Is it possible to use your own saliva to clean your contact lens?

Is it possible to use your own saliva to clean your contact lens?
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According to this, no. But I don’t believe it. I’ve worn contact lenses for nearly twenty years and I do it all the time. But I wear gas permeable rigid contacts and you can do almost anything with those. I’m not sure if you should use your saliva with soft lenses. My wife wears those and they are a lot more fragile.
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