What should I do if I don't have contact lens care solution?

Colored contact lenses are to be placed in the eyes, so they are very particular. What should I do if I don’t have care solution for the contact lenses? What can I use to soak my contact lenses if I don’t have contact lens care solution?

What to do if there is no contact lens care solution

If there is no care solution for your contact lenses, you can leave them in until the next day when the care solution is available. Because there are a large number of microorganisms and bacteria in water, wearing contact lenses directly after soaking in water can easily cause inflammation.

If it is just an emergency, you can temporarily use boiled water as a substitute for a while, but never use tap water. Because there are a lot of bacteria in tap water, but boiled water has been disinfected at high temperature and can be used temporarily.

What to use for contact lens without care solution

To care for cosmetic contact lenses, they must be rubbed, washed, soaked and stored with care solution. In certain circumstances, if there is no care solution and you cannot buy it nearby, you can consider using pure distilled water as a temporary substitute, but be sure to rinse and soak it again with care solution before wearing it again.

If there is no care solution for the contact lenses, they can be temporarily soaked in cold boiled water. However, contact lenses soaked in cold boiled water cannot be used directly on the eyes because cold boiled water does not disinfect and clean the contact lenses, and there is no 100% guarantee that there are no bacteria in cold boiled water. Therefore, contact lenses soaked in cold boiled water must be cleaned and disinfected with care solution the next day before use.

This is all we have to say about how to deal with contact lenses without care solution. You still need to take good care of your contact lenses and your eyes.