Best contact lens solution for sensitive eyes: Safe, comfortable options
If your contact lenses leave your eyes feeling red, dry, or just plain irritated, you’re not alone. It's a common complaint, and a lot of people mistakenly blame their lenses. But often, the real culprit is hiding in plain sight: your contact lens solution. For those of us with sensitive eyes, the chemicals and preservatives…
Dr. Teresita Bollar, OD
Contact Lens Solutions: Saline, Multipurpose and Peroxide Compared
Saline does not disinfect. It never has. It rinses, it stores briefly, and that is the whole of it. Mistaking saline for a disinfecting solution is the most common and most dangerous error in lens care, and it is easy to make because the bottles sit side by side on the same shelf. What each…