How do I find the contact lense that is floating on my eyeball?

Question

I rubbed my eye earlier, and my contact is in my eye, but not on my pupil.

How do I locate where it is so I can get it back on my eyeball?

Answer 1

close your eyes for a while or just rub it softly. or put some eye liquid to moisturize it. it'll probably even come out itself.

Answer 2

Some patients have found their lens in the case or in the other eye.

Answer 3

this happens to me all the time. first, put some eyedrops (i just use my contact solution,) into your eyes to limit irritation. go into the mirror and open your eyes as wide as you can, try to spot the contact. if it went off of your pupil then it is probably folded so it should be easier to spot. i always just keep rubbing my eye until it appears. give yourself thirty minutes to try to get it out. if you do not get it out, call your eye doctor and he/she can probably get it out. do not wait until later because you could end up in the emergency room.

Answer 4

It usually floats to the top but I WOULDN'T waste any time seeing a doc.  I had that happen and it will hide itself for days or months and create an infection.  If you don't find it soon have a doc SEE you.

Answer 5

dont ask me! u better ask the expert 1 that he or she can help u physically n not through like now! p.s. thats y i hate n afraid of wearing contact lense!

Answer 6

oh man! i do that all the time.  it usually goes up under your eyelid. what i do it hold my eyelid out, like pull it away from my eye and then blink. it usually comes down after a few blinks! i hope this helps!

Answer 7

Try moving your eye, if that doesent work, call a doctor NOW

Answer 8

You should be able to sort of feel where the contact is because it'll be uncomfortable there. Then you just have to stick your finger on your eye until you find it and drag it bag onto your pupil.  It could be way the heck up there so look down as you are looking up, if you know what I mean.

Answer 9

While looking all the way down, have someone else look way back into the eye. Look in all directions until you find it. It can be lightly touched with a clean, moistened q-tip. I'm not a big fan of rubbing because you can scratch your eye. Don't forget to look along the bottom lid too. It cannot go any further than you can see. There is a wall of muscle behind your eyeball. All else fails, it's time to see the Dr.

Answer 10

call doc pronto.

Answer 11

call doctor or go see a doctor

Answer 12

its probably up at top happens all the time just close your eye and rub it down over your lid and you will see a piece it might have folded, just keep rubbing but careful you might rip it

Answer 13

If you have any contact fluid with you you could flush it out of your eye.  Like over a bowl or something.  You can also just flip your upper lid over and fish it out with a clean finger.