Contact wearers know that lens cases should be cleaned every day. Many skip that step, but small shortcuts in caring for contacts increase the risk of eye infections caused by bacteria or fungus. Some reuse disinfection solution for days when storing lenses in a case.
Not you? A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows that 99 percent of contact wearers have at least one questionable hygiene practice, and at least one-third of those who took the survey had to see an eye doctor (about 40.9 million adults in the U.S. wear contacts).
Contacts lenses increase the risk of eye infections by 10 times and cause one-third of all corneal infections.