Can contact lenses be soaked in clean water?

In order to look more beautiful and to make wearing glasses more convenient, many people have begun to choose to wear contact lenses. However, although contact lenses seem convenient and beautiful, there are actually many troubles behind them. For example, contact lenses require special care. Every night before going to bed, you need to take it off and clean it. So, can you soak the contact lenses you wear in clean water?

Is it ok to put contact lenses in water overnight?

It is not recommended to leave contact lenses in water overnight.

The reason why contact lenses are stored in care solution is because it has the function of removing protein, sterilizing and disinfecting. Water contains a large number of bacteria, and clean water has no sterilization or deproteinizing function. Wearing contact lenses that have been soaked in water overnight can easily cause eye discomfort or even keratitis. Therefore, it is best not to soak contact lenses in water for a night.

Can I still use my contact lenses after soaking them in water overnight?

Contact lenses can be used after being soaked in water for one night, but they should not be used directly. It is best to soak them in a special care solution, which can kill the bacteria on the lenses, play a role in sterilization and disinfection, and also remove the protein on the lenses. Therefore, it is best to soak the contact lenses in the care solution for 6-12 hours.

What can I use instead of contact lens solution?

If you forget to bring contact lens solution, in order to prevent your glasses from drying out, you can temporarily use cold boiled water, saline or eye drops instead. When choosing to use eye drops instead of contact lens solution, it is best to choose eye drops with lower medicinal properties or only moisturizing effects. This is to avoid the medicinal ingredients in the eye drops damaging the contact lenses. But no matter which of these three types you choose, when you use your contact lenses again, it is best to soak them in care solution for another 6-12 hours, so that they can be better sterilized and disinfected.

Precautions for wearing contact lenses

1. It is best not to wear contact lenses every day. Make sure to wear frame glasses at least two days a week so that your eyes can get a rest.

2. Be careful when wearing contact lenses when you have a cold. Because the cornea is easily dry when you have a cold, if you take cold medicine during a cold, some anti-cold medicines and other western medicines are rich in acetaminophen, histamine antagonists and other ingredients, which can easily cause dry eyes and inhibit tear secretion. Therefore, you need to be careful when wearing them when you have a cold.

3. It is best not to wear contact lenses when steaming. When steaming, due to the high temperature, the air permeability of the eyeball will become worse when wearing contact lenses, the eyes will become drier, and the high temperature can easily soften the lenses.