contact lens cases should of course first and foremost protect your contact lenses. They are used for the soaking of your contact lenses in solution overnight, to ensure that your lenses are moist, clean and comfortable. A contact lens case must be looked after carefully and should be rinsed with contact lens solution every day. Scrub your contact lens case extra thoroughly with a clean toothbrush and solution once a week and, after rinsing, always leave it open to dry.

While contact lens cases have previously been thought of as made of dull, hard, white or see-through plastic, there is now a whole new contact lens case world out there. Match your contact lens case with the colour of your shoes or your bathroom décor, and make a statement with your fashion sense rather than your watering eyes.

Contact lens cases now come in numerous shapes and colours, copying the design of golf balls for sporty types or with built-in mirrors for handiness. Get an adjustable calendar for your contact lens case so that you know when you are due a new one, or choose a picture of your favourite pet to go on top. The possibilities are endless, and only your imagination can stop you.

In addition to fun, stylish contact lens cases, there are now bottle holders to keep your contact lens accessories in place in the bathroom, as well as complete care kits. These can include special compartments not only for your customised contact lens cases, but also for cleaners and a spare pair of glasses. The most recent addition to the contact lens case market is a travel case, which normally includes soft tweezers for handling and a mirror in case you are not near a bathroom. These cases can be very simple and cheap, or more luxurious and made out of silver or leather, also holding a couple of small solution bottles.

Whether you care about the look of your contact lens case or not, the inside of it most definitely concerns you. A dirty contact lens case is a source of infection, according to UK College of Optometrists, and you should disinfect, rinse and treat your lens case regularly and thoroughly to remove bacterial and fungal contamination and prevent protein from building up inside. Soaking your contact lenses overnight in a dirty contact lens case would be like washing your clothes in a filthy washing machine. Not a great idea, in other words.

Just like your extended wear contact lenses, a contact lens case can be cleaned and disinfected a good few times – but not forever. If your eye sight is worth anything to you, your lens case is worth replacing. A new contact lens case every three months is considered to be a minimum, and replacing it monthly would be ideal. Think of how little a contact lens case costs, and then think of how much your eye sight is worth. Suddenly a lens case with a calendar printed on it might not seem like such a bad idea, after all.