Contact Lenses - Foaming when cleaning?

[veeeffarr]

Hi,

When I clean my contact lenses for the night (Rubbing them in a saline solution) I'm careful to wash my hands before (Usually with soap or non-lanolin handwash) but I've noticed that sometimes the fluid foams up, I can only attribute this to soap residue still being on my hands when I wash them, no matter how much I rinse them this is still happening...

Are there contact lense specific soaps you can buy? Or is there another cause of the foaming?

(On a side not, I've just spent 5 minutes trying to get a lense out of my eye but I didn't realise I've taken the lenses out in the wrong order, so I've been trying to get a lense out of an eye with no lense in... Fucking sore as hell now )

[Darkside]

[veeeffarr]

Am using the stuff that was prescribed to me though... :/

[Darkside]

hmmmm.....i see. Well when i take my out i tend to just rinse my hands with water and no soap
Maybe it has something to do with the water? Are you using your bathroom tap?
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[Darkside]

Well this probably is a long shot but its worth trying, when you use the bathroom tap, always with the cold, its cistern water, thats been in the tank for ages gathering dust and goodness knows what else, perhaps this is the cause. Maybe try using the kitchen tap, or even rinse your fingers with some of the solution instead.
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[innominate]

Just get daily disposables.


So much less hassle +less chance of frying your eyes as well.
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[veeeffarr]

Can't change lenses for another couple of months apparently, I'm gonna go for the ones you just leave in for 30 days when I have the chance (Including sleeping in them)

[craigie b]

the 30 day lenses are brilliant...I use them and did so even when training with the army and they worked brilliantly.

buy some cheap saline and rinse your lenses to get rid of the foam. It will just be you cleaning solution. Or buy a different brand. Just because its prescribed doesnl;t mean to say its not kack!

[karen_moomin]

Just don't clean them.

Take them out, straight into the pot for the overnight soak. This cleans them enough.

I've not bothered with the whole rubbing and cleaning them for 3 years. Also less chance of ripping them apart the less you clean them.

[Suzuki]

The white foam you're seeing is perfectly normal.

During normal use, protein from your eye can build up on your contact lenses. If left there through impropper cleaning, these deposits will make your contact lenses uncomfortable to wear, and can have a detrimental effect on your eye.

During cleaning, when this protein is removed from the contact lens, it can form a white translucent solution with the cleaning fluid. This is normal, and you shouldn't worry about it.

If you are worried, once you've cleaned your lenses, rinse your hands off with clean water and clean them again. The white foam should be less apparent during the second cleaning session.

Hope that helps?


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[veeeffarr]

Thanks for the help guys!

Cheers Suzuki, I thought it was soap as it differs in intensity some days.

Toby

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[Whosthedaddy]

I've got monthly lens' from D&A, the cleaning solution foams like a bitch when they soak overnight.

I just leave them on the side of sink and no mess

I think everyone has tried to remove a lens that is'nt there, the more you cant find it, the more you try and find it, the more ot hurts

I once rinsed the lens with the sodium hyroxide solution as I thought they were feeling a little dry, then placed directly back in.....my god it stung
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[colin1]

use less soap when you wash your hands
you dont need a lot
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[Whosthedaddy]

Hands are always dry, could try wet hands to see if theres a difference
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[veeeffarr]

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[colin1]

i think towel fluff is worse than water

ok tap water isnt sterile but there wont be much of it on your wet hands

the towel isnt sterile either

you could just shake off excess water
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[Annabella]

I'm surprised your optitian didn't tell you about the possible foaming that you get when cleaning your lenses.

As Jon said, it is just a starch build up from your eyes, some people have more than others.
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[Leggy_Girl]

If you don't get the the ones you can leave in for a month, see if you can get peroxide solution lenses. I use peroxide solution and you just take them out and put them in the case each night - no cleaning involved! Great for being lazy and no foaming either
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