Can Contacts Get Lost in Your Eye?

For those who have never had perceive lenses before, the notion of putting something in your eye, even to help with vision, can be rather scary. Fortunately, wearing contacts is not as bad as you might imagine. One of the tasteless myths related with perceive lenses is that they can get slide behind your eye and get lost, which contributes to a lot of fear about using them!

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Losing your perceive lens in your eye isn't a big deal. First of all, the perceive lens simply can't slide around the eyeball and into the space behind it. Your eyes are made to resist any intrusion. There is a transparent membrane that covers the inside of your eyelids called the conjunctiva. This membrane is very strong and it de facto folds back to cover the front part of your eye. The white part of the eyeball is protected by the conjunctiva and it is de facto impossible for a perceive lens to just slide straight through it.

However, it is potential for your perceive lens to get dislodged from its centralized position and come to be lodged under an eyelid. This can be pretty uncomfortable, if you have hard perceive lenses. If this does happen, don't panic, it's a fairly straightforward maneuver to get the lens back into place and anyone can do it. Your perceive lens won't get stuck under your eyelid unless there are other factors like chemicals in your eye as well.

First, find the lens. If you aren't sure where it is, feel with your fingertip on the surface of the lids. Then look in the direction the perceive lens is. For example, if the perceive lens has moved up, look up. Since the lens cannot go behind the eye, this gives it the occasion to reposition itself correctly. Most of the time, this is all you need to do in order to move the perceive lens back into place. But sometimes it won't work, particularly if you wear hard perceive lenses, which are more unyielding to movement. In this case, you will need to manipulate the perceive lens under the eyelid so that you can gradually push it back out with your fingertip.

Don't worry, the perceive lens can't get lost in your eye, only moved around a bit. There are a few reasons why a perceive lens might shift out of position. Probably the most tasteless is when you rub your eye carelessly. This can move the perceive lens and lodge it under your eyelid, or even knock it right out of your eye! Care needs to be taken when rubbing your eye, rub around the perceive lens if possible, rather than over the eye like you ordinarily would.

If you are outdoors on a windy day, it is easier for the perceive lens to move around, as well. The wind tends to make your eyes water and this, as well as any time you have inordinate tears, can cause the lens to float, manufacture it easier to dislodge when you blink. Sometimes the lens will de facto fall out of your eye, but occasionally it will be caught under the eyelid while a blink and will need to be moved back into place.

When shifting your contact lens manually, take care not to press it into your eye. Scratches on the eye can be very painful, even if superficial and may make it impossible to wear perceive lenses for some time. Being meticulous not to put yourself into situations where you may move your perceive lens is probably the best way to avoid this problem. Don't rub your eyes too hard and be meticulous on windy days or anytime you tend to tear up, to avoid losing your