Removing a Stuck Contact Lens
- The Easy Way
Ok, it happens. Whatever the circumstances,
you have a problem of removing a stuck contact
lens. Maybe you thought you took the lens out, but in all the mess
and slipperiness that accompanies contact lens insertion and removal,
the lens pinged back into your your eye.
..... and now you cannot find it
..... or you cannot grab it ....
..... or perhaps you did what I did once,
and put two lenses in one eye and then spent an hour scouring the
room for the missing one.
Removing a Stuck Contact Lens The Easy Way
If you use hard contact lenses, then perhaps
the best way to place and remove contact lenses is to buy a contact
lens plunger. The DMV original hard contact lens plunger is used
with hard contact lenses. It is simple and effective for removing
hard contact lenses. All you have to do is moisten the cup of the
remover and gently place it squarely on the contact lens. The lens
will adhere to the suction cup and will come off the eye easily.
If your lens is stuck, sometimes the problem
can be caused by an inability to get adequate purchase with your
fingers, especially as your eyes begin to tear. Remember that you
can damage your lens or your eye by trying to pull the lens away
from your eye with your fingers. The lens plunger will prove very
useful under these circumstances.
Please note that this accessory cannot be
used with soft contact lenses.
For soft lenses, you really need to use your
fingers, but because the lenses are so malleable, you should be
ok to manipulate the lens without damaging either the eye or the
lens. You may need to hold your eyelid away from the eye with your
other hand, because the lid will want to keep shutting, especially
if it is starting to get irritated.
In both cases, it would be good to to lubricate
the eye first, to aid the removal of the lens. Sometimes it is purely
the dryness of the eye that can cause the problem, especially if
you have worn the lenses for a significant length of time. So adding
some drops may well make the problem much easier to manage.
Some people worry that the lens can go behind
the eye, which can exacerbate the removal problem. If you start
to panic, you could hurt yourself.
It is impossible for the lens
to go behind your eye, so please don't worry.
If you find yourself struggling, just keep
adding drops to ease your discomfort, until you can get to a professional
for help. If these means waiting overnight, then your eye can survive.
Just make sure that you add plenty of lubrication to stop the lens
becoming too dry.
Charlie Cory
Taking
care of your eyes |
