How to Put in and Remove Contact Lenses

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Nothing is worse than having a contact slide under your eyelid. OK, there are worse things. But this is one you easily can avoid.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Good lighting
A sink
Unscented soap
A mirror
Your contact lenses
And contact lens wetting solution
Good lighting
A sink
Unscented soap
A mirror
Your contact lenses
And contact lens wetting solution

Step 1: Find well-lit mirror

Find a well-lit room with a sink and mirror.

Tip: Close the drain so that if you drop your contact lens, it won't be washed away.

Step 2: Wash your hands

Wash your hands with unscented soap. Oils and dirt can not only damage your lenses, but could cause eye infections.

Tip: Always put your contact lens in before applying makeup.

Step 3: Wet the lens

Using your index finger and thumb, pick up one of the lenses and moisturize it with some contact lens wetting solution.

Step 4: Position lens

Hold the lens on the tip of your index finger the way it will go into your eye —bowl shaped, with the "cup" facing up.

Tip: Make sure the lens isn't inside out: If it's a perfect "U" it's fine; if the edges flare out, it needs to be flipped.

Step 5: Hold eyelid

With one hand, hold the upper eyelid up and the lower lid down.

Step 6: Look up

Look forward or up slightly and gently place the lens on the white part of your eyeball.

Step 7: Blink

Blink and look around with your eye to rotate the lens into its proper place. Confirm this by looking in the mirror.

Step 8: Repeat

Repeat the process with the other eye.

Step 9: Wet lens case

When you're ready to remove lenses, put a few drops of contact lens solution into your contact lens case.

Step 10: Hold down eyelid

Looking in the mirror, hold down the lower eyelid of one eye.

Step 11: Pinch lens

Using an index finger and thumb, gently move the lens to the whites of your eyes, then gently pinch the contact lens and pull it away from your eye.

Tip: If you're having trouble removing a contact lens, consider using a "plunger." You can get one from your eye doctor.

Step 12: Store lens

Immediately place the lens into the side of the case that corresponds to the eye from which you removed the lens.

Tip: Make sure the lens is completely open and not folded onto itself.

Step 13: Add solution

Do the same with the other eye, then add more solution to the case and close it securely.

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[MrSwaqqKiidd]

i have small eyes . FML

[InstantlyAwesome]

I always thought "Damn this is so impossible" but after wearing contact lenses for 1 month now, I think "Everyone who still wears glasses is just fucking stupid."

It is so easy, really. I don't even need a minute for both eyes nowadays.

[aceofaces91]

@Sooners4ever25 no not really but i am not an eye doctor so ask your eye doctor

[NeffNeff02]

I'm somehow scared of contacts.. I just haven't got the guts to put it in my eye yet I watch this. D:

And yes. I wear glasses ONLY when I'm in front of my PC. ._.

[MyYoyo0000]

what happend if a kid try it

[Sooners4ever25]

When you take the contact out of your eye is it suppose to leave a ring around your eye?

[Theblueprodigyx]

@MattTrucksMistress ya me too

[bmxforevernotnever]

that just scared me for not doing it if you loose it

[dodyniya]

2bloodkiller i wanna cunfirm one thing dat..once i heard that one boy was died cx he weared lense n his lenses were lost uper side of the lid somewhere..is it really true??bcx i always scare ;(

[dodyniya]

@2bloodkiller.hey thx once again ..ill surely try a diffrent contact solution..if i need any other help ill ask u again stay in touch lol cx no one tels me;)

[2bloodkiller]

Dodyniya: u could try to use a diffrent brand of solution.. I use opti free and it works good for me. But yea just try a diffrent brand

[djnaly]

pfffft i dont even need a mirror lol!

im 15 and the first time i wore lenses was 13 IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE OMG then when i put it in it was sooooooooooooooooooooooo easy, i cant believe i cudn do it