Lost Contact Lens Prime Directive: Don't Put Them In When Found

When it comes to a lost contact lens that is later found, don't wear one. It's that simple. Wearing a discarded or just-found lens can be dangerous not only to your eye but your sight, especially if the lenses found are a vastly different prescription than your own. This can cause irreversible damage to your eyes far beyond the scope of your prescription. Just think about when you were a kid and you used to try on a friend's glasses: Do you remember how warped your vision was? Imagine the same thing; only you're putting a contact in that might have been stepped on, run over by a car tire or put in some sort of environment where dirt, grass or other byproducts of the environment you don't want in your eyes was lodged into the lens permanently.

Why on earth would you put something of that nature in your eyes? Only one thing should happen to a lost contact lenses once found: It should be thrown out immediately, even if you have no other contacts to put in. You never know what could be on the lens, and why would you want to get something in contact with your eyes if you don't know what it is? What if pink eye was lodged on that contact? Do you really want pink eye, especially if you have to wear contacts to see and have no pair of spare glasses lying around to use instead? When all else fails, don't put in a contact you found, throw it out and get yourself a new pair.