First time trying to put on contacts. Each time I get close, my eye flickers. What can I do to resolve this

Question

First time. Help!

Answer 1

Place your contact on your pointer finger, (making sure it is cupped correctly. If it is like a bowl, and the edges are tipping in, your doing it right. If it is shaped like a bowl, and the edges are tipped outward, you need to turn it upside down)

Then, while looking upward as much as possible, place your middle finger just under your eyelid, and pull the skin downward. This way you will not see much of your finger.

Now, place the contact onto the lower part of your eyeball, and blink.

You will feel like you have a contact on, but that is normal. If you feel like it is wrinkled, take it our, rinse it, and start over.

There is no chance that you contact will go behind your eye. You have a piece of skin like material that stops this from happening.

If you ever get something in your eye, remove contact, rub object towards the center of the eye, then rinse contact, and put it back in

Answer 2

just make sure the contact is wet enough and then really hold your eye lid open and look up like you are rolling your eyes. put it on the eye and then close your eyes for a second then blink a couple times and it will go into place.

your contact cannot get lost in your eye so there is no worries if it isn't in the right place. when you blink it will get there. you won't flutter as much if you don't see it coming...why you are looking up.

i have been wearing contacts a long time and the first time i though no way...and now it is no big deal.

take care! SD

Answer 3

This happens to almost everyone on their first time. I would just keep trying and holding your eyelids back with some fingers and using your other hand to put on the contact. I know it's hard. I'm 13 and I started using contacts at 11, it just takes time. You can do it.

Answer 4

Well if you are looking directly at the contact of course your eye will flicker,especially if its your first time. The easiest way is to look to the side and place it on your eyeball and just adjust, this might get a little uncomfortable. just remember "practice makes perfect so keep practicing!!!:) Soon this task will be just a breeze.

Answer 5

Put the contact lens on your pointer finger. With your middle finger pull down your lower eyelid as far as you can. Quickly stick the contact on your eye and once it is on blink to make it stick and get any air out from under it. Sometimes it helps if you tilt your head back while you are doing this.

Answer 6

pick a hand to put the contact in with... then with the other hand's pointer finger lift away the top eye lid. pull the bottom away with the same hand using the other fingers. place the contact in towed the bottom of the eye and slide it up towed the iris. It just takes practice!!! Just don't get frustrated and you'll get it!

Answer 7

For the right eye:
Take your left hand and use it do hold open your eyelid so you can't blink. With your right middle finger pull down your bottom lid. Then with the forefinger on the right hand place the contact on your eye. Reverse for the left

Good luck--I used to wear contacts, and it gets easier!!

Answer 8

it happened to almost every body all you have to do is keep trying and you will get it hold your eyelids with a few fingers and then with the other hand put it in and if your eye wants to flicker keep holding it!!

good luck!!

Answer 9

as quickly as I first commencing wearing contacts years in the past, the attention tech advised me to get the touch close and seem to the area after which place touch in the attention. with a bit of luck my finding to the area, you weren't draw back plenty. it works properly for me. I do it nevertheless to this present day and that i've got been wearing touch for approximately 8 years.

Answer 10

That is the protective mechanism of your eyes working. Be patient-you will get used to it.