Soft Contact Lens Supplies

About Soft Contact Lens Supplies

Soft Contact Lens Supplies covers the small accessories that sit alongside the lenses rather than the lenses themselves. If lifting a thin, flexible lens off a fingertip is fiddly for you, or your nails make removal awkward, a handling tool takes the guesswork out of that step.

What you will find

This category is focused on insertion and removal tools for soft lenses, including the DMV Versa, a soft tipped handler sold in a five pack so you can keep one at the sink, one in a travel bag and spares in reserve.

Who tends to use one

• New wearers still building confidence in the first few weeks
• Wearers with long nails or nail extensions
• People with reduced dexterity or a hand tremor
• Anyone for whom a dropped lens on the bathroom counter is a regular event

How to choose

Match the tool to the lens. Soft lens handlers use a gentle, flexible tip shaped to grip a hydrated lens without pinching it. Rigid and scleral lenses call for different cups and plungers, which sit in our scleral lens supplies category. Check the pack size as well, since these tools are sold in multiples and most wearers like having a spare.

Wash and dry your hands before handling a lens, and rinse the tool and let it air dry between uses so it stays clean. Replace a handler once the tip stiffens, splits or loses its shape. If a tool is not solving the problem, or getting a lens in has become uncomfortable, your eye care professional can watch your technique and check the fit of the lens itself.