Contact Lens Care Information & Videos

 

Soft Contact Lens Care & Handling:

 

Oxygen Permeable Contact Lens Care & Handling:

 

Scleral Contact Lens Care & Handling:
(medically necessary contact lenses)

We recommend single use preservative free saline:  Addipak Saline in 3ml or 5 ml (says Solution for “Inhalation” USP)
which can be found at VitalityMedical.com or at Amazon
(we are not affiliated in any way with these companies)

 

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 non-preserved saline

 

Patient Application Video (Brief):

 

Patient Application (3-Finger Tripod Method):

 

Scleral Removal Tips:

• Patient can sit with head upright
• Retract upper and lower lids
• Use index finger to gently apply pressure through lower eyelid
  targeting white of eye just below edge of lens targeting the 5,6 & 7:00 area
• Apply SMALL suction cup to lower third of lens
•  Use a pivoting upward motion to release lens
• Optionally:  patient may look upward

 

Removal Video (brief):

 

Scleral Lens Application & Removal:

 

Scleral Lens Application & Removal (Detailed Alternate):

 

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