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How to Insert and Remove Your Contact Lenses Safely

Yesterday’s post discussed how to look after your contact lenses. Whilst cleaning and storing your contact lenses is paramount to reducing the likelihood of any bacteria developing, insert and removing your contact lenses correctly also ensures that the risk of any problems occurring is reduced.

Inserting Your Contact Lenses

1. Ensure your hands are clean and free from any dirt of dust by washing them under warm, soapy water
2. As it is best to develop a routine, always start with your right eye
3. Place the lens on the middle finger of your right hand, with the concave side facing up
4. Using two fingers on your let hand, open your top eye lid
5. Pulling the lower eye lid down with a spare finger on your right eye, begin to place the contact lens onto the eye centre. Being in front of a mirror will generally help this process
6. Once the contact lens is on the eye, allow your top eye lid to fall over your eye, followed by your bottom eye lid
7. The contact lens should now be in place and feel comfortable. If not, remove the contact lens and start the process again
8. Repeat and follow the above steps for your left eye
9. Rinse out your contact lens case and allow to dry

Removing Your Contact Lenses
1. Once again, ensure your hands are clean by washing them with warm, soapy water
2. Facing a mirror, maneuver your head so your right eye is looking towards the centre of your face
3. Opening your eyes wide, ensure that both your eye lids are not touching the contact lens
4. Press and pull the corner of your eye, so your eye lids become tight
5. Blink your eyes and the contact lens will come out
6. To begin with, this procedure can be a little difficult to get to grips with. If the contact lens fails to fall out of your eye, repeat the process from step 2
7. Rinse and clean the contact lens
8. Store in it’s disinfected case
9. Repeat and follow the procedure for your left eye