Contact Lens

[fanny]

Hi all, I have a wedding coming up and I want to wear my contact lens which I only wear on specail occasions but know with celiac I don't know is tha lense solution is gluten-free? thanks for any information

[tarnalberry]

Good thinking, checking everything!

I've never found one that's had gluten, nor can I think of any reason it would be safe to put gluten in it. Not quite the answer you're looking for, I know, but the best I have.

[Chrisser]

I use Complete. I called the company and they said it's gluten-free.

[Guest laydirain]

this has nothing to do with gluten, but I was just reading this morning that for silicone hydrogel lenses you don't want to use "renu"

[tiffjake]

All optic solutions HAVE to be gluten-free because gluten is not sterile, and it not isotonic, as optic solutions MUST be! (meaning that they are the same saline/water ratio as your blood, so as not to change the pressure in your blood vesels in your eye). There is a longer, more scientific, more indepth answer, but it is late, and I am pooped (LOL) but I wanted to post really quickly.

So, yes, they are gluten-free. Some are harsh, some are painful, and some don't even go in your eyes (the cleaners, they have a RED tip and say "don't put in your eye" and they go in the little cleaning bottle with the carbon disk), but they are ALL gluten-free!

[JenKuz]

All optic solutions HAVE to be gluten-free because gluten is not sterile, and it not isotonic, as optic solutions MUST be! (meaning that they are the same saline/water ratio as your blood, so as not to change the pressure in your blood vesels in your eye). There is a longer, more scientific, more indepth answer, but it is late, and I am pooped (LOL) but I wanted to post really quickly.

So, yes, they are gluten-free. Some are harsh, some are painful, and some don't even go in your eyes (the cleaners, they have a RED tip and say "don't put in your eye" and they go in the little cleaning bottle with the carbon disk), but they are ALL gluten-free!

Hi Tiffjake,

I found sorbitol in the ingredients list of my lens solution (Aquify). I thought this ingredient was grain-based, and could contain gluten. Do you think it goes through some sort of processing to remove gluten protein? Because it could perhaps be sterilized and still retain the protein. What do you think?

Just curious.

Jen