About Sacramento Contact Lenses Purchasing

By Edna Booker


Selection of regular eyeglasses does not involve many technicalities. It mostly depends on what the particular individual prefers. This is not the case when it comes to contact lenses purchase. The optometrist is the person who decides which kind of lenses will best suit your condition. Given below are some of the guidelines to use in procuring Sacramento contact lenses.

There are various kinds of these lenses. The hard type is not permeable to oxygen and therefore not recommended generally. There is a soft type too. The decision on which of these two to choose will depend on comfort, health and the clarity of vision desired. Daily wear lens are acclaimed. The extended wear ones can negatively affect the eyes if not removed for prolonged periods.

People have irregular working pattern are mostly the candidates for the hard type of contact lens. Regular checkups are a must though. They should remove them before sleeping whenever possible. Going for the disposable kind of soft lens is acclaimed especially for athletes as sporting activities involve quick eye movements. In the event an injury, trauma sustained to the eyes is usually minimal.

They should be disinfected, cleansed and also rinsed daily. The cleansing product to use differs depending on the lens type. For the soft kind, lay it in the palm, gently apply 1-2 drops of cleansing product on it and rub carefully with the middle finger until they dirt is gone. Repeat the same on the adjacent side. For the hard kind, the index finger plus the thumb are utilized in the rubbing to cleanse both sides at the same time. It will take you a minute or two to complete the process.

After the cleaning follows rinsing. All the cleanser has to be rinsed off because the damages it can cause to the eye can be detrimental. Tap water can be used for the hard lens but the soft kind only sterile saline is to be used. The steps to follow are similar to those employed to clean it.

Disinfection follows rinsing. Hard or the rigid lenses are disinfected by placing them in a storage solution for specially prepared for disinfection. The soft ones require heat disinfection, use of hydrogen peroxide as a disinfectant or chemical disinfection. After from implementing these tasks, the lens require protein removal every week. This is for elimination of the proteins which have accumulated from tears. This is especially dire for those using heat as a disinfection technique as it can denature previously deposited transparent proteins.

Before purchase of the lens care products, the optometrist must be consulted too. The available care products for the hard or rigid oxygen permeable lenses are consistent and simple. There steps to be followed are short and simple too. For the soft lens users sensitive to chemical type of disinfection, a switch to either heat or hydrogen peroxide disinfection can be made.

The lengthy wear ones are not to be disinfected by heat. It will damage them. A simpler alternative to hydrogen peroxide to those who deem it complex and demanding is chemical method. Colored lenses are discolored by hydrogen peroxide.




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