How to Insert or Remove Your Contact Lens
Most contact lens wearers laughingly remember struggling in front of a mirror the first time they tried to insert or remove their lenses. As they soon learned inserting contact lenses follows the old saying - with practice comes perfect.
For everyone from first time contact lens wearer to experienced contact users here are a few helpful tips to show you how to properly insert and remove your contact lenses:
Checking if your soft or disposable contact lens is right side out.
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Inserting Your Lenses
- Make sure that your fingers are clean and dry. (Dry fingers facilitate handling as soft contact lenses tend to stick to wet fingers).
- Remove your lens from the storage case.
- It is a good idea to get in the habit of always working with the same lens first the right or left in order to avoid mix-ups.
- Rinse your lens with the solution recommended by your eye care practitioner to remove all traces of debris.
- Place the lens on the tip of your index finger.
- Using the middle finger of your other hand pull and hold your upper lid so that you cannot blink.
- Pull down your lower eyelid using the middle finger of your inserting hand.
- Look up and place the lens gently on the lower white part of your eye.
- Slowly release your eyelid and close your eye for a moment.
- Blink several times to centre the lens on your eye.
- Sometimes small dust particles trapped behind the lens during its placement can cause discomfort. To remove dust slide the lens off and then back onto the front of your eye.
- Insert the other lens following the same procedure.
Removing Your Lenses
- Wash and dry your hands.
- Make sure that your lens is centered correctly on your eye.
- Looking up pull down your lower eyelid with the middle finger of your inserting hand.
- Bring your index finger close to your eye until you touch the lower edge of the lens.
- Slide the lens down to the lower white part of your eye.
- Gently squeeze the lens between your thumb and index finger and remove it from your eye.
- Follow the lens care procedures recommended by your eye care practitioner.
- Remove the other lens and follow the same procedure.
