How do you remove contact lenses?

Where ? Clean place with clean level area, sink and mirror

With what? Hand and face cleanser, lint free towel, contact lens.

Allow yourself plenty of time to remove the contact lens from your eye. It does get easier and quicker with practice. 

1. Thoroughly wash and dry your face and hands 
2. Place the contact lens container, if reusable contact lens on a clean dry flat surface
3. Carefully open the contact lens container and replace contact storage solution with fresh, in date, appropriate solution – not just normal saline. Be sure the container is clean and in date and you replace them regularly for reusable contacts. 
4. Looking in the mirror, or lying on a bed, use the third finger of your dominant hand to draw down your lower eyelid, and look into the very tip of the index finger as you place it onto the contact lens. 
5. Then look nasally and wipe the lens off the very front of your eye towards your ear, onto the side of your eye. 
6. Then pinch the contact between thumb and index finger to remove it from your eye. 
7. If a reusable lens, clean the lens as directed with in date solutions, and place in the clean refilled container and replace the top of the container. If disposable, place in a bin.

Notes:

• If the contact does fall on a wet surface or a dirty surface, throw the contact lens away. You do not want to put a dirty or contaminated lens in a lens container. It’s not worth the risk of an infection on the front of your eye which can be quite uncomfortable and take time, money and inconvenience, and may result in scarring or irregularity on the front of your eye and consequent loss of vision, even with glasses. 
• Never lick a contact and put it in the lens container. There is a very high risk of eye infection and people have become almost blind this way. 
• Be particularly careful around wet areas such as sinks, showers, baths etc. A bacteria called Pseudomonas loves to grow in such areas. Eye infections from contact lens contamination with Pseudomonas (1, 2) can be extremely serious and sight threatening. Don’t risk it if you think your lens has been contaminated with water from these areas. Don’t put that contact in your lens container. Get a new clean lens next time you need the lens.
• Store the closed lens container in a cool, dry place with the lid firmly in place. 

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