How to properly wear and remove contact lenses

A few decades ago, people with poor eyesight were forced to wear massive, wide-rimmed glasses. Some, however, could not do this - did not want to spoil the appearance. Then they had to ignore a lot, not recognize people, and not distinguish between inscriptions and small objects. Today, for visually impaired people, there is a great alternative to correcting eyesight and not wearing glasses - these are contact lenses.

Contact lenses today are the subject of the daily use of millions of people. They are able to correct vision quickly, safely, naturally. In addition, there are colored lenses that can completely transform your image. But in order for contact lenses to bring only satisfaction, they need to be properly put on and taken off, to properly care for them, to change and clean them in time.Over time, this will become a habit - people who wear lenses for years, no longer notice all these manipulations. If you decide to try on lenses for the first time, you need to know a few important rules.

How to wear lenses

As a rule, the first fitting of the lenses is carried out under the supervision of a specialist who is in any optics. The doctor will tell and show you how to wear lenses and how to care for them. If you have to do it for the first time at home - do not despair. Our recommendations will help you learn to put on and take off the lenses yourself.

1. First you need to wash your hands. Since you touch the lenses with your hands, and you also touch the mucous membrane of the eye, this is very important.
2. If you wear lenses for the first time, take the habit of always starting with one eye, for example, with the right. Subsequently, you can avoid confusion. By the way, the lenses do not need to be interchanged, even if both have the same diopter.
3. So, opened the container, took tweezers in hand and gently grasped the edge of the lens. They took it out of the liquid and looked at the light. This should be done every time - you check it for the presence of microcracks, tears and cuts. Even the smallest speck of dust on the lens can cause discomfort to the eyes.
4. If the lens is whole, gently place it on the pad of your finger.Make it so that the lens is only the base, and its edges were raised. On the pad should be a sort of plate with raised sides.
5. After that, you need to check whether the lens is not twisted. If it is in the correct position, its edges will be directed upwards. If the lens is twisted, the edges will look to the sides, the lens itself will take the form of a flat plate. In this case, the lens must be carefully turned out with tweezers.
6. When the finished lens is on the finger of your right hand, you need to open the eye and gently hold the lower eyelid with the open finger of your left hand. You can also hold the upper eyelid, but some do without it.
7. After that, attach the lens directly to the eye. It is like a wet sucker immediately stick to the mucous of your eyes. Then lower the eyelid and cover your eyes. Slowly lower the pupil down.
8. Blink your eyes gently so that the lens is completely in place. The lens and the pupil have the same shape, so it is rarely shifted from its proper place. If you notice an improvement in vision - the lens is in place.
9. If for some reason you feel pain, pain, feeling of a foreign object in the eye - make several movements with your fingers from the outer corner of the eye to the inner.The lens will come out this way, it will need to be rinsed in a liquid and after a while (when the eye calms down and the redness subsides) try to put it on again.

For the first time you can wear lenses for no more than three hours. Subsequently, this time can be increased. But even if you wear lenses for many years, they definitely need to be removed before bedtime. The fact is that the lens limits the passage of oxygen to the eyeball, you need to give your eyes time to rest.

How to remove lenses

Removing the lens is a little easier than putting them on. Before removing also wash your hands. After that, open your eye and fix both opened eyelids with two fingers of your left hand. Use your right hand finger to gently slide the lens away from the pupil, onto the sclera. After that, the lens will lose its shape and assemble in the corner of the eye, like a rag. It will just need to take out two fingers. The lens is placed in a special container with liquid until the next day.

Contact Lens Wear Rules

With proper care, the lenses serve a person for a long time; they do not tear and do not deteriorate.

1. Liquid for lenses needs to be changed every day, at most - every three days.This ensures the purity of your lenses, and hence the health of the eyes.
2. Once a few weeks, the lenses can be cleaned with special pills. They need to crumble, dilute in water and lower lenses into this water. The special composition of these tablets allows you to break down microscopic protein particles, which are deposited on the lenses by contact with the mucous membrane of the eye. Cleaning tablets, exactly like liquid lenses, are sold together with lenses, in optics.
3. Contact lenses have a shelf life. Some can be worn only one day, others 4 months. Whatever the lenses are, do not exceed the allowable period of wearing lenses. If it is written that it's time to change lenses, do so. Even without visible damage, the lenses become unusable - there is a feeling of discomfort, cramps, pain, tearing.
4. Contact lenses can not be worn during colds - after that it is desirable to change them to new ones or clean them thoroughly. In addition, the lenses can not be worn while taking antibiotics.
5. If microscopic contamination appears on the lens, it should be cleaned. This is not difficult to do, you just need to be very careful.Put a few drops of lens fluid on your palm. Put a lens in this drop. Gently finger wipe the wet lens on the palm. After that, rinse it in clean water in the container for the lenses.
6. To remove small streaks from the lens, you can use this method. Fold the lens twice and carefully, holding it between two fingers, move the pads. The two halves of a single lens should rub against each other. After that, do not forget to rinse the lens.
7. If you have sensitive eyes, during the day you need to use special moisturizing drops for the eyes. In summer, when the mucous membrane of the eyes often dries, the drops should be used by everyone who wears contact lenses.
8. If there is a scratch, tear or crack on the lens - change it, you cannot wear such a lens.
9. Sometimes it happens that the lens breaks or breaks due to improper handling. In this case, it is not necessary to immediately change a pair of lenses - buy only one piece.
10. Never use plain water to clean or store lenses. After staying in such water, the lens becomes unsuitable for further wearing.
11. If this is your first time taking a lens and you can't do it -put in the eye moisturizing drops. When the mucous is saturated with moisture, the friction will be less, and remove the lens is not difficult.
12. If you wear contact lenses, do not wear them to the beautician in the steaming procedure of the face. In addition, you do not need to swim in the water with open eyes - you risk losing your lenses.
13. Many are interested in what to do if the lens is worn inside out? It does no harm. However, a lens worn on the contrary is worse fixed on the pupil, you can simply lose it.
14. Sometimes it happens that when put on a lens falls. Since it is transparent and very thin, to find it is very, very difficult. To avoid this, you need to wear lenses over the table, on which there are no foreign objects. When looking for a lens, do not forget to look through your clothes - it often gets stuck on the sleeves or chest.

By following these simple rules, you can put contact lenses into your life so that you no longer want to give up on them.

Contact lenses are a real salvation for those who do not want to wear glasses. Many complain that contact lenses do not suit them - their eyes hurt, their vision becomes hazy.In fact, properly selected lenses are very rarely incompatible with the mucous. By following all our recommendations, you can wear lenses with great pleasure!

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