How to Clean Hard Contact Lenses

CONTACT LENSES

If you're one of the estimated 18 million people in the United States who wears contact lenses, be sure to clean your lenses properly. It's an important process that will help you avoid eye infections.


Hard Contact Lenses

1. Wash your hands.

2. Remove your right or left contact lens and place in center of palm.

3. Add 2 to 4 drops of hard contact lens cleaning solution to surface of lens.

4. Using the index finger of the opposite hand, gently rub solution into lens for about 30 seconds.

5. Carefully rinse lens thoroughly with fresh tap water, place lens in lens case and then fill lens case with hard contact lens conditioning solution.

6. Repeat with other contact lens.