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A widespread fear: the contact lens getting behind your eye
Wearing contact lenses offers many advantages in everyday life.
However, many people are reluctant to swap their eyeglasses for contact lenses because of a number of apprehensions.
One of the most common fears is that the contact lens will go behind the eye.
Can a contact lens really slip behind the eye?
Wearing contact lenses can raise a number of questions, and even fears, for new wearers or those who haven't yet taken the plunge.
For example, some people dread having to put their finger in their eye to put in or take out their lenses.
Others are simply a little reluctant to have a visual aid placed directly on the fragile surface of their eye.
Some of these fears are perfectly legitimate, but they quickly disappear with the advice of your optician and as you get used to your new equipment.
Moreover, the daily use of contact lenses generally allays any fears linked to the new and to uncertainty.
However, the idea that the contact lens can go behind the eye can be banished from the outset.
In fact, it is completely impossible for a lens to slip behind the eyeball.
Indeed, the eye has an innate protection that prevents any foreign body from slipping behind.
The mucous membrane covering the white of the eye, called the conjunctiva, acts as a defensive barrier.
So there's no risk of the lens getting behind the eye, and no need to worry about it.
Contact lens misplacement and its solutions
Although a contact lens cannot go behind the eyeball, it can be badly positioned.
Incorrect positioning can be due to the lens not being placed properly on the eye, or to it moving.
The displacement of the lens on the eye can particularly occur when lenses are left in overnight.
Generally speaking, a contact lens that is incorrectly positioned can be easily re-centred by gently massaging the eyelid.
Repeated blinking may also help to reposition the contact lens or remove it.
Where possible, the contact lens should preferably be removed so that it can be fitted more correctly.
Occasionally, however, the lens may feel a little stuck and be difficult to remove.
In this case, it may be advisable to use saline solution and wait for the lens to slide more easily.
If the lens seems to be stuck under the eyelid, the latter should be pulled upwards in the case of the upper eyelid or downwards in the case of the lower eyelid.
Raising the eyelid generally helps to locate the lens so that it can be manipulated.
However, these inconveniences can be prevented by careful lens fitting and compliance with wearing rules.
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