Step-by-Step Guide: Inserting Frequency 55 Contact Lenses - Expert Tips

Inserting contact lenses often proves frustrating for new lens wearers. Soft contact lenses like Frequency 55 require a certain technique to allow the contact lens to fit inside the eye properly. Make sure to keep your hands clean and to find a location with a mirror such as a bathroom. Allow yourself at least 15 minutes if this is your first time putting in contact lenses without the help of an optometrist.

Things You'll Need

• Mirror
• Contact lens solution

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Instructions

• 1

  Wash your hands and pat them dry with a paper towel or another lint-free towel.

• 2

  Open the lens package by pulling off the foil tab. The contact lens should float in the solution but on occasion it will stick to the foil tab.

• 3

  Remove the lens with your index finger and examine it to make sure it has no cracks or tears. The lens should assume a curved shape. If the lens shape looks like a cone then the lens is inside out. Flip an inside-out lens in order to achieve the bowl shape.

• 4

  Use the index finger of your other hand and your middle finger to pull apart the top and bottom eyelids.

• 5

  Press your fingertip into your eye gently. Once you feel the lens on your eye, remove your finger. Try not to blink for a brief moment to allow the lens to sit properly on your eye.

• 6

  If the lens feels off or you cannot see properly, then remove the lens and start over. Make sure to apply extra solution if you take out the lens.

• 7

  Repeat these steps with your other eye.