Things to note when wearing contact lenses for the first time

Colored contact lenses have just become popular in recent years. Wearing them will make you look particularly energetic and have a very obvious beauty effect. If we talk seriously, beauty treatments are not simply decorations. In addition to enhancing beauty, they are also medical devices. There are many things we need to pay attention to when we decide to wear them. So, what are the things you should pay attention to when wearing colored contact lenses for the first time? Let’s take a look below.

1. Inspection before wearing

Before choosing cosmetic contact lenses, you must first make sure that you have no eye disease and that you can use cosmetic contact lenses. If you are not sure whether the glasses are suitable for you, you can go to the eyewear store and ask the optometrist to do a pre-fitting examination, which will be safer.

2. Understand your eye base curve

Before purchasing cosmetic contact lenses, please check your corneal curvature, which is the "size" of your eyeball. The base curve of the contact lens corresponding to the corneal curvature of Asians is 8.4 to 8.6. For a few people, it is as small as 8.0, and some are as large as 8.8. If the base curve of the contact lens you wear is too small, it will cause corneal hypoxia and even eye congestion; if the base curve of the contact lens is too large, the lens will slip after being worn, causing discomfort.

3. Replacement cycle of first-time beauty contact lenses

The replacement cycle of cosmetic contact lenses should follow the principle of "the shorter the better". In most European and American countries, "replacement" contact lenses such as Johnson & Johnson's Disposable Contact Lenses have become mainstream. Because science shows that even if you clean the lenses with care solution every day, it is impossible to completely remove the protein deposits on the lens surface. Over time, the accumulation of deposits will cause discomfort when wearing and even cause eye diseases. This is why many wearers of "traditional" cosmetic contact lenses, such as annual or semi-annual disposables, discard their contact lenses before the full wear cycle.

4. Lens materials for first-time beauty contact lenses

People who wear cosmetic contact lenses for the first time lack experience: on the one hand, the eyeball has a process of adaptation; on the other hand, the material will also affect the difficulty of wearing.

Therefore, for those who wear contact lenses for the first time, it is best to choose contact lenses made of hydrophilic ionic materials. Compared with "hydrophobic" non-ionic materials, the lenses have good formability, appropriate water content, and are not easy to absorb lipid precipitation. This way, they will be comfortable to wear and easier to adapt to after wearing.