You handle your lenses with dirty fingers
To avoid transferring oil, dirt, and bacteria to your eyes (ew), clean your hands before you clean your contacts. “Contact lenses are foreign bodies as is,” says Randy McLaughlin, OD, an ophthalmologist at Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. “
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