Tips to Maintain Contact Lenses

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Recommendations for Contact Lens Users to
Maintain Healthy Eyes
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• Contact lenses are an incredibly convenient way
  to correct vision but they require some extra
  care in handling and maintaining them clean. Here
  are a few recommendations to take proper care of
  contact lenses.

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• WASH YOUR HANDS REGULARLY
• Wash your hands with a mild soap or disinfectant
  before touching your contact lenses. Your hands
  may look and feel clean, but there may be
  millions of bacteria hidden and can cause severe
  infections. So its important to wash your hands
  with soap and dry them well with a clean cloth.

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• TAKE THEM OUT, WHEN IN DOUBT
• Although contact lenses are convenient for your
  eyes, sometimes it may cause reddening in eyes,
  swelling or any other minor complications. In
  such cases remove the lenses from your eyes and
  schedule an appointment with your eye doctor.

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• AVOID SLEEPING IN CONTACT LENSES 
• Whenever you are late at night, itll be easier
  for you to roll over and go to sleep in contact
  lenses. But, sleeping in lenses is the 1 risk
  factor for developing a contact lens-related eye
  infection. So, avoid wearing contact lenses while
  sleeping unless prescribed by a doctor.

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• REPLACE CONTACT LENSES
• Old lens case can be contaminated with fungi that
  can cause eye infection. Cant you remember the
  last time you bought a new contact lens? Are you
  using an old lens you found in your cabinet?
  Then, its the time to throw it away and buy a
  new one.

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• Looking to buy contact lenses online in NZ?
• Visit www.lensesonline.co.nz  
• Call 0800 800 536
• E-mail sales_at_lensesonline.co.nz

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