If you wear contacts or glasses, you probably remember that moment when you could see individual grass blades and tree leaves for the first time. Many daily jobs require clear eyesight, which emphasises how important it is to take good care of our corrective lenses.
A financial and time commitment, glasses and contact lenses help you have the greatest possible eyesight. Taking good care of and cleaning your glasses is one of the most crucial things you can do to preserve this investment.
How To Keep Your Glasses Clean
Regular cleaning will preserve the original appearance of your glasses and improve your vision when wearing them.
It’s not true that you can clean your glasses with any towel and cleaner, despite what you might think. Regular household glass cleaners and those with an ammonia base should be avoided as they may harm your spectacle lenses.
Advice On Maintaining Your Eyeglasses
1. Hands-Clean And Hands-Dry
The first step to wearing immaculate spectacles is to make sure your hands are clean; you don’t want to clean your frames and then transfer any oil or dirt from your skin.
Dry your hands with a towel that won’t leave lint specks after washing them with soap (lotion and other added components can cause smudging).
2. Use Lukewarm Water To Rinse Your Glasses Under The Faucet
Rinse clean your glasses frames thoroughly while holding them under the faucet. furthermore, lenses!
The ideal water temperature to remove dirt and debris from lenses is warm, but avoid overheating it to prevent damage to any special coatings.
3. Dishwashing Liquid
Apply a drop of dishwashing liquid without lotion to every lens, then massage the lenses and frame with soap.
To get your glasses spotless, you simply need a drop per lens. Using your fingers, rub the dishwashing liquid on both sides of the lenses and then the entire frame.
Pay close attention to the areas of your spectacles that come into contact with your skin the most, like the temples and nose pads.
For this stage, you can also use a glasses cleaning solution if you don’t have any suitable dishwashing solutions. Just make sure not to overspray it and that it is allowed for usage with lens coatings.
4. Repeatedly Rinse Your Glasses
To remove the soap residue from the frames, hold your glasses under running water.
5. Use A Lint-Free Towel Or A Fresh Microfiber Cloth To Dry Your Glasses
These types of cloth are what you want to use because they won’t leave behind little dust or lint particles. (At the very end, that would be a huge disappointment.)
After giving your glasses a gentle drying, hold them up to the light to check for any leftover debris or smudges. Place them back on if they pass inspection.
How To Keep Your Contact Lenses Clean
Simply discard your contacts in the garbage at the end of each day if you wear daily disposable lenses. There are several contact lens solutions available to clean and store your biweekly or monthly contacts over night.
These treatments eliminate the accumulation of oils and proteins that, if left on your contact lenses, might irritate your eyes and hasten the deterioration of the lenses.
Advice On Maintaining Contact Lenses
Because contact lenses come in close touch with the eye, cleaning them is a more involved process, and cleanliness is a vital part of upkeep. The following are some vital guidelines that we recommend to our patients:
1.Wash Your Hands
To avoid getting any debris or bacteria into your eyes, always wash your hands well before handling your contact lenses.
2.Use Fresh Contact lenses
Every time you clean or store your contact lenses, use new solution; reusing it might cause contamination and raise your risk of developing an eye infection.
3.Avoid Water
Water can contain hazardous bacteria that can cause eye infections, so avoid using it on your contact lenses. In a same vein, avoid using saliva on your lenses as it may harbour bacteria.
4.Follow Instructions
Pay attention to the directions on the contact lens packaging, which include when to replace them and how long you may wear them nonstop before needing a break for your eyes.
5.Cheap Contact Lenses
Never skimp on contact lens care in order to save money because using dirty or expired lenses increases the risk of serious eye infections, which far outweighs any possible savings. Always put the health and safety of your eyes first.
In summary, sustaining good vision and eye health depends on properly caring for your glasses and contact lenses.
You can prolong the life of your eyeglasses and get the best possible vision correction by paying attention to these cleaning, storing, and wearing instructions.
To keep your eyes healthy and your vision clear, don’t forget to see an eye care specialist for individualized guidance and routine examinations.
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