Hydrogen peroxide contact solutions

[2] The intention is to prevent the hydrogen peroxide from contact with the eye, which could damage the corneal cells in the epithelium.

This “redox” reaction (reduction and oxidation) produces small bubbles that help to clean the contacts.

Hydrogen peroxide has the ability to penetrate microbial films, which helps create a deeper clean.

Hydrogen peroxide solutions have a greater ability to fight acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare infection that can cause blindness.

[3] Clear Care contains a poloxamine derivative surfactant that helps loosen debris and deposits via a bubbling action and has a platinum disk that neutralizes the solution and is good for up to 100 uses.

Prior to Clear Care, the market only provided a two step system where you first soaked the lenses in peroxide for a short period of time or overnight then replaced it with a neutralizing saline.

Oxysept and Omnicare was slightly different from the other two brands in that it uses tablets for the neutralization effect, which causes a slower process.

Lenses soaking in a hydrogen peroxide-based solution. The case is part of a one-step system and includes a catalytic disc to neutralise the peroxide over time.