Does anybody have some tips for putting on contact lens?

Question

It's so embarrassing that I spent one and a half hour today and only got the right contact lens inserted into my right eye. What's wrong with my techniques? Or is there anything special about my eyes? Or maybe there are secrets and/or tricks that I didn't know... In order to pass the eye exam and get prescrition, I will have to do it tomorrow again. And even worse, I still haven't developed a feel about the right way to insert the contact lens yet. So my limited success was completely due to luck and chance. If I remove it and try to reinstall the lens, it's still that difficult. What's wrong with me?
Please help me and give me some hints and teach me some caveats... Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

I had the same problem with my contacts when I first got them. It will just take awhile to get used to putting them in. You might blink a lot and that could be causing you problems. Try pulling down your bottom lid with your middle finger of your nondominant hand and inserting your contact with the index finger of your dominant hand. While doing this look towards the ceiling and when you get it in you may have to blink a couple of times to make sure it's in correctly. Don't worry you'll get the hang of it eventually. Best wishes!!!

Answer 2

1. Make sure your hands are clean and dry
2. Put the lens facing up the right way
3. Take a contact moisturizer and put a drop inside the contact
4. use the middle finger on the hand with the contact and the middle finger on the hand withougt the contact the contact hand with th middle finger shoudl be on the bottom and the other on the top
5.When you go to up it in look in the direction
6. Place the lens on your eye
7.Keep holding your eye open for about 5 seconds
8. Then blink

that should work it works for me
make sure when you go to put them in that you have been awake for at least 30min.
hope this helps

Answer 3

LOL!!! I Know how you feel, your not the only one. What I discovered is that the Eye must be moist in order for the lens to stick to it easier. So try putting some eye drops or you can even use the contact lens solution in your eyes untill they are nice and watery, dry under your eye off so you can hold it open and try it again. Also your eye has gotta get used to your finger coming towards it, I've been wearing for about a year now and my opposite eye of the one i'm putting the contact lens on in is always closed. lol


Good Luck !!!

Answer 4

1. Always wash your hands before handling your contact lenses. Avoid soaps with creams, deodorants or perfumes, as they may leave a film on you hand and cause eye irritation. Keep your fingernails trimmed and smooth to avoid damaging the lens or scratching your eye.

2. Take the right lens and rinse thoroughly with saline or rinsing solution. Check for any debris or tears in the lens before inserting. Always insert and remove the right lens first to avoid switching the lenses.

3. Determine if the lens is right side out. Hold the lens on your finger and notice the edges of the lens. If the edges appear almost straight up and appears to be bowl shaped, it is correct. If the edges of the lens are flared out, it is inside out. Your lens may have an inversion mark on it to help determine the right side. If the letter or mark can be read by looking at the lens, it is correct. If the mark is reversed, the lens in inside out.

4. Another method to tell if the lens in inside out is called the "taco test". Fold the lens gently in the palm of your hand. If it is correct, the edges will point inward. If it is inside out, the edges will roll out rather than in.

5. Hold the upper lashes to prevent blinking with the hand not holding the lens. Hold the lower eyelid with the middle finger of the hand holding the lens. Slowly bring the lens toward the eye while looking "through" the lens and finger and place it on the cornea. Slowly release the lower lid first and then the upper lid. Close your eyes gently to center the lens.

6. Use lubricating or re-wetting drops if your lenses feel dry or prior to removal if the lenses feel sticky.

Answer 5

I know it sucks to hear it, but it takes time. I was pretty bad at it at first, but now it's really simple. You just have to get used to messing with your eye.

When you put the contacts in, you might hear some small popping noises. That means the lens is sticking on. Also, when you place it on your eye, gently move it around a bit so that it gets off your finger.

It sounds dumb, but I keep imagining this one scene from Charlie's Angels 2, where Cameron Diaz puts in a contact to get past a security system. It actually made me less nervous about touching and moving around the lens while it was on my eye.

You'll get the hang of it soon.

Answer 6

Well, of course you are going to do all of the correct cleaning and rinsing of your contacts and of your lenses before inserting them. So I am going to skip all of that part. If you are having a problem doing the actual putting in of your lenses, you might be the way I was, I couldn't look at something coming at my eye without wanting to blink which made it impossible to get my contact in my eye. Try this....take your right lense out and have it ready to put into your eye. Get close to the mirror and turn your head down just a little and to the right. Use your left eye to see what you are doing. Using your right ring finger pull down under your right eye just a little and with your index finger (you should already have your contact lense on it) try placing your contact into the white part of your eye. (This would be the white that is to the right of the colored part of your eye). Once you feel it suction onto your eye, slowly blink your eye and look into the direction of the lense. Keep slowly blinking until you feel it move. (and it will). Of course do the same for the other eye.
To remove your lenses try looking straight put your finger up to the bottom of your lense touch it and look towards your nose but higher. Your contact should now be in the same part of your eye as when you first put it in. (The white part of your eye) There will be a little bump or an air bubble in your contact and that is where you pinch your lense and pull it out. This way you won't freak out over something coming towards your eye ball. It's natural to blink at something coming towards your eye.

Answer 7

It takes practice, unfortunately. But, here's how I do it:

-Always stand in front of a mirror.

-Look at your reflection in the mirror instead of looking directly at the lens on your finger when inserting it.

-Go slow. Your eyes will tell you if you're doing it wrong.

-Use lots of saline solution. The wetter the lens the easier it is to insert. If the lens is too dry it can stick to your finger and scratch your eye.

-Use your pointer finger to insert your lens. Use the fingers of your other hand to open your upper and lower eyelids.

Keep practicing. You'll get it. It took me about 3 months before I was comfortable enough to be able to insert them with no problems. Just keep telling yourself not to think about it and just do it. Best of luck to you.

Answer 8

I really didn't listen much to what I was told to do - instead, I put it on my pointer finger, hold my eye open with both middle fingers, and place the contact on my eye, while making sure it's in place with the ring finger of the hand not holding the contact. I know they said that I could rip the contact this way, but I have yet to do so.

Answer 9

1. wash your hands with antibacterial soap.

2. dry them with a paper towel (they are generally not linty)

3. pick up your contact and face it the right way your right index finger.

4. stick out both your middles fingers.

5. have left middle finger holding open your top eyelid and right middle finger holding open the bottom of your eye. try not to blink and carefully insert your contact into your eye. repeat for other eye.

or

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ts5Y_yXrNR8

if you get contacts at a optical store, they will teach you how.

Answer 10

i had the exact same problem when i started wearing contacts. i dont know if it will work for you but what i have to do is put the contact in the corner of my eye(closest to my nose) {{with one hand holding my eye wide open and the other with the contact}} while looking away, then hold it there as i bring my eye back around under it. When i feel it catch, then i move my hand away. hopefully this will work for you...