Insert and remove contact lens

This is a very exciting time in a person’s life! Your entire appearance, confidence level and attitude can change for the better once you get contacts. Most people are nervous about learning how to insert, remove contact lenses when they are first learning to wear contacts. In fact, this is the most common reason cited for not getting contact lenses in the first place, but it’s really not difficult to do, and with a little practice, anyone can learn to insert, remove contact lens as well as clean, disinfect and store their contact lenses.

When you see your ophthalmologist (you should make an appointment at least once a year) ask them about the possibility of using contact lenses. Even if you have astigmatism you are now able to buy contact lenses, and contacts work for both nearsightedness and farsightedness. If your doctor agrees that you are the right candidate for contacts, they will spend some time teaching you how to properly take care of them. It is important to wash your hands thoroughly before inserting or removing your contacts. Never clean your lenses with water. Only use prescribed saline solution or protein remover overnight.

Don’t worry, it is literally impossible for your contact lens to get stuck behind your eyelid, and if your contact does become momentarily stuck to your eye, it is easy to remove. Just be calm and patiently place some re-wetting drops in your eye. Soft lenses are easily bendable and fold right out. Keep your nails trim so as not to tear the lenses. As for removing hard lenses (or gas permeable), pull your eyelid straight and tight to the side and blink. It should pop out.

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