Proper hygiene is essentially important for your eyes if you are using contact lenses. Many contact lens users fail to practice safe hand hygiene while handling their contact lenses. Improper hygiene leads to the build-up of microorganisms in your lens which can infect and damage your eyesight.
Eye infections typically occur when you do not follow basic hygiene routines like cleaning, disinfecting, and storing your contact lenses in approved lenses solution and failing to remove the lenses before taking a shower or sleeping in your contact lenses.
Follow the simple hygiene steps mentioned below to prevent your eyes from any severe eye infections.
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