Cheaper Yes, But Are They Safe? You may have noticed that stores like your pharmacy and grocer sell store-branded contact lens care products, also known as “private label” products. Often they are considerably cheaper than name-brand products. Should you use them? These products are safe and FDA-approved, or they couldn’t be sold. But there are potential problems. Sometimes private label products are made from older formulations, which don’t offer the same advantages as newer products. But here’s a bigger problem: As you know, you shouldn’t switch products without consulting your doctor to make sure the new solution is compatible with your lenses. Let’s say that you buy a bottle of Store-brand X. You use the product, and everything is dandy. … Read More
Air-Drying Your Contact Lens Case Face-Down May Help Prevent Contamination
After inserting your contact lenses and rinsing the case with disinfectant, do you let the case air-dry face-up or face-down? Face-down seems to be better, says a recent study that checked microbial contamination in cases placed in four different locations: toilet, bathroom, office and bedroom. The cases were rinsed with sterile saline and placed on facial tissue paper.