Quick - help!. DD, 14, just got contacts....

[JFS in IL]

and after the four-hour limit for first day's wearing, can't get one of them out!!!!
Seriously - she has been trying for 30 minutes and the sucker won't even move.

[dangermom]

Eyedrops. Flood the eye with drops. You don't say if she's been using them, but you can't get them out dry at this point. Put in a lot of drops several times for several minutes, then try again (put in drops right before she grabs at the contacts).

It can take a while to get the hang of it.

[JFS in IL]

I am surprised Walmart sent us home w/o eyedrops!

[dangermom]

OK, I'm glad you got them out. From now on, always put a drop in before you try to grab the contact out. It makes it much easier. :)

:blink: <--person who can't get contacts out

[Whisperlily]

I had to learn how to take mine out, too. I rarely wear them.

When I take them out, I have to put my finger in the middle of the eye/contact and push them toward my nose. They sort of crumple there, and I can get them out that way.

Getting them IN? I'm still not used to that since I don't wear them often enough.

It does get easier the more you do it ;)

[Debbi in Texas]

After using the drops, move the contact down as the other poster said. This breaks the "suction", in my experience.

For putting them in, a trick I learned was to insert them while you are looking down into a hand held mirror. The eyes seem more relaxed this way, as opposed to looking forward into the mirror on the wall.

HTH

[JFS in IL]

And she sends you a smiley...http://67.202.21.157/forums/images/smilies/party.gif
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