How to Remove a STUCK Contact Lens from the Eye

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NOTE: It is best to have short fingernails as it will make the removal process easier. Long fingernails puts you at higher risk of a corneal abrasion.

How to Remove Contacts when the lens is stuck (Step by step)
IF you're freaking out, take a rest and relax.
Wash and Dry your hands (very dry hands work best)
2. Control your eyelids with your fingers
3. Pinch the contact lens with fingers as shown (don’t touch your eye)
4. Remove the lens
5. Clean the lens if needed or throw away
TIP: If needed, insert a drop of artificial tears (best if made for contact lenses) or multipurpose contact lens disinfecting solution to rewet the lens on the eye.

What to do when contact lens stuck under upper eyelid
1. Wash and Dry your hands (very dry hands work best)
2. Look down and toward your nose
3. Gently push on your eyelid and move the lens downward toward the eyelid opening
4. Pinch the contact lens or let it fall out while you blink.
5. Clean the lens if needed or throw away

IMPORTANT: If you ever have a red eye, a painful eye, you think you scratched your eye or experiencing vision loss related to your contacts...REMOVE THE LENSES and call your local eye doctor ASAP.

⚡ Check out this Guide on How to Clean Your Contacts

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About This Video:
Having trouble removing contact lenses? Is your contact stuck behind your eye? Well then this contact lenses video is for you. Here Joseph Allen, OD, FAAO from Doctor Eye Health shows how to take out soft contact lenses. Contact lenses are great at improving vision but can also make your eyes uncomfortable and puts them at risk of infection, so knowing how to take contact lenses out is very important. People are often afraid of the contacts sliding under their eyelids, so this video will review how to take off contacts that get stuck in the eye. If you continue to have trouble taking out contacts be sure to contact your local eye doctor right away.

[clay]

It’s literally a euphoric feeling once you get it out of your eye. I had one stuck for over an hour and I was stressing myself out so much but with your tips I was able to remove it and the wave of calmness I’m feeling is unlike anything else. Thank you ❤

[andreacasey]

Dr. Allen, you saved me from having to go for an emergency eye appointment. It was a Friday night and I had a contact that had torn in my eye and was stuck under my eyelid where it was not visible. Your video explained clearly how to remove it and provided much needed relief. Thank you so much!

[cosplaysbygus]

Gosh, this man is perfect. He purposely attached a lens to his eye just to show us how to remove it. Doctor, you have my complete admiration 💜

[miagomez]

i’ve been crying for an hour trying to get my contact out lol

[zukhraoynurmanova]

I struggled for almost ten minutes, watched this video for less than a minute and was able to remove my contact lenses immediately. It was amazing and I just regretted not finding this video much sooner. By the time I removed the lens, I had a red eye.

[kds]

New to contacts. Had a stuck one. Was going to give up on contacts completely because it was so terrifying. So grateful for this calm, thoughtful, friendly, knowledgeable video. Not giving up on contacts anytime soon. Thank you.

[angelletube]

Just sat here for over a damn hour thinking my contact was stuck in my eye... just found it on the ground... ☺️😕

[yesterdaystomorrow]

Coming from an eye that was an extremely painful situation. I thought I was a goner. Thank you for doing gods work 💞
The chill out for a second on the what to do list really spoke to me. As an eye I barely am able to catch a break and this really put into perspective just how important it is for us eyes to take a rest. thank you for speaking up and saving the day
#eyeslivesmatter

[cadiance]

Wow I literally needed this so much! I haven’t slept yet because I haven’t been able to get my contact out!

[ChristyMurphyMotivation]

I haven't worn contacts in a decade, and I was having trouble getting them out. The "bone dry" and "kissing motion" with the fingers worked like a charm! Thanks for talking me through it. Hero!

[keiskay]

I recently started wearing contacts and getting them is pretty easy but I always struggled with getting them out. This video is great and helped out a lot. Went from taking an hour to remove my contacts to about the length of this video.

[ianward]

Man, you were one of the main driving forces in me getting contacts for the first time (which has since changed my life), so thank you first for that, but now I get a folded contact stuck in my lid for 30 minutes, look up your channel and within 3 minutes it's out. As always, great video, great channel, and thank you for being my main source of eye health knowledge.

[nat]

The discomfort you must've gone through to film this💀💀
Thank you good sir, your work is very appreciated<3

[jacqueliner]

Perfect instruction - it’s OUT, Thanks!
- Pushed down on the eyelid whilst looking into down and into the corner of the nose ..

Only been in there curled up under the eyelid for 3 hours 🙄

[Cross_Hat]

What the actual heck so I had wet fingers and failed so much but learning about the bone dry finger worked immediately. You're the man. Thank u so much 💓

[amyca]

Thank you from the heart! without you, I had to wait for the weekend to pass and go to the clinic, with a terrible embarrassment in my eyes, and obviously with the lens stuck in the back, under the eyelid. So, now following your instructions I managed to bring it to the front and remove it.

[ms.altareb]

Thank you so much!
After using contact lenses for 9 years, this is the first time a lens gets stuck in my eye. Not only that, it got broken into two halves. Each half went to the other side of my eye. But I was able to get both out in less than a minute because of this video. I thought I was gonna end up at the emergency room!

[ConnorRKCyberlife]

I usually don't comment on YouTube videos. But what you did to yourself (getting the lense stuck under your eyelid ect.) Just to help us in these situations. Thank you so much Sir, you are not just a Doctor - you are our Hero. Seriously. You have no idea how some of us panic in a situation like this and by even actually SHOWING us how to solve the problem and not just explaining.. Just thank you, you awesome being‼️

[tainoroyal]

Amazing! the look down technique got it out in a few minutes! I looked down towards my nose as far as I could about 20 times.... stopping every 3 times to look in the mirror and see if it shifted... eventually the lens appeared near my tear duct

[saurabhchandrasekhar]

It was the dry hands!!! came out so easily! Thank you doc!