Contact Lens Removal

How to Remove Contact Lenses

There are a lot of strategies in taking off contact lenses that you can employ. In fact, a growing number of people are publishing educational videos on the web to impart their own strategies in taking off contact lens.

Before removing your contacs, there are things that you would need to ready and tasks that you need to do. First, ensure that you've prepared all the things that you will need in the process. Prepare a soap, towel, mirror, contact lens solution, and contact lens casing. Apart from the equipments that you will need, there are also basic steps that you ought to do. If you are wearing an eye make-up, remove it first and cleanse your hands adequately with soap. After washing, make it to the point that your hands are completely dried. Make it sure also that the contact lens is in the cornea before removing it. Always bear in mind to start with the right eye in removing. When the above mentioned are completed, try out the following ways on how to remove contacts.

Usually, there are two well-known methods known as the pinch method and the forefinger and thumb method. However, the two strategies have come up with different variations. Adding to that, are the methods discovered by some contact lens users around the world.

 In Forefinger and Thumb Method, obviously you will employ your index finger and thumb. Face a mirror and position your index finger in the center of the upper lid and the thumb to the center of lower lid. Cup your opposite hand underneath the eye to catch the lens as it drops. When the two fingers are in place, look right to mirror then press and blink slightly to get rid of the lens.

The Pinch Method is popular to many contact lens users. This technique also makes use of index finger and thumb. Utilize the middle finger of your other hand to pull down the lower lid. Once the lower lid is pulled down, look up and slip down the lens to the lower white part of your eyes using the fleshy part of right index finger. If you sense that the lens is in the lower white portion of your eye, pinch the lens out with the use of the index finger and thumb.

The Squeezing Method utilizes left middle finger and the right ring finger. Use the ring finger of your right hand to lift the upper eyelid. Use the left middle finger to pull down the lower lid. When the two fingers are in position, slowly push in your fingers from top to bottom squeezing out the lens. Another variation of squeezing approach is to stretch out the right eye to the sides using the opposite hand. When the right eye is stretched, place the half portion of left middle finger to the upper lid and the other half should be pressing the upper part of lens, and then squeeze downward.

Index Finger method is not common to many users. This approach is favorable to wearers who have long nails. The index fingers of your two hands are employed in this method. Start out by directing the tip of your two index fingers up. While facing the mirror, place the tip fleshy part of the index fingers in the horizontal ends of the lens. As you fell the index reaching the lens, pinch in to take hold of the lens and pull it outward.

When each lenses are taken off , totally clean it with solution using the thumb and forefinger.After cleansing, place it in the casing filled by solution and store it for at least 4 hours.

Removing contact lens might be challenging at first, but it is just a matter of getting use to. Moreover, as there are discounted contact lenses available in the market, there will be a growing numbers of contact lens wearers who will be discovering further techniques in removing contact lenses easier, safer and faster.