Most doctors agree that rubbing is better than not rubbing. Oasys lenses
aren't fragile.

"No Rub" was a marketing strategy. No new ingredients were added when the
"No Rub" claims came out.

-MT

I cannot speak for your doctor, but I will tell you how I prescribe
lens care for 2 week daily wear soft contact lens (SCLs) like the
Acuvue Oasys you have been prescribed and what I think of "no rub".
Feel free to consult with YOUR doctor and ask him his opinion of my
recommendations for MY patients:

When I prescribe any multi-purpose solution (MPS) for these type of
lenses I always instruct patients to rub their SCLs gently for 10-20
seconds on each side of the lenses while in the palm of their hand
using liberal amounts of the MPS.

(This is opposed to simply removing the SCLs from their eyes, placing
them in their case, submerging the SCLs in MPS, and closing the lids.)

I instruct them that for the FDA to approve a MPS as "no rub" it has
to kill a certain amount of "bugs" without rubbing the SCLs.  I
present the analogy oif taking a dirty T-shirt and sumberging it in
bleach water (kills the bugs) versus the digital agitation of a wash
machine (cleans).  The "no rub" MPSs do kill sufficient bugs to make
the FDA happy.  However, the digital agitation removes a significant
amount of debris (protein, lipids, etc.) from the SCLs and allows them
to feel more comfortable especially near the end of the replacement
schedule.

I find this to be especially important in the silicone hydrogel
contact lenses (SHCLs) versus older HEMA-based SCLs as I have found
the SHCLs in general do not stay as clean as SCLs do, despite what the
literature may say.

If one is gentle and given proper instruction, the lenses will not rip
except as a fluke rare occurance or if the lens was defective.

I personally have not torn a non-defective SHCL from the simple
cleaning as far as I can remember.