You’ll be pleased to know that contact lenses can’t disappear or get stuck behind your eye. Without providing too many grossing details your eye sockets only go back so far. This means that contact lenses can appear to disappear on rare occasions but are usually just nestled in the top or bottom sockets of your eye. Usually, you can retrieve the lens by looking in the opposite direction of where the lens is suspected to be, closing the eye and massaging the eyelid in the direction of the front of the eye to help massage it back to where you can see and retrieve it. Sometimes this can be tricky so contact your Opticians for an appointment if you suspect your lens is stuck.
No problem. It’s best to anticipate a couple of appointments to learn how to safely insert and remove your contact lenses and be proud if you manage it on your first try. Usually, most people are successful within 2 appointments.
In rare cases, someone may be suitable for contact lenses and decide to have a fitting but unfortunately cannot insert and remove their lenses safely themselves. In these cases, the process stops here but may be explored again at a later moment in time if they wish.
You can only sleep in contact lenses if they have been manufactured for this use. Contact lenses are made from different materials for many reasons and most are not suited for overnight wear.
If you do accidentally sleep in your lenses you may find that you wake up feeling like you have dry eyes since the lens is likely to have dried out considerably overnight (even though it’s been on your eye.) For the same reason, you may also find your contact lenses are difficult to remove. In this case, you can use some lubricating eyedrops and let your eyes and lenses rehydrate before attempting to remove them. If they’re still stuck, you feel like you’re not sure if you have a contact lens in your eye or if you think you might damage your eye, contact your Optometrist to arrange an appointment to help.
Daily contact lenses are designed to be disposed of after single use and should not be re-used. Remember contact lenses are made of different properties and materials for all kinds of reasons, therefore it is advised that you do not attempt to reuse your daily disposable contact lenses. Instead, you may wish to be fitted with monthly disposable lenses if suitable for your eyes.
No. You are advised not to swim or shower whilst wearing contact lenses, the water may have nasty microbes and bugs that can be sight-threatening if they get into or behind your contact lenses. Your eyes provide a moist and warm environment which is the perfect environment for all the things you don’t want going on there. Whilst this is all very rare, it does happen and we don’t get two sets of eyes like we do teeth, so it’s not worth the risk. Instead, perhaps prescription swimming goggles could be a consideration.
