Are You Guilty Of These Common Mistakes?

Contact lenses offer a convenient alternative to glasses, especially for people who regularly engage in physical activities. Many opt for contacts simply for aesthetic reasons, but there are also people who wear them for therapeutic purposes. Whatever the reason may be, there are certain mistakes that contact lens wearers are prone to making and those must be avoided at all costs in order to reduce the risk of minor or major eye problems.

According to an article in eyehealthweb.com, lens wearers are most often guilty of improper daily care for their contacts. It is not enough to clean and disinfect the lenses; the same attention must be given to their storage cases. Daily cleaning is required even if a person has been prescribed extended wear lenses. Proper cleaning and disinfection become even more important if the wearer engages in water activities without removing the contacts (which, by the way, is something experts advise against).

Another common and quite dangerous mistake is buying contact lenses from suspect dealers, all because the future lens owner cannot muster the patience to wait a bit. A purchase must never be undertaken without prior examination and fitting! People should also be very careful not to buy contact lenses from a vendor that does not want to see a prescription.

Last but not least, contacts should not be relied upon for protection from the sun. Some manufacturers offer models with UV protection but that is far from enough; the best course of action is to use prescribed sunglasses which block UV light.