Inserting Contact Lenses

How to Put on Contact Lenses

As there are available discounted contact lenses nowadays, many people are now wearing contact lenses for corrective and cosmetic purposes. Currently, there are many spectacle wearers who stop using glasses for contact lenses yet there still a few who keep using spectacles. It could be that wearing and taking off contact lenses prevents them from shifting to contact lenses. Putting on contact lenses could be a bit challenging for first-timers. But, it will get less complicated every time you are doing the procedure. Almost all contact lenses wearers use the similar method in wearing contact lenses.

Prior to wearing contacts, there are stuff that you need to prepare. Furthermore, there are also processess that you ought to do. It would be much better to apply your contact lenses in a location where there is a mirror and a sink to make sure that you'll have a mirror to look at and water to wash your hands. Prepare an unaccented soap, towel, contact lens solution and of course the contact lenses in its container.

Don't forget to wash your hand with non-fragrant soap. Fragrant soap might contain chemical content that may be harmful to the eye. After washing, make sure to dry hands thoroughly. There could some incidences when lens gets stuck in its container. If it occurs, do not detach it by utilising your fingernail for it might tear the lens. Instead, shake the container well, and once you open it, you will see that the lens will separates itself from the casing. Remember to always begin with the right eye lens.

From the container, pick the right contact lens using your index finger with the help of the thumb and place it on your palm. Drop a contact lens solution to it, then rub and rinse the lens to remove the build-up proteins. The right way to clean the lens is to rub it back and forth using the forefinger and thumb. Cleaning it in circular movement with index finger could rip the lens. Position the lens at the tip of your index finger in which cup is facing up. Make sure that the lens isn't turned inside out. If the lens’s form resembles a perfect letter “U” it could mean that it is in the correct side. Look at the mirror. Lift up the upper lid using the fingers of the left hand and pull down the lower lid with the help of the fingers of your right hand. Look straight to the mirror and place the lens in the lower white portion of your eyeball. Release the eyelids. Once it is properly in placed, blink your eye. Look up, down and sideways so that lens will perfectly settle into the cornea. Double-check if the lens properly fits into the cornea by looking straight at the mirror. Perform the same thing with the left lens.

 If you're thinking of wearing make-up, apply it only when you've put on your contact lenses. To wear contact lenses easier and faster, utilize your dominant hand. Futhermore, make sure that your index finger is moistened a bit so that you can easily take hold of the lens. If it takes you time to insert your lenses, you do not need to worry for you are not alone. It's acceptable that it will take 5 to five attempts for first time users to apply contact lenses..