How to Get Contact Lenses Out of the Eye When Stuck
Getting contact lenses stuck in your eye can often be a painful experience. Sometimes contacts can slip too high or too low on your eyeball, making them difficult to remove. Your contact getting lodged anywhere in your eye can result in painful and extended headaches. Removing contact lenses from your eye when they get stuck may not be the easiest thing to do, but by staying calm and being patient, you will eventually get it done.
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Instructions
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Wash your hands. The first thing you should do when handling contact lenses and touching your eye is to thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water to avoid contamination or infection.
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Use eye drops on the eye with the stuck contact lens. If the lens is stuck due to the moisture in your eye having dried out over time (which can occur after sleeping with a contact lens still in your eye), eye-drops can be useful in restoring moisture and enabling you to remove the contact.
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Blink continuously. Contact lenses will move around in your eyes a little bit every time you blink. If one gets stuck, blink rapidly and continuously in an attempt to get the lens to move back to its original position, at which point it can be taken out as normal.
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Hold your eyelids open farther than they normally go with your fingers. If the problem is that the lens has simply drifted too high or low on your eye to be removed, pulling apart and widening your eyelids can give you the space you need to access the lens with your other hand.
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Tips & Warnings
It is a common misconception that if a contact moves too far from the front of your eye in any direction it can end up getting stuck behind your eyeball. In reality, this is not physically possible.
Remove your contact lenses before you go to sleep. The eyes tend to dry out during sleep, which, coupled with the presence of contact lenses, can result in serious difficulty when trying to remove the contacts.
Never use regular tap water to store contact lenses. Always use contact lens solution to avoid the lenses getting dirty and rubbing debris against your eye.
