Soft Contact Basics

Inserting Your Lens

• Wash and dry your hands.
• Close nearby drain in sink.
• Pour the right lens and storage solution from the case into your palm. (It is a good idea to get in the habit of always working with the right lens first to avoid mix-ups.)
• Make sure your fingers are clean and dry.
• Place the right lens on the tip of your index finger of your dominate hand.
• Check to make sure the lens is not inside out. The lens should shape like a bowl. If the edges of your lens turn out, it is inside out. Apply a few drops of solution on your lens and reverse it.
• Using the middle finger of our other hand, pull and hold your upper lid firmly open so you cannot blink.
• Pull down your lower eyelid, using the middle finger of your inserting hand.
• Look up and place the lens gently on the lower white part of your eye. Or look directly at the lens and place the lens directly on the cornea.
• Look down to position the lens correctly.
• Slowly release your eyelid and close your eye for a moment.
• Blink several times to center the lens on your eye.

Removing Your Lens

• Wash and dry your hands.
  Close nearby drain in sink.
• Make sure your lens is centered
• Looking up, pull down your eyelid with the middle finger of your inserting hand. The use of a rewetting drop may be helpful in freeing the lens from the cornea for removal.
• Use the finger to pull the lens down.
  Slide the lens down to the lower white part of your eye.
• Gently squeeze the lens between your thumb and index finger and remove it from your eye.
• Follow the lens care procedures recommended by your eye care practitioner.
• Remove left lens following same procedure.