I rarely happens to me, once a year maybe, but I haven’t paid attention to any kind of pattern (something on my hands? new lenses? new holder? etc).
If I’m at all worried about it I put it on the edge of my sink instead of my counter so it doesn’t make a mess.
James, if it’s happening regularly, rinse the container and holder really well with regular saline. That usually makes it stop happening. I wonder if CC, cleans it with something before sending it out and there’s some kind of detergent left in the holder, maybe something is breaking free.
Also, I’ve never hesitated to put them in my eyes the next morning and never had any issues. But it’s been a while so I don’t remember what I did, I think I just refilled the container and moved on. I may have rinsed them in the morning.
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So I’ve been using clear care for about a year and every now and then I get the extra foam out the top and all over the sink. I’ve noticed this happens after rinsing my contacts or the case with regular contact solution first, or if my fingers still had some water on them after washing my hands and this got onto my contacts. I found that it helps if I rinse whatever contraption it is that the lenses are in with the clear care (especially the platinum part on the bottom). And as for people saying it leaves a stuffing residue on the contacts (maybe it really does), I think that’s dried up peroxide that gets on you fingers as you open the case. It happened to me once and I thought my eyeballs were on fire and I was going blind for life. Since then I always run the closed case under water before opening it to make sure there’s no peroxide residue and I haven’t had a problem since. Also!! Just remembered hearing someone say the foam that comes out ruined their granite counter in the bathroom so I always leave mine on a washcloth or on the edge of the sink.
I just started wearing contact lenses again after a 7 year break. AOSept was always my preferred disinfection system, and the optometrist told me that Clear Care was its successor.
I was very surprised to see the Clear Care solution bubbling so vigorously after I closed the case, and I have had several instances of the case being half-empty the next morning. This never happened with AOSept - I assume something about the catalyst disc has changed?
Hmm. Nitric acid. Messy, but effective. You’re lucky you didn’t put those back in.
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You’re probably fine, just really clean out your cases before you use them.
I get this all the time now. It’s VERY annoying. It didn’t used to do this. I now have to make sure I save enough time to make sure they’ll make it through the night without spilling over. It’s almost a half hour process, about three cycles of them boiling over, refilling, boiling over again, refilling…sometimes even more than three cycles.
I’d suggest using a new holder (one holder typically will work through two bottles) or after it’s done over flowing the first time, refill it with regular saline. The majority of what’s in Clear Care is saline to begin with so it shouldn’t happen again after the H2O2 is (mostly) gone.
I was having the same overflow problem. Every morning my contacts were suspended in an empty case. I was so worried the solution wasn’t neutralized I would rinse them in the baskets really well with multipurpose solution before putting them in my eyes.
Well thats the problem. The multipurpose solution leaves something on the basket that causes the clear care to foamover. I was also wetting my eyes with it when I took my contacts out and that was enough to cause the over reaction.
I soaked the empty case overnight in Clear Care to get it really clean. Now I either use plain saline or nothing in my eyes when I take my lenses out, and I never rinse them in the basket with anything but Clear Care.
It works! I have not had an overflow since and my lenses are much cleaner because they actually soak in the clear care for hours instead of minutes.
I know this is an old post, and IANAD, but you should never rinse any of your contact gear with water; not even on the outside. Use sterile stuff only (peroxide, saline, etc.). Rinsing in water adds the risk of introducing harmful microbes, which can cause permanent vision loss. Sure, the peroxide case is supposed to be water tight except for the pressure valve, but I wouldn’t bet my eyes on it.
Old thread and all, but I’ll add my own speculation anyway. I’ve used Clear Care for years and I’ve never seen this.
The foaming in the OP is indicating that the H[sub]2[/sub]O[sub]2[/sub] is reacting with something, and fast. Contamination during handling seems most likely. If I were in this boat, I’d squirt some Clear Care on my fingers and on samples of everything I’ve touched during my bathroom routine (or before) to learn what can induce such foaming to provide clues as to what the contamination might be.
For the many people mentioning the frothing and spill over - don’t rinse your lenses with normal saline solution before you put them in the Clear Care case. When I first started using the product I did that and it caused the solution to froth and spill over which meant that the lenses were no longer surrounded by the peroxide and therefore never surrounded later by the now converted to saline solution. That’s why they burn your eyes.
Anyone else find the new formula with Hydraglide to cause blurry vision? I couldn’t use it and went back to the original formula.