How can I put in contacts without shutting my eyes?!

How can I put in contacts without shutting my eyes?

It's my first time getting contacts. I'm still going through training. What's the best way to keep my eyes from shutting when I get the contact close to my eye? Also how can I put in the contact where it doesn't pop out afterwards?

The only way I've found that keeps your eyelids open while inserting contacts is to get underneath your lashes and pin them up to your skull. Too many people want to try to hold their eyelid above the lash line and that just doesn't work. You need to get under those lashes and pin them to your skull.

If you lens keeps popping out after you've got it in (assuming its not inside out, which the optician should have showed you how to tell the difference) sounds like you are getting an air bubble under the lens - also very common. This happens because you are not touching all of the edges of the lens to your eye evenly and so air gets trapped underneath. You can either try to touch the lens more evenly OR once the lens is in, DO NOT let go of your lids right away and blink. Instead, keep them open and move your eye around and look in the direction of the bubble. You can also try pulling your eyelid out and down over the top of your eye to close it and gently press on your eyelid to try to pop the bubble out. As you get more experienced with putting the lenses in, you'll be able to get them in without the bubble...

Also, when you are trying to put them in, concentrate on your reflection and your aim in the mirror, rather than trying to watch the lens on your finger. in other words, look at yourself in the mirror, not at your finger coming at you with the lens on it. This can sometimes cause you to flinch because your watching that lens come at you. If you concentrate on your reflection you won't be as flinchy.

I've taught probably at least a hundred patients how to put lenses over the course of my 11 years as an optician and this is exactly what I have my patients do...

Good luck!