Disclosed is a contact lens warming apparatus (100) adapted to warm a contactlens (109) stored in a removably inserted lens container (102), the apparatuscomprising a controller (106), a heatable cavity (103) shaped to be conformalto a corresponding contact surface (108) of the inserted lens container (102),said conformal contact surface facilitating the rapid repeatable warming ofthe contact lens (109), and a heating element (107), wherein the controller (106)is adapted to direct the heating element (107) to warm the inserted lens container(102) thereby warming the contact lens (109) in the lens container (102) in orderto reduce discomfort otherwise felt by a wearer of the contact lens (109) wheninserting the unwarmed contact lens (109) into their eye.
