[net.med] Long term storage of contact lenses

hub@fortune.UUCP (Hub Steenbakkers) (01/22/86)

I've retired a pair of extended wear contact lenses and wish to keep
them as a backup pair.
Can they be stored in solutions which don't contain preservatives?
Or can the the lenses be cleansed free of preservatives at a later
date?  Solutions with preservatives irritate my eyes.