Eye & Contact Lens Factsheets

ADAPTATION - Some useful advice

· A patient who has worn Contact Lenses before is often more likely to experience difficulties during adaptation - usually this is the result of corneal distortion from old lenses.

· Wearing times - the recommended times are listed at the back of this booklet. Always keep as close to our advice as possible. Never use "brute force" - if the lenses are unbearable take them out. Gentle persuasion, shorter wearing times or several periods of wear during each day can do more to smooth the adaptation phase than simply attempting to force the eyes to tolerate a lens which is not settling as quickly as hoped. .

YOUR CARE PRODUCTS

NEVER EVER change any care products without our advice!

Serious lens or, worse eye damage frequently results from patients using the wrong solution.

Don't even change if another Optician says it is O.K! They won't know how your eyes will react to a change or whether the product could damage the material from which your lenses are made.

The wearer will be responsible for the cost of new lenses or additional aftercare visits caused by unauthorised changes of solutions.