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Maybe your eyes were feeling dry, or you rubbed them a little too vigorously, and now your contact lens has seemingly disappeared. How can you tell if the lens is still in your eye and how do you find it? Take a deep breath—we've got you! Rest assured, it's 100% impossible for a contact lens to get lost in your eye, so put that out of your mind. Scroll down to learn what symptoms indicate a stuck contact lens, as well as how to locate and remove your lens safely.
Things You Should Know
- Signs of a stuck contact lens include redness, irritation, and a burning sensation. Close your eye and press on the lids gently to feel for the lens.
- Add 3-4 drops of contact lens rewetting drops to your eye, close it, and gently massage the area to get the contact moving again.
- Put a clean cotton swab against your lash line and tilt your head back (for the bottom eyelid) or forward (for the top). When the lid flips, grab the contact.
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- QuestionWhy do some people experience red eyes and how can they clear them?
Kerry Assil, MDDr. Kerry Assil is a board certified Ophthalmologist and the Medical Director and CEO of Assil Eye Institute (AEI), an ophthalmology practice in Los Angeles, California. With over 25 years of experience and as one of the world's foremost experts in eye surgery, Dr. Assil has trained 14,000+ physicians in refractive and cataract surgery, performed 70,000+ eye surgeries, and authored over 100 textbooks, chapters, and articles on refractive and cataract surgery. He's served as the Distinguished Professor lecturer at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Baylor, Tokyo, and UCLA among others. He has served on the advisory boards of 20+ ophthalmic device, pharmaceutical, and scientific companies and has appeared in the media as an authority on advances in vision-restoring surgeries and refractive surgery. Dr. Assil continues to make significant advances in his field with numerous inventions and introductions of state-of-the-art technologies.
Board Certified OphthalmologistRed eyes just mean that the outer layer of the eye is inflamed. It could be inflamed because there's serious inflammation deeper inside the eye, such as certain types of immune diseases that can affect the eyes. They could be red because of hormonal diseases, such as thyroid disease that causes inflammation of the muscles around the eye. They could be red simply because you stayed up too late the night before and didn't get enough sleep, or your eyelids don't close all the way when you sleep at night, or you don't drink enough water, or you had too much caffeine. The specific root cause will determine what the treatment should be. For people who are feeling a bit of garden-variety red eye, the best thing to do is to get artificial teardrops over the counter that are preservative free. You can use those one or two times a day. If you're using it more than a couple of times a day, then there's something more significant going on that warrants being examined.
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References
- ↑ https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2017/07/lenses-lost.php
- ↑ https://www.aao.org/eye-health/ask-ophthalmologist-q/stuck-contact-lens
- ↑ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16988-eye-injuries
- ↑ https://www.aao.org/eye-health/ask-ophthalmologist-q/stuck-contact-lens
- ↑ https://www.optometrists.org/general-practice-optometry/optical/guide-to-contact-lenses/common-contact-lens-problems/the-dos-and-donts-of-wearing-contact-lenses/
- ↑ https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/focusing-contact-lens-safety
- ↑ https://myvision.org/contacts/stuck-in-eyes/
- ↑ https://www.optometrists.org/general-practice-optometry/optical/guide-to-contact-lenses/guide-to-hard-contact-lenses/how-to-insert-and-remove-hard-contact-lenses/
- ↑ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/10737-contact-lenses
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