How to clean your glasses properly | Optometrist Explains

Thank you, my eyeballs are now clean

This is without a doubt the most clear and well done "do's/dont's" thing about glasses I've ever seen.

Recently started working at an optometrist office and this channel has been a real gem to watch. I’m new to healthcare in general so it’s interesting to see what the doctors are up to. This is also kinda good to know because I sometimes clean patients glasses when I’m trying to read the adds on their progressive lens. Really don’t want to scratch their lenses >_<

I have cleaned my eyeglasses with warm water, mild liquid dish soap and a soft, dry cloth since 1963 because that's what my optometrists have always used. I now wear lenses with Essilor Crizal coatings. Essilor, one of the largest eyewear manufacturers, recommends warm water, mild liquid dish soap and a soft, dry cloth too. Essilor discourages daily use of alcohol to clean lenses but says occasional use is OK.

Antonio? Thank you. I know this is late but when I watched this video 2 yrs ago I am now the assigned cleaner of my aging parents' glasses 🤣 I clean our glasses every 2 weeks and im glad to report that theyre really happy with my "cleaning" routine. Thank you for sharing this 😘

I start wearing glasses 6 months ago the most thing annoys me is just how quick they get dirty! I didn't struggle with the common things that people hate when they start wearing glasses like how annoying it sit in the nose and behind the ears BUT GOD WHY I HAVE TO CLEAN THEM MORE THAN ONCE EVERYDAY thanks for the tips!

Bro ive had glasses for about 10 years now and I just learned how to clean the smudges on my glasses. Thank you man

I feel like I finally found the channel that gets me. Discussing the best glasses cleaning methods etc.

I personally like using dish soap and cold water for my frames and lens. Works really well and using a gentle dish soap (non moisturizing) does not harm the coating on your lens.

THANK YOU!! I put some isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle and used a microfiber cloth & I swear it worked WAY better than glasses cleaner spray!! You’re a lifesaver! 👓

As a person who’s been wearing eyeglasses more than thirty years to this moment, I couldn’t agree more. I have only one thing to add: never put your glasses on sofa/chair/bed, basically, on any surface that is used for sitting or laying down. You may be careful, but people around you are unaware. It was a hard lesson to learn. When I was in middle school, I put my glasses on sofa beside me and my dad incidentally sat on them, breaking the frame in half. I had to live without eyeglasses about a month before my new eyeglasses arrived (I have complex prescription and my lenses usually are made to order).

Great information! Thank you! I wear all my time glasses and I hate when I see some spots on them! I recently changed them and I don’t want to doing mistakes with them!

After 20 years of existence, I realized I needed glasses, this video ended being really useful for a noob like me haha! Thanks

One thing I would say as an optical lab technician is that some (but very few) types of plastic frames DO NOT like alcohol. We use an alcohol based spectacle cleaner aerosol spray in my lab which we know to KEEP AWAY from certain frames because they quite literally pop open and the lenses go flying. Not certain exactly what is happening in these cases but the rim will literally break open suddenly in the presence of alcohol for some reason.

Thank you for your explanation, this is the most detailed video I have ever seen. I will try the new way of cleaning glasses.

I went the Costco route. Once I got my glasses about 2 weeks went by and I realized that dust in the air stuck to them much more than other glasses. The dust would cause an annoying a distracting light refraction...the treatment of the lenses were the culprit...I returned the glasses. Too bad, they were such a good price, too..

You gave me the best information and recommendations! Maybe I can see clearly now instead of always looking through a fog.

Thank you for your video. I just want to note that tissues shouldn't ever be used to wipe your lenses. Lenses should always be wet before wiping (as you discribed), but if you were in an area with a lot of dust and things like that, I always rinse them off first. then apply cleaner and wipe. Do not use fabric softener when washing your cleaning cloth. (yes, they have do be washed everyone), I wash mine without using fabric softener in that load and then hang them inside to dry. Thank you for the video!

I recently saw a video that said NEVER use alcohol to clean your lenses because it will damage any coatings you have and, also use the cloth that came with your glasses to dry the lenses, not microfiber cloth.

im going to get my first glasses in a couple of days, this videos will help me a lot, thanks