How often should you change your contact lens case?

Nowadays, people are particularly concerned about their image, so they take off all their myopia glasses and replace them with contact lenses. Moreover, today's contact lenses can not only correct myopia, but also have the effect of beauty contacts, and are deeply loved by young people. If you choose to wear contact lenses, bacteria will definitely grow when you take them off at night and put them into the glasses case. So, how often should you change your glasses case?

Is it a big deal if I don't change my contact lens case for half a year?

Testing found that a contact lens case that had been used for one week had 500 bacterial colonies, while a contact lens case that had been used for three months and six months had more than 100,000 colonies. Experts say that colony counts in the tens of thousands are enough to cause eye infections. Doctor's advice: Clean the glasses case with a neutral detergent before daily use. And it should be stored in a ventilated and dry environment.

How often should you change your contact lens case?

A contact lens case is an essential care tool for contact lens wearers. Once the contact lens case lid is opened, bacteria can easily find their way in. Unhygienic contact lens cases can easily affect the lenses, thereby increasing the risk of eye infection and affecting eye health. So how often should you replace your contact lens case? Generally speaking, if you don't have time to maintain it, the editor recommends that you replace it every 2 to 3 months. If you scald it with hot water, clean it with neutral detergent and dry it every week, you can change it every six months.

In addition, it is worth noting that: if contact lenses are not worn temporarily, they should be cleaned and disinfected and stored in a contact lens case filled with contact lens care solution or sterile saline to prevent lens contamination and drying, but the lens case should also be cleaned and handled in time. At the same time, for the sake of hygiene, contact lens cases should not be placed in humid places such as bathrooms where mold and bacteria may grow.

Note: Each contact lens case has "L" and "R" signs, representing left and right respectively, so that users can distinguish whether the lens they take off is the left or right one.

How to clean contact lens cases

1. Both the new contact lens case and the small clip need to be soaked in boiling water.

2. Avoid using tap water to clean contact lens cases.

Tap water contains many chemical components that are harmful to contact lenses, and there are also bacteria and other microorganisms in tap water. Please use boiled water to clean and disinfect.

3. Use contact lens care solution to clean the contact lenses when using them. This is the best way to ensure the acid-base balance of the contact lenses.

4. Let it air dry. Make sure the contact lens case is air-dried before use.

5. Keep away from cosmetic bags. Ensure that the contact lens case is not contaminated by the cosmetic bag.

Some dust from cosmetics can easily contaminate contact lens cases, so they need to be kept away from cosmetics.