British Contact Lens Association

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1. Wear schedule

   Wear schedule is the length of time you wear your contact lenses per day - either daily

2. Wetting agent

   A substance that enables tears to spread evenly over the surface of a rigid contact lens and helps to cushion the lens on insertion.

3. Wetting solution

   Drops used to ease the process of applying a GP lens to the eye. Wetting solution may also be used to relieve dryness after several hours of lens wear.

4. Wetting/soaking solution

   A combination solution for rigid contact lenses that contains both wetting agents and disinfecting chemicals.