A Timely Reminder

A Timely Reminder

There has never been a healthier time to wear contact lenses. Provided you remember to change to your new lenses at the right time. For those patients wearing 2 weekly or monthly disposable lenses remembering to throw away the old pair and start the new can be a bit of a hit and miss affair. Yet regular replacement is the very thing that delivers the safe, healthy lens wear we all strive for.

Continuing to wear lenses past their replacement date leads to the surfaces degrading which in turn means various lipids, proteins and calcium from the tears attaches to the lens surface. This opens up a veritable luxury hotel for fast breeding bacteria and viruses that can be potentially devastating to the eye.

Help is at hand, in the shape of Acuminder (www.acuminder.com) - open to all contact lenses wearers – is a simple and effective medical reminder tool that helps improve replacement compliance, lowering risk for potential complications caused by over wear.

So why not join the almost 40,000 contact lens wearers who have registered for the free service (www.acuminder.com) which sends an automatic reminder via e-mail and/or cell phone text message on when to change contact lenses, prompt wearers on when to buy new contacts and when to schedule an eye exam. To sign up, go to www.acuminder.com.