Aids to take off your lenses

Contact lens tools offer a hygienic way to easily handle your lenses. Tweezers and pliers help you remove lenses safely and effectively from their cases, and a contact lens plunger is ideal for anyone who finds touching their eyeballs uncomfortable. These inexpensive, simple tools can make your morning contact lens care routine easier and safer.

Lens popper
Contact lens applicators, also called lens plungers, help you insert your contact lenses from their case and into your eye with minimal finger contact. Simply place the lens in your palm, rounded side up. Then gently press the applicator tip onto the lens. The lens will stay in place while you guide it toward your eye to release it. Lens plungers are especially helpful for people with long, well-groomed nails or those who are uncomfortable touching their eyes.

Tang
Pliers are an excellent tool that can help you easily remove your contact lenses from their case. They're made of soft plastic that won't damage the lens itself. This device can be particularly useful for anyone with long fingernails or for those who have difficulty removing lenses from their case. It's essential to sterilize these tools after each use. Pliers are not intended for removing lenses from your eyes.

Tweezers
Contact lens tweezers are used to safely remove contact lenses from their cases. Using tweezers when handling contact lenses is more sterile and reduces the risk of damage to the lens from fingernails. If you use tweezers repeatedly, you should sterilize them with disinfectant or hot water. Tweezers are available in various sizes, so you can choose the pair that fits most comfortably in your hand. Tweezers are not intended for removing lenses from your eyes.

General tips for removing lenses
• Avoid abrupt contact with your finger in your eyes and first apply a small amount of solution on your fingers after washing them.
• Remove your contact lenses before removing eye makeup. The rubbing motion used to remove makeup can tear the lens.
• Long nails can scratch or tear a contact lens. If you have them, use a finger to lift your lower eyelid and a finger on the same hand to remove the lens. Point your nails away from your eye.
• Use a special contact lens removal tool if you're having trouble. The tools are different for hard and soft contacts. For hard contacts, it looks like a suction cup; for soft lenses, the tool looks more like tweezers. Depending on your lenses, you can use a plunger, pliers, or tweezers.