HOW TO QUICKLY WEAR YOUR CONTACT LENSES

Thoroughly wash and dry your hands. You can often blame uncomfortable contacts to be foreign body sensations in the eyes. To ensure you don’t transfer anything into your eyes and to minimize your risk of eye infections, get your hands washed and make sure that they are dry.

Scoop the first contact out of the case using your fingertip, not your nail. You can gently shake the case if the lens is stuck to the side. Then, rinse out the lens with contact solution. Do not use tap water. Plain water can allow harmful bacteria to stick to the lens and infect your eye.

Inspect the lens. Check that it’s not torn, creased or dirty. Also, make sure it’s not inside-out. When the lens sits on the tip of your finger, it should have consistent curvature around the fingertip. If it’s flaring out, the lens is probably inside-out. Flip it the other way before you put it in your eye.

Put in the lens. Place the contact lens on the tip of the pointer finger on your dominant hand. Use your other hand to gently pull your top eyelid up, making it easier to get the lens into your eye without hitting your eyelid or eyelashes. Gently tap the finger with the lens on it to your eye. The moisture of your eye should be enough to transfer the lens from your finger to your cornea.

Adjust the lens. Blink a few times. Then, look down, up, right and left. This centers the lens on your cornea.

Repeat the above steps on the other eye.