Avoid touching your eyes with dirty hands to prevent getting an infection.
Plug your sink or lay a towel over your counter to catch your contacts in case you drop them. Check if your contacts are in the right position by closing one eye at a time and testing your vision. If your vision is blurry, then your contact may have slipped off the front of your eye. Close your eye and push the lens around over your eyelid to put it back into position. [3] X Research source
Do your best to stay relaxed so your eye doesn’t twitch and make it harder to remove your contacts.
Be as gentle as you can as you remove your contact so you don’t accidentally scratch or tear it. If you have trouble gripping the lens, wet your fingers with a saline solution or contact cleaner to rewet your contacts.
Pulling your contact to the side is a great way to remove the lens if you have long fingernails and don’t want to scratch your eye.
Avoid using standard tweezers to take out your contacts since they’re sharp and could damage your eyes or your contacts.
Avoid touching your contacts with wet hands since water could contain impurities or bacteria that could cause infections.
Looking straight ahead also helps prevent you from flinching.
Pulling the corner of your eye tight helps lift the contact lens away from your eye so it’s easier to remove.
If you’re taking your contacts out over a sink, plug the drain or set a towel over it so you don’t lose your lenses.
Pushing on the side of your eyelid with your finger can help loosen a stubborn contact lens. Avoid putting the plunger in the center of the contact since it will create too much suction and be difficult to remove the lens.
You can clean the case right before you remove your contacts, but you can also do it right after you put your contacts in. Avoid using water to clean your contact lens case since it could contaminate your lenses and cause infections. Replace your case for your contact lenses every three months. [15] X Trustworthy Source American Optometric Association Professional medical organization dedicated to supporting optometrists and improving public eye and vision health Go to source
Make sure you use a sterile solution and not a saline solution. While saline will keep lenses hydrated, you can’t properly disinfect them without the right solution. [17] X Trustworthy Source American Optometric Association Professional medical organization dedicated to supporting optometrists and improving public eye and vision health Go to source
Try your best not to scratch at your contact lens with your nail so you don’t damage it. Thoroughly cleaning your contact lenses each day reduces the risk of eye infections or other contact-related complications. [21] X Trustworthy Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Main public health institute for the US, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Go to source
You may need to place more solution in the case after you place the contact lens inside. Make sure the case has enough solution to completely cover the lens. If you have disposable contacts, throw them away instead of saving them.
This also gives your eyes time to rest and helps to avoid eye strain. Hydrogen peroxide-based cleaners need the full 4–6 hours to convert to saline, or else your eyes may sting or get irritated when you put your contacts in. You can take contacts out early and wear them if you leave them in a multipurpose cleaner. [24] X Trustworthy Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Main public health institute for the US, run by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Go to source
