these large Halloween cosplay sclera contact lenses can be really fun but because they're
huge they can be tricky to put in and take out of your eyes so I'm going to
show you the best two ways to put them in two ways to take them out and then
my best tips for success in wearing these contact lenses let's focus in
I'm actually gonna be wearing gloves you don't need to wear gloves I'm just doing it for the
purpose of the video so you can actually concentrate on the contact lens so you don't
get my knuckle hair in the way or something like that first step is preparation you want to wash
your hands anytime you touch the contact lens or your eye next you want to remove the contact
very carefully and rinse off with Multi-Purpose Solution especially if this is your first time
taking it out of the package then you want to inspect the contact for any defects lint hair
cracks rips or torn edges that will be really uncomfortable to wear okay for this way you're
actually going to lean over a counter you're going to grab a mirror and put it right on the
counter and be perfectly horizontal looking at the mirror this will kind of help with gravity
trying to take your contact off of your fingers now for this video my camera down there that's
going to be my mirror I'm going to put it like that so you can actually see what I'm doing now
I'm going to actually two different ways this way one where you can actually just stare at the
mirror and one where you might look up and look down to help you get the contact in so let's do it
doing it this way you want to learn how to hold the contact lens now you can use the tripod method
where you actually use your first two fingers and your thumb and kind of balance the contact lens on
those fingers or you can balance the contact lens just on your first two fingers kind of practice
with it see what feels more comfortable so I'm going to show you a close-up view of
this pretending like the camera is my mirror so hopefully you can see a little bit better so I'm
going to grab the top eyelid eyelashes and slowly slide the contact right underneath the eyelid
let go when I reach over with my hand and grab the bottom of my lid and pull down
settling that contact right on the eye let go and blink slowly and you'll get it or you can
also do it the way where you actually look down and then look up I'll show you that grab the
eyelid and eyelashes look down slide the contact up underneath the eyelid what's up there you're
going to look up grab the bottom eyelid pull down and then blink slowly and you'll get it it's
okay might take a few tries definitely a weird sensation hard not to Flinch but if you practice
go this way may be easier for you especially if you're experienced with contact lenses
already you can actually sit upright and look at yourself in the mirror this way you want to set
the contact lens on the tripod of your finger so you probably want to use three fingers sometimes
I actually use four fingers and because gravity is working against you with this one you either
want to kind of slightly pinch the contact lens so you can hold it or you can create a little
chair motion so the contact actually sits on your fingers like that and so that it won't fall down
when you're actually putting it in your eye a little tricky so maybe practice with that
first before you actually attempt to put it in you're going to hold it with your dominant
hand non-dominant hand is going to take your top eyelid and pin your top eyelashes against
your top brow get those eyelashes out of the way then you're going to take the contact and you're
going to slide it slowly under the top eyelid and you can look at yourself at the mirror doing this
now when you get it up there you're going to let go of that top eyelid take that hand and
pull the bottom eyelid down as much as you can and slowly set that contact on the eye
and then you can let go and slowly blink and you got it on there
nice job now do the same thing with the other eye dominant hand holding the contact non-dominant
hand grabbing the eyelid and eyelashes sliding the contact right under the top eyelid slide it right
out of there slowly let go and you can go grab your bottom eyelid pull down as much as you can
you can let the contact set on the eye and then slowly blink and you got it this guy's going wonky
now let me show you how to take the contacts out now if you've worn soft contacts before
this is going to come in handy because you're going to use the same type of motion you're
going to use the tweezer finger motion so you're actually going to put your fingers together and
you're going to tweeze them like this pinch them together this is going to help you grip and pull
on the contact lens now because these contacts are actually bigger sometimes I tell people to widen
their grip a little bit so you can actually grab more of the contact let me show you what it means
dominant hand to take the contact out non-dominant hand to get your eyelid and eyelashes out of the
way use your middle finger or ring finger to pull your bottom eyelid down and then you're going to
maneuver over to get your tweezer fingers ready and so Moon over over and like I said you can
widen your grip a little bit but you're going to push a little bit on the contact on the eye
it's going to feel weird but once you get a little bit grip you tweeze pinch and pull just like that
comes right out it's okay if you don't get it keep trying
don't panic just try try again try doing a wider grip that could help
now here's another way that you can take them out because the contacts are really big they don't
really fit on the eye very well they'll rotate and move around they're not really comfortable
but you can use that to your advantage for this way you're going to hold your eyes wide
wide open as wide as you can and you're actually going to pull on the side of your eye that will
tighten up your eyelids and then when you close your eyes you're going to pull and close your
eyes at the same time because the eyelids are going to be tighter on the contact sometimes
they'll actually push the contact out of your eye so let's try it so open really really wide
pull on the side of the eyelids to tighten the eyelids and then blink look at that well fell
right out one shot so if you can't get it with the tweezer motion try that it could work then when
you take the contacts out you definitely want to clean them with multi-purpose contact lens
solution whatever solution you get they'll have directions on how to clean the contact lenses or
you can check out my video I did on that in the description I usually like to store them in the
vial that it came with now if you have a contact lens case that's wider and has a deep Basin then
you could store them in there a lot of contact lens cases that you get they tend to be narrow
and not as deep so sometimes you can't even fit these huge contacts in there now you want to store
the contact submerged in solution and remember to change out solution most solutions you have
to change out every month if you forget to do so then it can become stale it can evaporate it can
actually dry out the contact lens if the contact lens dries out Chuck it don't try and re-wet it
and put it in your eye not good doesn't work Chuck the contact and make sure you pay attention to the
expiration date of the contact lenses before we get to the tips if that helped you definitely hit
that like button and share in the comments which contacts did you get this year so here are my
best tips for success make sure that you get your contacts from a trusted source and that trusted
source is usually going to be your eye doctor your local eye care doctor you can get these
contacts online and there are a lot of places online that are just Shady not sure the quality
of the contact lenses and they could actually be dangerous for your eyes so just be careful
with that make sure you get them from a trusted Source next up is wear time maybe wear them for
an hour maybe two hours these really restrict the amount of oxygen that gets to your eye it starves
your eye of oxygen it's kind of like wearing a plastic bag over your head and trying to breathe
that's what it's like with these contact lenses and so you don't want to wear them for a long
period of time you wear them take some pictures show up at a party and then take them out and use
your normal contacts or your glasses never sleep with these contact lenses you were asking for it
if you sleep with these lenses very very bad for the eyes these contacts can definitely dry up
the eyes irritate the eyes carry around some eye drops that are approved for contact lens wear I'll
put my favorites in the description but don't be afraid to use those eye drops if your eyes get red
irritated painful take the contact lenses out use some eye drops if they're still painful irritated
go to your local eye care doctor make sure that you don't have an ulcer or an infection brewing
in there take care of your eyes be safe about these now to be safe you want to learn everything
there is to know about Halloween contacts check out my very first ever YouTube video I ever did
it's kind of cringy to look back on now but I go into depth about Halloween cosplay contacts
keeping your eyes safe so definitely check that out I'm Dr. Neal Guymon, Dr. EyeGuy, stay focused