HOW TO put contacts in and out (easy version) | Optometrist Tutorial

okay let's talk about contact lenses Hi my name is Antonio I'm an optometrist   teaching people how to use contact  lenses properly is literally my job   when you see enough people try contact  lenses for the first time you can pick   up mistake that they commonly make so today  we will be learning the proper way of how   to insert and remove contact lenses  without making those careless errors let's begin step 1 wash your hands if you don't wash  your hands before handling contact lenses   small particles such as dust sand and oils  on your fingers can stick onto the contacts   making it uncomfortable when you're  wearing them to avoid this rinse your   hands thoroughly removing any dirt from  your hands and especially your fingers step 2 the taco test scoop the lens out of the  solution and lay it down onto your index finger   try using the same sided hand as the eye you're  about to put the lens into so for example we're   going to be doing the right eye first so we will  use our right index finger position the lens at   eye level and inspect the lens there are two  different ways your contacts can be positioned   the correct way should be for it to resemble  a bowl shape where the lens points upwards the incorrect way would be for it to resemble  a taco where the lens either folds inwards or   the lens points outwards if you find that  your contact lenses look more like a taco   rather than a bowl then all you have to do is  flip the lens inside out if you're a beginner   then spotting these differences are going  to be very difficult but luckily in ninety   nine cases out of a hundred the lens will be  positioned in the bowl formation straight out   of the packaging once we have inspected the lens  it's time to insert the lens into the eyeball step 3 insertion contact lenses are usually about  14 millimeters in diameter which means that for   the lens to comfortably land on the eyeball we  will need to expand our eyelids wider than the   lens itself otherwise the eyelids can block  the entrance contact lenses generally extend   ever so slightly beyond the diameter of our iris  which is the colored part of your eye so when you   stretch your eyes to insert the lens if you can  see the sclera completely circling the iris then   you know you have your eyes wide enough the best  way to open your eyelids is by using the monkey   grip technique which is when you dry your fingers  except for the finger you're holding your lens of   course reach over the head with the opposite hand  lifting the eyelid up slowly approaching the lens   closer to your eyes and using one of your other  fingers you want to pull down on the lower eyelid   creating an opening for the lens to enter through  here are some very common mistakes beginners make   when opening up the eyelids beginners do it too  far from the eyelash margin look at the difference   in how wide I can get my eyelids from just opening  them up from the eyelash margin rather than from   further away the more surface area you create  during this process the easier it will be for   you to insert the lens when the lens approaches  the eye most people panic by either closing their   eyes stronger than what they can keep open looking  away to avoid looking at the lens or immediately   jump as soon as they feel the lens touch of the  eye to be fair these are all instinctive movements   so you can't fault yourself for doing them but  it's important to stay focused and calm during   this process if you fail to stick the lens on the  eye and somehow the lens falls on the ground or   dries out from being in the air for too long  either use a different lens or give the lens   a good rinse in its own solution to wash away any  dust slowly move the lens closer to your eyes so   that your eyes don't panic aim centrally and in  the case where you can't open your eyelids wide   enough insert the lens in an angle and tuck it  underneath the eyelid and wait for the rest of   the lens to stick on for a good fit once the  lens places itself on the eye it'll suck on to   its surface due to the surface tension of water  if you can stay calm despite the weird sensation   you feel on your cornea you'll have a much better  experience while doing the contact lens insertion   if you can swirl the lens on your eye and you will  almost always get a good fit and there you have it   you have now successfully and calmly inserted your  contacts in your eye but you can't call yourself   a contact lens wearer unless you know how to  take them out in most cases I find patients find   removal to be much easier than the insertion so it  should be a piece of cake from here step 4 removal   the aim of the removal process is to dislodge the  lens away from the eye and pinch it out using the   soft part of your fingers not your fingernails one  thing to remember is that every time you blink the   lens is designed to lodge itself back onto the  cornea and so after blinking you may need to pull   the lens down again before attempting to pinch it  off you will again need to physically slide your   finger over the cornea and having a contact lens  on the eye makes it almost impossible to scratch   your actual eye so you can be a little bit more  ambitious when dislodging the lens once the lens   sits lower you want to slide your two fingers  onto the ridge that the white and the pink part   of your eyes make the common mistake here is that  patients don't pinch the lens they don't get close   enough and end up pinching the air above the lens  if you're using daily disposable lenses you can   store use the lenses in a bag and recycle them  along with the blister packaging it came from   if you're using reusable lenses be diligent and  store them in solution while not wearing them   the more comfortable you feel at touching your  own eye and staying calm the easier the process   will become be responsible with contact lenses  by not sleeping in them and replacing them when   you should if this tutorial helped you put in  contact lenses in then feel free to hit like   I may do more tutorials in the future thank you  for watching and I'll see you in the next video

Channel: Antonio the Optometrist

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Length: 6min 54sec (414 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 23 2020