Can cosmetic contact lenses be soaked in eye drops? Can cosmetic contact lenses be soaked in mineral water?

You cannot use eye drops when wearing cosmetic contact lenses, because using eye drops will make your eyes uncomfortable and damage the life of the contact lenses. So can you use eye drops to soak your contact lenses? Can you use mineral water to soak your contact lenses?

You cannot use eye drops to soak cosmetic contact lenses. After all, the ingredients of eye drops and care solutions are different, so they are also different to use, which may cause discomfort. If your eyes need eye drops, it is best not to wear cosmetic contact lenses. Eye drops are different from general eye care solutions, the ingredients are different, and the effects are also different. Putting eye drops on cosmetic contact lenses may cause sediment to appear on the cosmetic contact lenses, which will then cause discomfort to the eyes.

Contact lenses cannot be placed in mineral water. Contact lenses must be stored in a special care solution. The care solution can sterilize and disinfect, and maintain the original performance of the lens. Mineral water, tap water, and purified water not only have no sterilization and disinfection functions, but also cannot be used due to differences in osmotic pressure.

You can use normal saline. Cosmetic contact lenses can be regarded as colored contact lenses. Like contact lenses, they need to use care solution to remove bacteria and impurities on the surface of the lens. The ingredients of the care solution are mainly sodium chloride, preservatives, disinfectants, etc., which can play a certain role in cleaning and sterilizing cosmetic contact lenses. If you don’t have care solution temporarily and are worried that the cosmetic contact lenses will dry out, it is recommended to use normal saline instead of care solution temporarily. However, it should be noted that it is not recommended to wear cosmetic contact lenses directly after being soaked in normal saline.

It depends on the situation. Both cosmetic contact lenses and contact lenses have a certain amount of water content. Generally, it is recommended to soak cosmetic contact lenses for more than 6 hours. However, if the water content and oxygen permeability of the cosmetic contact lenses are relatively high, the soaking time can be shorter. Generally, the higher the water content, the shorter the wearing period. The water content of daily disposable lenses must be greater than that of annual disposable lenses. In addition, the soaking time also depends on the parameters of the cosmetic contact lenses. If the soaking time is short, it is easy to cause eye discomfort when wearing them after soaking.