Take good care of your contact lenses . . .

Contact lens care guide (adhere to the following guidlines in caring for and replacing your contact lenses):

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• Always wash hands before handling contact lenses.
• Rub and rinse the surface of each contact lens before storing.
• Use only sterile products recommended by your optometrist to clean and disinfect your lenses. Saline solution and rewetting drops     are not designed to disinfect lenses.
• Do not use tap water to wash or store contact lenses.
• Contact lens solution must be discarded each time lenses are removed from the case.
• Use fresh solution each time a lens is placed in the case.
• Replace your contact lenses with new ones using the schedule your doctor prescribes.
• Keep your contact lens case clean by rinsing it with solution, and replacing the case with a new one as needed.
• Do not sleep in contact lenses unless told to do so by your doctor.
• Do not swim in soft contact lenses. Wait several hours after swimming before re-inserting lenses.
• Never exchange lenses with someone else.
• Never put contact lenses in your mouth.

See your optometrist regularly for contact lens evaluations and to check the health of your eye.
If you experience any of the following symptoms -- (Redness, Secretion, Visual blurring or Pain), see your optometrist immediately