Few more questions about contacts?

Question

1. When putting them on, should I look away or on the contacts?

2. When putting them on, should I put it straight on the cornea, or the white part.

3. If I put it on the white part should I blink and they will adjust, or should I push them.

4. When blinking do they move around?

5. What if I place them on my eye, and then when I blink they go under my eyelid?

6. How long did it take you to get used to placing them on your eye?

7. Can I scratch my eye, and what if a bug flies in my eye??

Answer 1

1, 2, & 3. Position your finger in front of your eye while looking in a mirror.  Look in the direction of your nose.  Put the contact on the white part of your eye (the sclera).  Push it on gently to reduce bubbles.  Then, while still holding your eye open, look into the contact slowly and it should center on your cornea.  Close your eyes slowly and open again and it should be on correctly.  (This is how we are taught to do it in optometry school.  I don't think there is really any danger in putting it directly on your cornea, but at first this will probably be harder to do because people instintively close their eyes when they see something coming at them.)

4. Yes.  They rotate, but you cannot tell because the prescription in them is the same in all directions.  (Unless you have toric lenses which should not rotate.)

5. Lift your eyelid and gently move the lens to your sclera and remove it.

6. The hardest part for me was managing to keep my eye open enough.  It took just a few days to be able to do it, though.  Now it is extremely easy.

7. It's possible to scratch your eye a little, but if you are being gentle enough, you shouldn't be able to really damage your eye.  Make sure to move your contact to the sclera before removing it.  Do not try to take it directly off your cornea to avoid scratching it.  I also suggest cutting your nails short while you are learning.  :)  If a bug flies in your eye, get it out.  Take out your contact to make sure it does not trap anything under it and wash out your eye.

When you are prescribed contacts, the optometrist, optician, or tech will go over insertion and removal with you at the office before you can go home with them.

And like lola said, it is extremely important to wash your hands before touching your eyes at all.

(I am assuming you are considering soft contacts.  Hard contacts, or RGPs, are inserted and removed differently.)

Answer 2

1. Personal preference. I look away

2. I put them on the white part and blink them so they ajust. Incase dirt is on it.

3. Blink

4. yes

5. I dont think so but i dont understand this question,

6. It took me about a week but Im squeamish lol

7. I wouldnt rub my eye but if your eye itches put some eye drops in. Ask your eye doctor about eye drops. If a bug flies in your eye with or without contacts, thats um nasty....

Answer 3

1.  look straight at it and pop that sucker in there

2. straight in the cornea- not the white part

3. most likely it wont adjust, it will fold up and get stuck

4. a little movement sometimes- if you wear colored ones you will see a bit of color everyonce in a while.  not bad though

5. this can happen sometimes with the soft ones, not really common though if you put them in straight to begin with.  if it happens just slide it out with your finger to the corner of your eye and it will just come out.

6. it took me maybe a month, but i started out with hard contacts.  i was young too.  i would say maybe a week for soft ones.  i now wear soft ones, and it was a breeze compared to hard ones.  jsut wear them a few hours a day to start out.

7. you are capable of scratching your eye and it is a real pain in the butt, you must be carefull, it helps to not have any long nails, clean hands and be gentle.  if a bug flies in( which does happen) then always carry a little mirror- it really helps.  just whip it out and pull that little sucker out.

always wash your hands when touching your contacts and eyes.  Infections are really nasty and you cant wear your contacts again until the infection is gone.  It takes practice and some patience and tolerance, but you will get the hang of it.

Answer 4

1-either works

2-straight on the cornea

3-push them

4-only right after you put them in

5-that won't happen

6-a day

7-try not to and if a bug flies in your eye just take out your contact

Answer 5

1. you can look directly at the contacts

2. straight on the pupil

3. they should adjust

4. no

5. that doesn't happen contacts stay in place really well

6. 3-5 days

7. close your eyes and scratch lightly or the contact might come out and if a bug flies in your eye take your contact out