Sometimes pads on the part that touches the nose helps prevent chafing and irritation. The irritation is what caused me breakouts when I wore glasses; I'd also blot the area a lot as it did feel more oily while wearing glasses. There are little pads one can buy that adhere to the eyeglasses and helps prevent the plastic or metal of the frame from rubbing on the nose or bridge of the nose; they do help.
I wash my glasses with dish soap 2-3 times per day. I still can't keep the darn things up because of the grease, but the rubbing doesn't cause breakouts anymore. I found that I have to use dish soap, specifically, because nothing else will cut through the sebum that gets on the lenses from blinking and having eyelashes. I have plastic frames (lenses are really too thick for wire rims), and all this washing hasn't hurt them, but wire frames might be more susceptible to damage.
On 5/8/2008 at 10:31 PM, Addie said:I wash my glasses with dish soap 2-3 times per day. I still can't keep the darn things up because of the grease, but the rubbing doesn't cause breakouts anymore. I found that I have to use dish soap, specifically, because nothing else will cut through the sebum that gets on the lenses from blinking and having eyelashes. I have plastic frames (lenses are really too thick for wire rims), and all this washing hasn't hurt them, but wire frames might be more susceptible to damage.
I've actually found thay facial wipes meant for oily skin (I personally used the Neutrogena pink grape fruit ones) work really well for cleaning lenses. The trick is to cleant the lenses thoroughly with the wipe (one wipe is enough for both lenses!), rinse them under running water (this part is EXTREMELY important, because otherwise the wipe will leave a residue), and then wipe them gently with a clean microfiber lens cloth. Alternatively, the spray they sell for cleaning LED TV/computer screens will work fairly well too, and they usually come with a soft cloth.