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Are Your Contacts Ripping Often? Facebook Twitter LinkedIn. Taking contacts out of a dry eye: Lenses tend to tear, rip, or crack as they dry out, and contacts ripping is usually a problem when a patient takes a dry lens out of her eye. To avoid this, use a few drops of soft lens rewetting solution on the lens and eye before removing it. This may help because, since lenses contain water, they tend to stick to things that are wet better than things that are dry.
Trying to insert or remove a lens with a dry finger can be tough. Being too aggressive when cleaning: Rubbing your contacts gently to clean them will help remove deposits, but be sure to wash and dry your hands thoroughly before handling them. When a contact lens does not sit centered on your eye, your vision will blur. If the lens moves too much, it may get caught below your eyelid causing pain and irritation.
This may require a trip to Eye Department to have the foreign body removed. Occasionally, a patient will attempt to wear a torn lens and the lens tears further, leaving pieces of lens trapped below your eyelid or worse. We understand that things happen, which is why it is best to call Eye Department at to request information, training or a replacement lens.
This is part of the services included in the Eye Department contact lens evaluation services. Always inspect your lenses before placing them in your eye. Place the lens on the end of your finger with all the curves facing up, ready to be placed onto the cornea.
Take a quick visual inspection for any tears, chips in the edge, cracks or rips. If you see any tears, chips, rips or cracks. If your contact lens tears after you have put it in your eye, carefully take it out and throw it away. This is why Dr. Annie recommends to always keep an extra contact lens available. Contact lenses come in a huge variety of designs, materials and modalities. Some contact lenses are more prone to tearing than others. If you experience frequent problems with your contact lenses tearing, call Eye Department at to explore options.
Give Dr. Annie at Eye Department a call. Do not attempt to have your coworker, friend or family member stick their fingers in your eye to fish it out. This will likely cause more pain and irritation and could lead to a more pressing problem.
The piece of contact lens can become very difficult to remove if it has lodged itself below or above the eyelid. Annie has the equipment and Optometry degree to handle these cases.
Annie first. Having a piece of contact lens get stuck in your eye is a more common occurrence than you would expect. If you remove a torn lens and a piece of it stays in your eye, it can be hard to get the small piece out.
Before putting a contact lens into your eye, you should always put it on the end of your finger with all the edges up and inspect it for any tears, chips in the edge, cracks or rips. If you see any of these, just throw away the lens and start with a new one. If your contact lens tears after you have put it in your eye, carefully take it out and throw it away. This is one good reason to always keep an extra backup lens handy. If you remove a torn lens and a piece of it stays in your eye, it can be hard to get out the small piece.
Try to find the piece of torn lens and try to slide it to the outside corner of your eye with your finger. If you can drag it to the corner, you may be able to pull it out.
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