So what are the best eye drops for contact lenses? well in this video I'm
going over my top 3 plus stay tuned towards the end for some extra pro tips
on how to help with dry contact lenses so let's take a look! hey everyone this
is dr. Joe Allen here from doctor eye health the channel helps with the eyes, vision
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over otherwise let's talk about eye drops for contacts. so believe it or not
the number one reason people drop out of wearing contacts is because of
discomfort with their lenses and it's it's no surprise right contact lenses
basically act as a little sponge on the surface of the eye they soak up the
moisture from your tears so they end up either causing irritation to your
eyelids or causing kind of the grittiness sandy feeling to the eye
leaving the eye to be irritated and red so sometimes just needing an extra drop
of lubrication is all that you need to keep you wearing that lens throughout
the day. now from a doctor's perspective if you're having discomfort with your
lenses it could be that it's not just dry but that the lenses aren't fitting
correctly or that maybe the lenses isn't the best for you right now however
sometimes contacts do obviously get dry and often a rewetting drop can help
particularly after long hours of computer use or spending a lot of time
outside and dry windy conditions so now let's go over my three favorite
rewetting drops now these drops are not gonna be in any particular order but I
will go over some of their pros and cons now the first one is opti free pure
moist rewetting drops and that's important to see that it is re wetting
drops this is not just the regular disinfecting solution that you can use
for contacts now this solution is actually kind of special because it not
only is good for soft lenses and that you're reading them giving them extra
moisture but it actually has some extra kind of buffers and chemicals that are
put into it to help reduce protein buildup of the lenses this is
particularly good if you are a monthly lens where
or perhaps you wear even longer more extended wear of lenses such as a three
months or maybe a special lens that goes up to six months of replacement now I
was able to find this drop pretty easily just by shopping my local store however
I know some doctors have difficulty finding this drop for their patients so
usually it's around $10 u.s. if you can find at the store otherwise you can shop
around and check online include some links in the description below but it's
important to note that this drop is really only meant for soft hydrogel or
silicone hydrogel lenses if you are a hard RGP lens where a rigid gas
permeable lens then yeah this drop is not going to be best for you instead
that'll be next for my second drop we're gonna review and that drop is going to
be Blink contacts eye lubricating drops now these drops I have a couple of extra
cool benefits to them one is of course that you can use it for both soft and
hard rigid gas permeable lenses or rjp lenses additionally this drop actually
has a couple other features including what's something called hyaluronate which
is a chemical that is naturally in our tears so it matches very similar to our
tears in addition they balance it with electrolytes so for some reason when I
use this drop it does feel really good on my eye for my contacts and I usually
only need to use one rewetting drop throughout the day so it is an excellent
drop and a choice for you again usually under ten dollars US and you can find it
at most stores as well as online now the next drop I want to mention is refresh
Optive now refresh actually has their own version for for contacts type of
solution however it's usually more expensive it's usually over ten dollars
u.s. and honestly if you're gonna be spending that type of money for
artificial tears you might as well just go ahead and get the non preserved
formulations now non preserve have a great benefit because most non preserve
drops you can use with contact lenses because it doesn't have any of those
nasty preservatives that could potentially get soaked up by the lens
and then being released in the layout of the lens onto your eye throughout the
day and you just don't want those preservatives causing toxic reactions to
your cornea now actually a lot of the drops from the Refresh brand even though
the boxes don't say they're for contacts have actually been approved
or contact lens use and you want to see a complete list of the drops that are
approved for contact lenses I'll go ahead and hook that up in the
description below now before I go over some dry eye tips give me a big thumbs
up to let me know that you'd like this type of content and that I should keep
making videos like this so tip number one for dry and irritated contacts is
that if you're wearing a monthly or a two week replacement contact lens is to
switch different contact lens solutions the one that would recommend the best
for dryness would be clear care and that is a non preserved contact lens solution
so if you've never tried clear care it's a little different from the other
multi-purpose solutions but of course just pick up the box check out the full
label in the description in the back otherwise you can check out my other
video about contact lens solutions and I'll hook that up in the YouTube card
above as well as in the description below so tip number two if you haven't
done so already is to switch to a daily contact lens daily contact lenses have a
lot of different benefits including being healthier for the eye less chance
of infection but they are more convenient that you don't have to buy
solutions you don't have to clean the lenses and the lenses themselves because
you're opening a new pack everyday and putting a fresh one in you don't have to
worry about all of the extra concretions or protein buildup on those lenses so a
lot of the people if you were in a monthly lens those build-up of biofilms
and concretions are actually one of the reasons why your lens has become more
uncomfortable throughout that month so yeah switching to a daily contact lens
is usually ideal for dry eyes my personal favorite are the daily total
ones they have a lot of extra benefits for dry eyes beyond just being one of
the best healthiest lenses on the market and tip number three is really just get
in to see your doctor if you're having that much trouble
you should really talk with them just to make sure it's not any other real
problem or if there's other treatments for dry eyes such as medication such as
Restasis or Xiidra and those medications it really depends what's going on in
your eyes to know which one is the best for you or if there's other type of in
office treatments for your dryness that will help you the best so why a health
question of the day which one of these eyedrops
is your favorite or do you have any other tips to help with dry irritated
eyes with contacts go ahead and comment in the section below I'd love to hear
from you guys alright guys thanks so much for watching if you like to get
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products keep an eye on it and we'll talk to you soon so an extra pro tip
because you stayed toward the end is to talk to your eye doctor about coupons
for these drops a lot of time we have manufacturer coupons to save you extra
money