How to Insert a Contact Lens

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HOW TO INSERT YOUR CONTACT LENSES PROPERLY

  1. Wash (a non-perfumed soap is preferred), rinse & dry your hands before any interaction with the contacts. A wet finger could cause a soft lens to flatten. Do not use fingernails when handling your lenses.

  2. If you are near a sink, close the drain to avoid any mishaps.

  3. Always insert your contacts in the same order to eliminate mix-ups.

  4. Pour the lens and storage fluid from the case into your palm.

  5. Examine your lens for particles, deposits or tears.

  6. Place the lens, cup side up, on your forefinger. Be sure the lens is right side out—the lens’ edge will appear almost straight up. If the lens is inside out, the edges will bow out slightly. If the lens is inside out, reverse it before proceeding.

  7. Insert:
    • Hold your upper eyelid or lashes to hinder blinking.
    • Pull your bottom eyelid down using your middle finger
    • Look up at the ceiling so that the white part of your eye shows and position the lens onto the white part
      Or, you can look forward at the lens and gently situate it in the center of your eye.
    • Remove your finger and let the bottom eye lid go before the top.

  8. Look down to position the lens.

  9. Close your eye for a moment.

  10. Apply one to two eye drops (lens lubricant) if your lenses feel dry or vision blurs.

  11. Repeat the same steps for inserting the lens for the left (or second) eye.

* Be sure to have your eye doctor demonstrate these steps prior to your first attempt at inserting your lenses.

 

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