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Contact Lens Patient Instruction Review
REMOVING THE LENS
1) Wash, rinse, and dry your hands thoroughly.
2) Make sure that the lens is centered on the eye.
3) With your head straight, look upward as far as you can.
4) Place your middle finger on the lower eyelid on your RIGHT eye and pull the
eyelid down, then touch the lower edge of the lens with the tip of your index
finger (see FIGURE 8).
2) Make sure that the lens is centered on the eye.
3) With your head straight, look upward as far as you can.
4) Place your middle finger on the lower eyelid on your RIGHT eye and pull the
eyelid down, then touch the lower edge of the lens with the tip of your index
finger (see FIGURE 8).
FIGURE 8
5) While still looking up, slide the lens down to the white part of the eye with
your index finger (see FIGURE 9).
your index finger (see FIGURE 9).
FIGURE 9
6) Still looking up, and holding the lens under the index fingertip, move your
thumb so that you compress the lens between your thumb and the index
finger. Then gently remove the lens from the eye (see FIGURE 10).
thumb so that you compress the lens between your thumb and the index
finger. Then gently remove the lens from the eye (see FIGURE 10).
(RIGHT lens, then LEFT lens)
FIGURE 10
7) Remove the LEFT lens by following the same procedure.
NOTE: IF THIS METHOD OF REMOVING YOUR LENSES IS DIFFICULT FOR YOU,
WE WILL GLADLY PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ALTERNATE METHOD.
NOTE: IF THIS METHOD OF REMOVING YOUR LENSES IS DIFFICULT FOR YOU,
WE WILL GLADLY PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ALTERNATE METHOD.
