Applying your Scleral Lenses
Always wash hands with mild soap and dry well with a lint-free towel before handling lenses.
Place the lens on the Inserter OR stabilize the lens on three fingers by pinching together your thumb, index and middle fingers to support the lens.
Fill the bowl of the lens with preservative-free saline. We recommend using preservative-free solutions with scleral lenses.
Lean forward and look down at the floor. Your face should be parallel to the floor.
Sometimes it’s helpful to place a mirror flat on the counter to look into as you insert the lens.
With the finger of one hand, hold the upper lid by placing one finger on the base of the lashes and pin the lid to the brow bone.
Using the opposite hand, with your palm facing up, pull the lower lid down with a free finger, holding the eye wide open.
Gently place the lens on the eye by sliding the lens inside your lower eyelid and applying it directly to your eye. If using an inserter, remove the inserter from the lens by squeezing it.
Application Tips
Tip 1. To avoid bubbles, fill the lens bowl up completely with saline. Bubbles may make the lens uncomfortable and produce irregular vision.
Tip 2. To avoid spilling saline solution, center the contact lens in the middle of the inserter, or the middle of your three fingers if using the tripod finger method.
TIP 3. Keep both eyes open to help with lens insertion.
TIP 4. Lid control is important. Release the eyelid when the lens is fully in place and the inserter is out of the eye.
Removing your Scleral Lenses:
Always wash hands with mild soap and dry well with a lint-free towel before handling lenses.
Hold lower lid down, position remover at a 45° angle.
Apply slight pressure to the inserter. Inserter should stick to the lens.
Remove lens from remover with a slight twisting motion.
Removal Tips
TIP 1. It’s easier to remove the lens if you are sitting down.
TIP 2. Remove lens from the bottom of the lens, not the center.
TIP 3. When removing the lens from the tool, use a slight twisting motion instead of pulling the lens straight off.
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