INSERTION & REMOVAL OF RGP LENSES

Insertion

• Always wash your hands thoroughly using anti-bacterial soap and ensure they are completely dry using a lint free cloth before handling your lenses.
• Remove the lens to be inserted from the case and place it on the palm of your hand. Add a drop of wetting solution to the surface.
• Place the lens on the tip of index finger of your right hand.
• Hold the top lid open using your left hand making sure that your fingers are placed along the lash line thereby helping to hold the eye wide open.
• Using the middle finger of your right hand, pull the lower lid down and move the lens towards the eye.
• Gently place the lens on to the cornea and slowly release the lids.
• Repeat the process for the other eye.
• If you are left handed, simply swap hands for the process.

Removal

• Always wash your hands thoroughly using anti bacterial soap and ensure they are completely dry using a lint free cloth before handling your lenses.
• (Method 1) for the right eye, use the index finger of the right hand and gently squeeze the lower lid toward the eye, just under the lens. Simultaneously, use the index finger of the left hand to squeeze the top lid towards the eye, again just under the lens.
• The lens should now slide out of the eye.
• Repeat the process for the other eye.
• (Method 2) for the right eye, place your right index finger at the corner of your eye.
• Keep your left land under the eye to catch the lens.
• Keep the eye open wide as if staring and gently pull the top lid towards the right ear using the right index finger and blink.
• The lens should now pop out of your eye.
• Repeat the process for the other eye, using your left index finger for the left eye and pull the top lid towards the left ear and blink. Use the right hand to catch the lens.