Hello everyone, I'm Dais and welcome to my channel.
Last video I shared with you how to choose the right contact lens.
and today I'll teach you how to insert and remove contact lenses correctly
I'll explain everything you need to know
After watching this film, you will smash it!
Without further ado, let's get started.
The first step in wearing contact lenses is to wash our hands correctly to make sure that
the bacteria on our hands do not get into our eyes and cause inflammation.
It is best to use soap, so that the hands washed out will be clean and dry
moisturising hand wash will make the hands more likely to stick to dust and so on,
not suitable for use when wearing contact lenses.
After washing our hands, we shake them dry or dry them with a paper towel.
We can rub our hands and
check that there are no fine hairs or paper scraps on our fingers,
and then we can now get started!
let's start with how to insert contact lenses.
First of all, take the contact lens out of the case,
put it on your finger tip to check if it is the right way
It is difficult to see the right way or wrong way with bare eyes
So we can gently squeeze the edge of the contact lens with our fingers,
If the edge of the contact lens is bowl-shaped and edges are facing inward
then it is the right way
And if the edge is outward like this, it's the other way around.
we need to flip it over.
Let's zoom in and have a look again
This is the right way
When you pinch it with your hand, you can clearly see that the edge of the lens is facing inward,
like a small bowl.
And this is wrong way
not as easy to pinch together,
the edges will turn outward,
like a pair of wings,
instead, the arc will fit your fingers more easily.
that it could stick on you finger tip
My right hand is more dominant
so I will use my right hand insert the contact lenses.
before you start, It's important to make sure your contact lens is moist
but your fingers are dry
so the lens will more likely sticks on your eyeball,
but not on your finger
The contact lens should be bigger than the iris
(black part of the eye) by 2mm in diameter
and covers it all
so the eye must be opened wide enough to fit the contact lens in.
The main reason why people fail on insertion is that there isn't enough room given
or lenses get kicked out by eyelashes,
so the most important thing is to hold the eyelashes and eyelid properly
so you don't blink or shrink your eye while inserting the lens
The best way is to look down first
and use your finger to hold the edge of your eyelid towards the upper eyebrow
and press against on the upper socket bone
Once fixed
you can't even blink if you want to
but if you didn't hold it properly
You can still blink spontanously,
After its fixed, you get to choose to look left,
right or down to place the contact lens.
I usually choose to look down
because it gives me more space.
When the contact lens touches the eyeball
you should be able to feel it
Don't give up at this time
keep going, gently push more in
Until you feel that your finger and your contact lens is touching your eyeball.
You then can try to let go of your fingers,
See if the contact lens is sticked on your eye
Keep holding your eyelid, roll your eyes up and down, left and right.
After the contact lens been centred
slowly let go, close your eyes and blink a few times
If everything looks sharper by this time
then you know your contact lens is on
it's the same if you choose to look up or to the side
After getting the upper eyelid away
You can look at your nose and
try to put the contact lens on the side
When you push your finger in
sometimes you may hear the air bubble being squeezed out when touching
and that's when you know your contact lens is actually stuck to your eye
gently move your finger away again,
close your eyes and roll it up and down, left and right.
Blink ,
Then you know that the contact lens is on the eye.
For people uses contact lenses with astigmatism
there will be a transparent line on the lens
you can see under the light.
it should be at the bottom position
90 degrees vertically
that's where the of astigmatism power located
It doesn't matter if you can't see it
After inserting the lens
you can use your hand to gently move it in one direction until your vision becomes clear
It usually means that the line is now on the right position
There are also tips for removing contact lenses
After wearing them for a whole day
contact lenses will become drier and more closely attached to the eyeball
making it difficult to remove them
if you have any lubricating eye drops (artificial tears)
or contact lenses solution
you can choose to dip a drop into the eye
and then gently push the lower lids upper
so that the liquid can enter between the eyeball and the lens
making the contact lens more loose on the eye
Touch the contact lens with your finger
at the black part of the eye
You shouldn't feel any pain at this point.
Because the contact lenses is protecting your eyeball
move your finger gently
you should see that your vision becomes a bit blurry when you moving the lens with finger
then you look up,
your contact lens is now dragged to the lower part of the eye with your finger
now use the other finger to pinch or squeeze the contact lens out
There's another way of removal. It is to use your finger to pull it all the way down.
When the contact lens touches the lower lid
it actually folds automatically, then it may pop off
Like this.
We can throw away the daily lenses
fortnightly or monthly lenses needs to be cleaned and stored properly
Put the contact lens on your palm
pour a little bit of contact lens solution
gently rub it with your finger
to rub off the bacteria and proteins
Then put the contact lens on your finger tip.
Rinse both sides.
finally, put it in the case, pour more solution in and stores them.
You can just take it out and use it next time.
That's all for today's sharing
Do you have any tips for contact lens insertion and removal?
Leaves at the comment below and
thanks for watching