A method for producing an ophthalmic product which comprises a sealed and autoclave-sterilized package which includes a post-autoclave packaging solution and a readily-usable silicone hydrogel contact lens immersed therein, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens that is free of any coating thereon and free of a polymeric surfactant that comprises at least one hydrophilic poly(oxyethylene) segment and at least one hydrophobic poly(oxybutylene) segment and has an HLB value of from about 11 to about 16 and a number average molecular weight of from about 800 to about 20,000 Daltons, wherein the preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens has an equilibrium water content of from 38% to 80% by weight, an elastic modulus of from 0.2 to 1.5 MPa and an oxygen permeability of at least 50 barrers; b) placing the preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens in a container containing a pre-autoclave packaging solution, wherein the pre-autoclave packaging solution is a buffered saline having a pH of from 6.0 to 8.0 and includes the polymeric surfactant, wherein the polymeric surfactant is present in the pre-autoclave packaging solution in an amount that is from 0.005% to 0.038% by weight and is selected to ensure (i) that at least 25 micrograms/lens of the polymeric surfactant penetrate into the preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens during autoclave and subsequently are distributed within the polymer matrix of the readily-usable silicone hydrogel contact lens obtained after autoclave and (ii) that difference in lens diameter between the readily-usable silicone hydrogel contact lens and control lens that is the preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens autoclaved in phosphate buffered saline free of the polymeric surfactant is less than 0.20 mm; c) sealing the container to a sealed package that comprises the preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens immersed in the pre-autoclaved packaging solution; and d) autoclaving the sealed package containing the pre-formed silicone hydrogel contact lens therein for at least 30 minutes to obtain the ophthalmic product, wherein the readily-usable silicone hydrogel contact lens has a capability of releasing the polymeric surfactant in an amount of at least 0.2 μg/lens/24 hours as measured in an aqueous extraction process consisting of 7 cycles of simulated 1-day-wearing extraction, wherein the capacity of releasing the polymeric surfactant is the amount of the polymeric surfactant released per lens over 24 hours into an extraction medium which has been used in the last cycle of the 7 cycles of the simulated 1-day-wearing extraction, wherein the readily-usable silicone hydrogel contact lens further has a first static water contact angle, WCA OOP, of 75° or less as measured directly out of the sealed package by sessile drop method, a second static water contact angle, WCA 7_S1DW, of 85° or less as measured by sessile drop method immediately after being subjected to the 7 cycles of the simulated 1-day-wearing extraction. a) obtaining a preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens that is free of any coating thereon and free of a polymeric surfactant that comprises at least one hydrophilic poly(oxyethylene) segment and at least one hydrophobic poly(oxybutylene) segment and has an HLB value of from about 11 to about 16 and a number average molecular weight of from about 800 to about 20,000 Daltons, wherein the preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens has an equilibrium water content of from 38% to 80% by weight, an elastic modulus of from 0.2 to 1.5 MPa and an oxygen permeability of at least 50 barrers; b) placing the preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens in a container containing a pre-autoclave packaging solution, wherein the pre-autoclave packaging solution is a buffered saline having a pH of from 6.0 to 8.0 and includes the polymeric surfactant, wherein the polymeric surfactant is present in the pre-autoclave packaging solution in an amount that is from 0.005% to 0.038% by weight and is selected to ensure (i) that at least 25 micrograms/lens of the polymeric surfactant penetrate into the preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens during autoclave and subsequently are distributed within the polymer matrix of the readily-usable silicone hydrogel contact lens obtained after autoclave and (ii) that difference in lens diameter between the readily-usable silicone hydrogel contact lens and control lens that is the preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens autoclaved in phosphate buffered saline free of the polymeric surfactant is less than 0.20 mm; c) sealing the container to a sealed package that comprises the preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens immersed in the pre-autoclaved packaging solution; and d) autoclaving the sealed package containing the pre-formed silicone hydrogel contact lens therein for at least 30 minutes to obtain the ophthalmic product,