Wearing and taking off contact lenses may be cumbersome for some people, especially in the initial days, and if your eye power is high. Some people also find it difficult to identify if the contact lens is inside out. Below are some critical rules of the thumb to follow, so that you can handle your contact lenses better.
1- Make sure you wash your hands properly with soap and water to avoid eye infections, before both wearing, and taking of contact lenses.
2- Make sure your nails are clipped to avoid injury to your cornea and to prevent tearing your contact lenses.
3- Make sure you have put on and taken off your lenses independently, at least twice before you walk out of your eye care provider’s chambers. If you are not confident of handling your lenses, ask your doctor to repeat the steps with you one more time.
4- To make sure that your lens is not inside out, place it on your finger. You will see that it looks like a cup. Hold it up directly in front of your eyes. If it looks like a bowl, or a curved “U”, it's okay. If the edges appear to flare out, like a bowl with a rim, it’s inside out. Usually, if you wear the lens with the wrong side in, it does not cause any damage, except feeling You can then take it out, and reinsert it, right side.
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