Contact lens stuck in eye on Xmas day

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This regularly happens to me move your eye up down and from side to side. Put some saline or contact lens solution in and keep doing that, rolling your eyes around and eventually it will come out , it's most likely folded up so it will come out of the side or the upper part of the eye. It can't go anywhere else and it will come out. This happened to me overnight once but generally a bit of saline and rolling your eye around nothing is going to happen to you if it remains behind your eye for the day but this is unlikely

This regularly happens to me move your eye up down and from side to side. Put some saline or contact lens solution in and keep doing that, rolling your eyes around and eventually it will come out , it's most likely folded up so it will come out of the side or the upper part of the eye. It can't go anywhere else and it will come out. This happened to me overnight once but generally a bit of saline and rolling your eye around nothing is going to happen to you if it remains behind your eye but this is unlikely
The blood spot on your eye is where you have burst. The blood vessel is nothing to worry about, if it doesn't come out I would have a good look at where you were where it went missing because it may have fell out

I wear soft contact lenses so not this is what works for me. Lie down and put lots of saline drops in. Then close you eyes and relax. After about 20 mins I blink a bit and the contact lens comes to somewhere I can easily get it out.

if that doesn’t work then probably A&E

They would. It’s a scratch to the eyeball.

Don't keep at it. I was in the optician once and there was a person there who thought their contact lens was stuck in their eye and kept trying to remove it. The lens had fallen out unnoticed and they were damaging their eye.

Hope you've got it sorted by now, but if not... I agree it looks like it's in the outer corner. When my lenses have slipped before I have closed my eyes and rolled my pupil round lots of times i.e. eyes shut, stare up, right, down,left repeat lots. It often catches the stray lens and either puts it in the right place or pops it out. Don't rub or touch the eyelid. Good luck!

For something very minor like this I doubt they would even make the call.

Have you double checked it's definitely still in there? I had similar many years ago, couldn't get it out or so I thought, spent about an hour at the sink fishing in my eye before giving up and going to bed.

The next morning, going to have another try, I spotted the shrivelled contact lens stuck to the sink.

There’s always an ophthalmologist on call.

Your contact lenses cannot go round to the back of your eye. It’s physically impossible.

You need to get yourself to a&e and get that scratch looked at.

Yeah I’d say I can see it there too. Loads and loads of saline or eye drops and give it a bit of time to work its way back first.

And I personally wouldn’t go to A&E. First of all, they don’t have access to special optometric equipment there generally so they won’t really be able to do anything. The last time I rang 111 about an eye issue they didn’t really want to send to out of hours because they wouldn’t be able to do much. The optician is really better or the eye department, neither of which are likely to be operational today. Also if you aren’t in pain and it’s not visible in your eye then it’s probably just burst blood vessels or similar.

Check the corners but it may have fallen out and the sensation is just where you have scratched/irritated your eye. I once spent about an hour trying to find a lens in my eye and then found it on the floor. It can’t really go anywhere so if it’s not visible folded up in a corner or something the likelihood is it fell out and the ongoing irritation is from where your cornea has been scratched or irritated.

The photo looks as though it might be in the far outer corner.

Lots of saline but I second A and E otherwise

Put saline into your eye. Gently press on your eyelid to try and move it onto your eye. I've had this before and it usually reappears after a while. It can't go behind your eye, so will move back. It could also have come out when you felt it dislodge.

Is it a soft or hard lens? With my gas permeable lens this has happened a couple of times and it has reappeared visible in about 20 mins. I would phone 111 though. There may be a duty optician.

I also second being sure it hasnt come out. Again more likely with an RPG. It is worth going somewhere with a non carpet floor and taking off and shaking out your clothes. I've had to do that when I knew one had come out.

It can’t go anywhere as there’s a membrane that stops it. I’d put in eye drops and wiggle both lids after lifting them and having a good look to see if it’s there.

Whatever you do dont try and get it out with tweezers,My Friend is a Optician and had someone with a very sore scratched eye

i actually get this happen every few months (bearing in mind I’ve been wearing daily contacts for around 15 years), never once thought to go to a&e. But that’s just me, maybe do as per the above posters suggestion a few times first- lots of saline, pull the eye lid up and look upwards/ sideways until it comes out (sorry that’s abit graphic but it always works for me!). Maybe if you still can’t dislodge it in an hour call 111? Or see if a partner/ someone close with you can help.

You usually feel a contact lens even if it's not in place. Are you sure it hasn't fallen out?

I have scars on my corneas, I was very close to having a lot worse, so I always err on the side of caution with my eyes but quite often lose a contact and think it's still in there when its actually fallen out. Call 111 and wear your glasses.

Could it have fallen out? When you rubbed it? Have a good look around.

Otherwise, as with PP, plenty of saline solution, gently massage your eyelid & see if you can feel anything.

But yes, maybe A&E a possibility 🫩

Saturate with saline. Could it have rolled up under your top eyelid? This happens to me sometimes, easiest way to dislodge is to saturate with drops, hold top eyelid out by the lashes, tip head toward the ceiling and keep your head still while moving your eyeball up and down. If you get it to move into the inner corner it will be easier to manoeuvre out