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Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by The Den Mother

The Den Mother — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:51:13 +0000

Some of the stories of accidental misuse remind me of the apocryphal story of a woman who bought spermicidal jelly to use as a contraception and then got pregnant anyway because she ate it.

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by Karla

Karla — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:56:53 +0000

Last night I stayed at a friend’s house and had brought a flat case with my regular Opti-free solution to store my contacts for the night. One of the lids wasn’t closed tightly enough and the solution had leaked out, so I grabbed the bottle of Clear Care on her counter with the ‘no rub’ clearly displayed and its cardboard warning ring around the top removed. Really, who would keep that on. So, I squirted it into my empty case and went to take my contact out. There was a little bit of clear care on my fingers and it burned my eye, OH how that hurt… I didn’t know what I had touched to make this happen; I thought maybe I touched some soap on the counter or something so grabbed the bottle of Clear Care to flush my eye. Bad bad decision. A big old squirt of that nasty molten lava in my eye sent me reeling into the wall behind me, it stung SOOO bad! I cried a bit and hoped my tears had flushed it out… stumbled to the couch and went to sleep. This morning my friend told me how she had done the same thing. She drove me to the ER where they gave me freezing drops but now it’s night and my eye is still swollen shut. I have to go do a twelve-hour work day, using a computer, tomorrow. I look like the hunchback of notre dame. This stuff should have a visible warning on the bottle. Bad packaging. Count me in for the lawsuit, please.
And to those who would say I’m an idiot and deserve this… get off this webpage. Take your aggression and snarkiness out elsewhere, ya creeps. Accidents happen. Making people who suffer accidents feel bad about themselves is like killing puppies. Don’t be that person. Don’t rub salt in wounds. Look up Karma in the dictionary. Jerks.

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by Kathryn

Kathryn — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:17:27 +0000

I’m college educated, understood that I was NEVER to put this directly in my eye but alas, they never told me the mechanism would wear out in my charcoal activated case. Today when inserting my contact, BINGO! Major burning, swelling pain…On my way to the eye doc for follow up now. I read the instructions, I heeded the warning but NO WHERE on the label does it say that you need to replace the case and how often you need to do that.

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by LynnMay

LynnMay — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:39:32 +0000

This stuff is extremly harmful, I, like many of you didnt read the box and figured it was a simple solution as well. I used it w/ my regular contact lenses case and BURNED MY EYE! There should be a better warnign for this stuff. Needless to say I threw it out and never again will purchase this stuff.

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by Jadub

Jadub — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:45:16 +0000

After using the Clear Care as directed I have an eye suffering from chemical irritation. When calling my Poison Control Center regarding this product, I learned that it is well known to them. My first time using this product I encountered a common side effect. Chemical irritation will occur if the product is not used properly as so many posts have pointed out. Personally, the neutralized solution still irritates my eyes. Also, for RGP lenses, a rub IS required. This isn’t stated on the bottle but is in the paper insert.

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by 19kiloz81

19kiloz81 — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:57:42 +0000

I’ve been wearing contact for 10 year’s with no problems then I bought this clear care devil liquid, I used the special case for the 1st night with no problem then today I took them out being alittle dry while takeing a nap I work mids (police officer)I woke up 2 hours later started getting ready for work went to put a contact in felt like I was hit in the face with pepper spray my eye is still blood red and hurts! This stuff needs to be removed from the market, if anyone is sueing I want in can anyone tell me if my eye is permanent damage?

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by Smurph

Smurph — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:20:14 +0000

Thank you Xylia!

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by Sophia

Sophia — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:47:52 +0000

Last night, I ran out of our regular saline solution, so we opened up a package of Clear Care that we’ve received from our optometrist and used it. This morning, almost at the same time, my daughter and I tried to put our contacts in and felt the excruciating pain many of you have felt. We removed the contacts from our eyes immediately, but our eyes were already bloodshot red. Even after thorough rising, our eyes still hurt for hours. If anyone starts a class action against Clear Care, count us in.

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by ghk

ghk — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:25:08 +0000

This f*king product should be removed from the market. I got burnt by this product and am seriously considering filing a suit aganist the company

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by helen

helen — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:06:26 +0000

Seeing this many people commenting on this post, I think Clear Care deserves to be sued. I know, I know, they have the directions on the inside of the box and on the bottle… whatever. I’ve been wearing contact lenses for 10 years now and my mom’s been wearing them for close to 30 years now. We normally don’t care about the brand name when it comes to saline solution; we just grab whatever we see in the section. This is exactly what we did yesterday at CVS. I don’t know what came over me, but I just decided to try these “new” products that I noticed. Two bottles, a case, AND a travel size solution for cheaper than other brands… perfect! So I come home and put it nicely on the bathroom counter. At night I wash up and store my contacts using the brand new solution that comes in a bottle with a pretty red tip. This morning, I went to go put on my contacts as I have been doing for the past 10 years. And the next thing I know, my right eye is burning.
I immediately took out the contact lens and started washing it out with water. I had to get to work so I just put on my nasty glasses that only my family members have seen me wear and go to work. Now, 7 hours later, my right eye is still very red and it’s all puffy.
I don’t feel any pain anymore… it just feels very heavy as if I didn’t get any sleep for the past days.
I shared the story with my coworkers cuz they obviously saw what was wrong with my eye and several of them had the same experience. Clear Care burn.

Clear Care products need to be behind the counter or they need to put these locked at CVS like other items like razors or pregnancy testers. This is a very dangerous product when not used exactly as it tells you. The bottles look nothing different from other saline solutions.
They need to change the packaging to something that looks like a medicine.. like a smaller brown bottle that has a big red sign that indicates that the product has hydrogen peroxide.

Just like someone mentioned above, if anyone is starting a class action against Clear Care, I’m oh so definitely in.

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:53 +0000

I put them in the case it came with and waited (over) six hours and it burned the heck out of me! I rinsed them with regular saline and they were alright after that but I don’t understand why it happened if I used the right case and didnt squirt it directly in my eye, and I did not rinse the contacts with clear care before putting them in. The only thing I can think of is that I kind of shook the case (not much) and realized it say do not shake. I have a problem with protein build up on my lens or something because they are blurry by the end of the day. I was hoping this would be the solution, but now I’m scared to try it again!!

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by vinny

vinny — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:37:05 +0000

Just read the instructions on the box or the bottle! not all products are the samea nd Clear Care has got to be the best solution I have used in 20 years of wearing contacts, it usually comes with a special lens case. Would you take medication before reading the directions? read the box before you take your lenses out people! you only have yourself to blame.

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by Diane

Diane — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:27:41 +0000

My ophthalmologist recommended Clear Care, and at first I had no problems with it and thought it did a better job cleaning. Then one morning I woke up, went to put in my lenses just like every other day, and my eyes started tearing and burning like crazy. I had done nothing different, but apparently the thing in the case that neutralizes the acid had stopped working. I was in serious pain, had to throw out my lenses, and flushed my eyes with water for the better part of an hour. I had read the directions carefully and had been using the product for a couple of months when this happened. And no, it wasn’t less than 6 hours, it was closer to 9 hours. I talked to my doctor and reluctantly decided to give it another go with a new case (hard to find sold individually, and expensive!). A few weeks later, the same thing happened, and I swear I felt like suing the company. The case mechanism wears out, sometimes in just a few weeks, and there is no way to know this until your eyes are on fire one morning and you’re worried you might have serious damage. While Clear Care works well when it works, it is NOT worth the serious risks, and should not be on the market in its present form, period.

Incidentally, my son also had many problems with Clear Care, and was swearing it was “evil” back when I was telling him he must not be following the directions carefully. I have since apologized and asked him to forgive me for not taking his warnings seriously. Use it at your peril.

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by GraceFace

GraceFace — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:54:59 +0000

Found this site after I burned my eye. I took every other warning seriously except the one about NOT using a flat case. I’ve been using it for a few weeks, but hate the upright one they provide, so I thought I’d use my old flat case. I let the lenses sit for more than 24 hours, and that stuff STILL set my right eye on fire. I also just read one readers comment (Tina), and decided to ditch this stuff and opt for the tried and true.

Comment on Warning: Clear Care Contact Solution Will Sear Your Eyeballs by Pat

Pat — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:24:18 +0000

This is exactly why I tell people never to change their contact lens solutions, etc., without talking with a Optometrist, Ophthalmologist, or Certified Contact Lens fitter. People MUST read instructions on the bottle eye care purposes.

Due to this column, I am going to speak to my pharmacist and see if we should recommend that they keep this solution behind the counter so no future mistakes are made by clients that do not read instructions. I am also going to make recommendations to CIBA Vision. Did any of you write Ciba Vision about this?

If this product is used as instructed it is the best solution to use for people who have dry eye symptoms or chemical alergic reactions due to contact lens solution. It also kills to types of pathogens/bacteria that are very painful and vision disruptive for contact lens wearers. My advice to you all is to ask more questions from the places that you purchase your contact lenses from in the cities you live in. The most effective way to great contact lens wear is to follow your certified professionals recommendations for products to use.

When an emergency happens with your eyes of sudden vision loss, pain, or sensitivity to bright lights of this nature, go to an emergency and/or see an Ophthalmologist ASAP. Your eyes are precious.