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Instructions for the Guidelines for Care and Handling of Contact Wear Soft Contact Healthy Guidelines for Wearing Contact Lenses Wearing contact lenses isn’t the same as wearing . While you’ll love the newfound freedom they offer, contact lenses require a little more extra care to help keep your healthy and happy.

Here are some important tips to follow • If you rip a contact lens, do not put it on • Do not rub your eyes when wearing when wearing contact lenses: your . Never wear a ripped lens. contact lenses to avoid lens decentral- • Read your package insert for • Put on your contact lenses before ization or injuring your . important information. applying makeup. Wash with plain soap • Remove your contact lenses before • Never share your contact lenses and dry your hands with a lint-free swimming or using a hot tub. with others. towel. Remove the lenses gently before • Make a follow-up appointment removing makeup. • Only use eye drops prescribed by your with your every eye care professional. • Avoid drying out your contact lenses. three months. Should this happen, discard the lenses • Be careful not to put your contact lens • On days when you’re feeling unwell, and do not use them. or your eyes are red, do not wear your in the wrong eye as the lens power may contact lenses. Wear glasses instead. • Do not wear expired contact lenses. be different in each eye. You can find the expiration date on the If you suspect your contact lenses are carton box as well as the blister pack. causing a problem, remove them quickly and get in touch with your eye care professional immediately. Save the lenses and bring them with you.

Nothing in this article is to be construed nor intended as medical advice nor to replace the recommendations of a medical professional. For specific questions, please see your eye care practitioner. © CooperVision, Inc. Please review and follow these instructions before wearing your contact lenses. Applying Your Contact Lenses It is a good idea to save this pamphlet so you can refer to it in the future. 1 Wash Your Hands 2 Rinse Your 3 Inspect Your Before handling your contact lenses, Contact Contact Lens wash your hands using plain soap Lenses Place the contact lens on your index without moisturizer or perfumes, rinse Take out the finger and make sure it’s clean. The lens well, and then dry with a lint-free towel. contact lenses should appear as a bowl. If the edges from the blister pack or lens case by flare out, the lens is inverted. removing the right contact lens first if you’re right-handed and left if you’re left- handed. This will help avoid possible mix- ups. Next, rinse the lens well with fresh multipurpose or solution approved by your eye care professional. Never use CORRECT INCORRECT (INVERTED) tap water as it contains impurities.

4 Place Your Contact Lenses 5 Check and Confirm • Hold your upper eye After your contact lens is fully in place, lashes (not your eye lid) move your fingers away from your eye to prevent . slowly and gently blink. This will help • Pull your bottom prevent the lens from moving away down. from the cornea (the transparent • Focus on a steady surface that covers your and ). point with your other eye. • Gently place the lens on your central cornea, not the side. Removing Your Contact Lenses 1 Wash Your Hands 2 Remove Your Contact Lenses and Inspect Your • Confirm that the lens Contact Lenses is resting squarely on • Thoroughly clean your hands the cornea. with plain soap. • Look up and gently • Look straight ahead into a mirror. slide the lens down. • Carefully squeeze it between your thumb and index finger to remove the lens.

3 Clean and Disinfect Your 4 Store Your Contact Lenses Contact Lenses Your two-week contact lenses must be cleaned and Fill your contact lens storage case with disinfected every day after you wear them. To do fresh, prescribed care solution—never top this, place one lens in the palm of your hand with a off any old solution with new. Place your couple of drops of fresh multipurpose solution or clean lenses into the case, following your daily cleanser on it. Then, rub the lens back and forth with your index finger for eye doctor’s recommendations. Also, be 15 seconds. After rubbing, rinse the lens using multipurpose or saline solution. sure to rinse out your case after every Finally, place the lens in multipurpose solution or solution to use, storing them open and upside down disinfect the lens as prescribed by your eye care professional. If you’re wearing daily in a dry, clean place. Replace your disposable lenses, discard them. contact lens case every three months.

Nothing in this article is to be construed nor intended as medical advice nor to replace the recommendations of a medical professional. For specific questions, please see your eye care practitioner.

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