Removing
To remove your Ortho-K lenses you will need a Contact Lens Sucker, which can be supplied normally by your Optometrist.

Instructions
    Wash your hands with soap and water, drying them on a lint free towel
    Gently rub your closed eye in a circular motion
    If that doesn't work instil a few drops of suitable eye drops to create movement
    Hold open your top lid and your middle and hold your bottom lid open with other hand
    Gently push the sucker onto the Ortho-K, which will be on your cornea
    Remove the lens from your eye and release your lids
    Take the Ortho-K lens from the Contact Lens Sucker and place in your storage case

Cleaning
To clean your Ortho-K lenses use AoSept with Hydraglyde, which is a peroxide based cleaning solution, after you remove your lenses each morning. Simply place your lenses inside the ‘cage,’ fill the clear container to the line with solution and then place the ‘cage’ inside the container and screw the lid on. Make sure to leave the peroxide based solution for a minimum of 6hours to completely neutralize. Take care to avoid getting the solution in your eyes, if you do please rinse your eyes thoroughly and contact your Optometrist.

Once a month it is also recommend to do a deep protein clean to remove any build up. This is done by using Menicon Progent Cleaner and extreme care must be taken to avoid spilling any of this solution on your skin, cloths or anywhere near your eyes. If you do please thoroughly rinse the area immediately and if in the eyes contact your Optometrist.

 

Survival guide for Contact Lens Wearers
   Always wash your hands before touching your eye or lenses
   Follow your contact lens care instructions carefully
   Don’t wear Contact Lenses overnight unless advised
   Only use daily lenses 1 day or overnight
   Never clean them with tap water or unpreserved saline
   Never swim in your lenses unless you plan on throwing them away afterwards
   Change your brand of solution only after discussing with your Optometrist first
   Avoid sharing or swapping your contact lenses with others.
   When you’re sick, give them the flick – Don’t wear contact lenses if you are feeling unwell, eg. cold/flu as more likely to get germs around the eye and underneath lenses increasing risk of infection.
   Always use fresh solution when storing your contacts, don’t top up old solution
   Return to us/other optometrists for a review at least every 12 months

Check your eyes regularly
1.   Is there any pain or significant discomfort?
2.   Is there any redness or other changes visible?
3.   Has there been any change in vision or blurriness?

 

Did you know that contacts don’t even touch your eye? They literally float in front of your cornea (the front part of your eye) in a thin layer of tears, automatically produced by your eye.

 

 

Eye Care
Like any contact lens wear it is important to monitor any changes to your eyes, if they become consistently red (not only after inserting the lenses) or if your eyes become ‘gunky’ contact your Optometrist.

Breaking Risks
Ortho-K contact lenses are made of a strong polymer which resists damage in normal wearing circumstances. However, they can still break if mishandled. There are some tricks you can learn to minimise this chance.

To increase comfort and oxygen permeability, Ortho-K lenses are designed to be as thin as possible without compromising their structural integrity: most are 0.2mm thick or less. Because the lenses weigh very little, if you drop one it should not break unless it is then trampled on. If a lens falls on the floor, keep your feet still until you have spotted it. If you cannot see well without your lens, call to a friend or family member to help and remember to caution them to be careful where they tread!

The lenses are quite small and prone to fall into difficult to retrieve places such as down the sink-hole! Especially when you are learning how to insert and remove your lenses, make sure you use your lenses in a controlled environment such as a quiet bathroom with the plug inserted, or on a table with a clean towel laid flat. This way, if your lens drops you can find it easily and reduce the risk of breakage.

The main handling habits that may cause a lens to break include:
Pushing down on the convex side of the lens: 
This can occur if the lens lands on a mirror or flat surface. Instead of trying to grab the lens, gently slide it off to the edge of the surface or use a suction tool to suck it off the surface.

Removing a lens too firmly from the suction tool:
This is especially relevant for scleral lenses. Slide the lens off the suction point instead, or release the suction by squeezing the body of the suction tool to reduce pressure.

Forcing the lens to bend while cleaning:
Some force is required to clean a rigid lens using your cleaning solution, but not much ‒ the friction of your skin surface will do most of the job. If you are pressing down on both sides of a rigid lens this will cause it to flex, eventually snapping if too much force is applied.

It is very rare for a lens to break in your eye unless something hits your eye or your removal technique is incorrect/very forceful. The solutions you use to clean your lenses will not weaken or degrade them ‒ not even the powerful Progent fortnightly deep cleaner.”

From: http://www.innovativeeyecare.com.au/patient-resources/U3L-dAEAACsAIXAm/care-of-orthokeratology-lenses