Contact lenses, another vision correction method, are used by many people nowadays. Unlike glasses that add structure and personality to your outfit, contact lenses let your natural facial features take the front row seat. For starters, contact lenses appear to be a more complex thing as they need a proper wearing and removing process, but once you get used to it becomes quite a simple process. You need some tips and tricks, and follow them for a few days, and trust me, you will get used to them. Be it coloured contact lenses or clear contacts, here is how you should wear and remove them.
How to Put in Contact Lenses?
Let’s first understand how to put in contact lenses. Here are four simple steps.
Wash your hands thoroughly
Before handling your contact lenses, wash your hands with soap and running water generously.
Once done with washing your hands, dry them using a clean towel.
Washing your hands is a must because your eyes are prone to infection if you handle your contact lenses with dirty hands.
Take out the lens from the storage case: One lens at a time
After washing your hands, you can remove contact lenses from the storage case.
Start by taking out one of the lenses and gently sliding it onto the tip of your index finger. Use your dominant hand to do this.
Avoid using your nails to handle the lenses.
Rinse the lens with the contact lens solution provided with your lenses.
Confirm that the lens isn’t inside out. To do so, hold it at the tip of your finger with sufficient light falling on it. A contact lens that is right-side out should appear like a bowl with straight edges. If the edges flare out, creating a lip, your lens is inside out, and you can correct it by turning it over.
Placing the lens in your eye
Coming to how to put contact lenses in your eyes, start with one eye. Make sure you are wearing the right eye lenses in your right eye only.
Hold your upper eyelid open using a finger of your non-dominant hand, while pulling down your lower eyelid with your dominant hand, using a finger other than the one in which you are holding your lenses. It is recommended to do this while looking in a mirror.
While looking in front of or slightly up towards the ceiling, place the contact lens over the iris of your eye. Be careful and move the lens steadily towards your eye.
While placing it in your eye, gently press the lens downward until all its corners are touching your iris.
Making final adjustments
Once the lens is placed in your eye, slowly shut your eye and keep it closed for a moment to allow the lens to settle. Rotate your eyeballs in all directions so that the lenses are placed properly on the iris.
Then, you can open your eye and blink a few times to ensure that the lens is in place. This will also help to smooth out any air bubbles if. You can also check in the mirror whether the lens is placed in the centre of your eye or not.
Once you are done putting your contact in one eye, repeat the same process explained above for the other eye.
How to Take Out Contact Lenses?
To know how to take out contact lenses, here are four simple steps that you need to follow.
Wash your hands thoroughly
Before handling your contact lenses, washing your hands is a must, whether you are putting them on or when you have to remove contact lenses.
Use soap and running water to wash your hands and dry them using a clean towel.
Hold one of your eyes open
Gently pull your lower eyelid down with the middle finger of your dominant hand. You can use a finger of your non-dominant hand to hold your upper eyelid open.
Bring the index finger of your dominant hand swiftly towards the lens in your eye. Using your index finger, slide the lens gently downwards towards the white part of your eye.
Remove contact lenses from your eyes
Once you have pushed the lens down to the white portion, gently squeeze the lens using the index finger and thumb of your dominant hand.
Maintain a gentle grip on the lens and pull it away swiftly. The grip needs to be gentle so that you don’t end up tearing the lens.
After removing the contacts from one eye, repeat the same process explained above for the other eye.
After you have taken out your contact lenses
If you are using daily disposable contact lenses, you must discard them after removing them from your eyes.
In case of variants of contact lenses other than daily disposables, you need to clean them after removal using the recommended contact lens cleaning solution. Avoid using solutions that aren’t recommended.
After cleaning the lenses, put them back in the storage case by covering them with a fresh solution.
Final Thoughts
Follow this step-by-step guide explained above to put in and take out your contact lenses, and you will be amazed to find out how simple the entire process is. If you still don’t feel comfortable wearing contact lenses, then eyeglasses are the safest and easiest way to correct your vision. You can explore our range of 1000+ fashion-forward frames crafted to the highest standards of British precision at 70% lower prices than the high street.
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