Page 1 of 1

Lost my contact lens in my eye

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:35 pm
by woutR
My eye is really irritated and red and a couple of attempts ago I saw the contact lens still on my eyeball so I'm sure it didn't just fell out.

How do I find it again? My eye gets easily irritated by the direct contact from my fingers touching it. It's fine with the contact lens in between when I put it in and out, but without this 'shield' I can't really touch my eye that much.
I've tried using a cup of water, putting the edge to my eye and then blinking. I've obviously tried wiggling my eyes around all directions to get it to show, but all to no avail.

I know the optician tells you that this is bullshit and that it can't happen in real life, but I assure you it can and it's fucking annoying. (And on another unrelated note: it's also fucking annoying we can't say fuck any more. Even mods bypass the spelling checker so just get rid of it)

edit: I got it out already. I blinked a couple of times and it just fell out.

Re: Lost my contact lens in my eye

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:47 pm
by PhoenixRider
woutR wrote:My eye is really irritated and red and a couple of attempts ago I saw the contact lens still on my eyeball so I'm sure it didn't just fell out.

How do I find it again? My eye gets easily irritated by the direct contact from my fingers touching it. It's fine with the contact lens in between when I put it in and out, but without this 'shield' I can't really touch my eye that much.
I've tried using a cup of water, putting the edge to my eye and then blinking. I've obviously tried wiggling my eyes around all directions to get it to show, but all to no avail.

I know the optician tells you that this is bullshit and that it can't happen in real life, but I assure you it can and it's fucking annoying. (And on another unrelated note: it's also fucking annoying we can't say fuck any more. Even mods bypass the spelling checker so just get rid of it)

You should go to your optometrist.

Edit: well, I guess the problem fixed itself. You should probably get glasses or use get laser eye surgery because contacts can be annoying.

Re: Lost my contact lens in my eye

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:48 pm
by BloodyBlade
I've had the same. I couldn't find my contacts so I kept searching and scratching in my eye.
When I gave up and walked downstairs I noticed something sticky was under my foot. Guess what it was. xD

Re: Lost my contact lens in my eye

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:56 pm
by Goobronicus
PhoenixRider wrote:...get laser eye surgery because contacts can be annoying.


I know your problems solved already, but I just wanted to say don't even consider laser eye surgery until your eyes have stopped changing consistently. It would be a waste if your eyes keep getting worse each time you get a checkup, because even if you get laser eye surgery, it won't stop your head from changing a minuscule amount ;)