Videos & Helpful Tips for Contact Lens Wearers
We hope these videos and tips help address some questions you may have about managing your contact lenses! Come see us at Vision Source - Orland Park to learn more!
Soft Contact Lens Care
Adhere to our lens safety tips to help keep your lenses safe and comfortable.
Oxygen Permeable Contact Lens Care
Easy care and handling for oxygen permeable contacts
Scleral Lens (medically necessary contact lens) Care
We recommend preservative free saline in single use vials:
- Addipak Saline in 3ml or 5 ml vials (says Solution for “Inhalation” USP) which can be found at VitalityMedical.com or on Amazon (we are not affiliated in any way with these companies).
- LacriPure in single use vials, by Menicon. Available online & we stock it in our office
- ScleralFIL in single use vials, by Bausch & Lomb (this saline is pH buffered). Available online & we stock it in our office (it has become more difficult to source)
Scleral Lens Insertion Tips:
- Tuck chin downward towards chest
- Place lens on LARGE suction cup (inserter must have a hole in the bottom to prevent it from suctioning to your lens)
- Overfill lens with preservative free saline
Scleral Lens Insertion Video (brief)
Scleral Lens Removal Video (brief)
Scleral Lens Application & Removal–no tools–finger tripod method
Scleral Lens Application & Removal (Detailed Alt. 1)
Scleral Lens Application & Removal (Detailed Alt. 2)
Scleral Lens Removal Without A Suction Cup (Very important if you lose your suction cup!!!)
Tips For Scleral lens wearers if surface filming occurs:Moisten a cotton tip applicator with saline,
Unique pH or Boston conditioner
(special thanks Dott. Daddi Fadel, Rome, Italy)
Moisten a your small plunger with saline, Unique pH or Boston conditioner
(special thanks Dott. Daddi Fadel, Rome, Italy)
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