Eye Health Central

Contact Lenses & Eye Health

A contact lens aftercare examination is a fundamental part of successful, trouble free contact lens wear. It provides an opportunity to review your contact lens needs, to assess any changes that may have occurred to your wearing habits, your hygiene routines, and if it is in carried out in an optician's practice the opportunity to have your ocular health checked.


Contact Lens aftercarfe


Most contact lens problems arise when the contact lens wearer takes shortcuts or does not follow the care guidelines provided by the Optometrist when you first started wearing contact lenses. It is easy to slip into 'bad habits' or forget how essential some elements of contact lens care are.

How often should you have a contact lens aftercare check-up?


A commonly recommended schedule is every 2 years, however,  this can alter depending on a number of elements


  • How long you have been wearing lenses
  • What type of lenses you are wearing
  • The health of your eyes


Depending on the answers to the above questions your optometrist may recommend a shorter interval between checkups, this could be 12 monthly or even 6 monthly.


What is the purpose of an aftercare appointment?


The main purpose of a contact lens aftercare appointment is to keep your eyes healthy and make sure your contact lenses are interacting with your eyes safely.


Where can I have an aftercare check-up?


Up until recently the only place you could have an aftercare check-up was at the opticians with an optometrist, but recently the GOC (General Optical Council)said that contact lens aftercare could now be carried out online.

Does Contactlenses.co.uk offer contact lens aftercare?


Yes. We provided extensive Contact Lens Aftercare information, including, articles, Q and A's, and professionally produced video demonstrations that help explain the essentials and act as great reminders of the essentials of safe contact lens wear.


If you have a problem and want to contact our UK optometrist, you can do this also. 


This content is available exclusively to our customers and accessed solely through "Your Account". Simply login to your account and follow the links for Contact Lens Aftercare" to access.