After the joy of getting a pair of contact lenses, the next thing most people worry about is how to insert and remove contact lenses properly. It is believed this memory is impressive for every first-time contact lens wearers. Just imagine you have to touch your eyeball which you haven’t done before, and it is highly possible to poke your eyes. This is considered so dangerous that most first-time wearers are fear to do it. The following will give some tips on inserting and removing contact lenses in the hope that it will give some instruction for first-time contact lens wearers.
At the beginning of inserting our contact lens, it is important to put some solution on the lens. Of course, if you keep the lens in the container with solution for the nights, it is no need to do it. Then you can put the lens on your index finger open side up. But please make sure your hands are clean and dry, otherwise, it may cause infection to your eyes.
After that, in order to make you to look up easily, you can use the index finger or thumb to pull down the bottom part of the eye lid. In this way, the contact lens can contact the eyes gently. For first-time wearers, there is a common problem that they are likely to blink as the eyes are not familiar with this. But please try to prevent blinking as more blinking will make people not able to insert the lens in the eyes. After several seconds, you will feel the lens is stick to your eyeball. If you feel the lens is not right in your eyes, you can adjust it till you feel it is ok.
As people may know, the removal of contact lenses is much easier than inserting. The dry and clean hand is also necessary. Then you can use the index finger and thumb to grip the both sides of the lens to make the lens take off the eye. It is not as complicated as inserting, so people find they are less difficult.
Though for the first time of inserting and removing contact lens, you may think they are very difficult and troublesome, after long-time wearing, you will find you need less time to wear and take off the lens, and your eyes are more familiar and comfortable with the lens. Therefore, please don’t worry about it. It will be an easy daily work for you later.