MILLIONS of contact lens wearers are risking blindness due to dirty habits.
MILLIONS of contact lens wearers are risking blindness due to dirty habits.
Many admit picking lenses off the floor then putting them straight in their eye, experts found.
Other disgusting traits include licking the lens to hydrate it and not washing hands before handling one - both branded bad eye-giene' by the College of Optometrists.
Such a casual attitude could result in disease, eye damage and even blindness, warn the organisation.
Even tap water should not be used to wash the fragile discs now worn by three million Brits as an alternative to glasses.
Research by the college found 70% of wearers have at least one potentially eye-damaging habit and a few women have even shared a contact lens with a friend.
