The straight forward answer is no. Contact lenses cannot be stored in water, especially the contact lenses which are soft lenses. However the RGP lenses or the Rigid Gas Permeable lenses can be washed in water but they don’t need water for storage. They can do with a dry storage. Whereas the soft contact lenses you definitely can’t store them in water because primarily of two reasons. One, water may have contaminants in the form of bacteria which may can stick on the contact lenses and these can be a potential source of infection in the eye. Secondly, water can have other contaminants, other than bacteria or viruses like dust particles which can actually stick on to the contact lenses and cause either scratches on the contact lenses or dirt or plaque formation on the contact lenses. Contact lens solutions designed for contact lenses have to be used exclusively to store the contact lenses.

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