Is it possible for a contact to fall out unnoticed?!
Question: Is it possible for a contact to fall out unnoticed?
My eye feels fine, no discomfort from a dislocated contact. I mean, is it possible for it to get stuck to the inner eyelid or something? I just don't know what to do and I really wish I hadn't taken out a new contact yesterday! This was the first day I wore 'em!
So basically, is it possible that it fell out? Because that would make me feel less retarded right now.
Answers:
It is very possible. It happens somewhat often. My mom had some problems with one she lost not to long ago.
Yes, dear. A contact can simply get washed out of the eye sometimes, without you realizing it. Soft contacts are pretty comfortable to get used to, and once you are used to them, it can just happen. You don't notice the skin you shed either, do you? If it were stuck someplace it shouldn't be, you would notice and feel that. It is also possible not to notice because contacts do slightly reshape the eye surface, and it can take time to undo that. Plus you use binocular vision to fuse an image and the brain makes the best of the two images it gets. No reason for you to notice a lot of change. Relax. You are not less intelligent for losing a contact. Though the appropriate term, please, is not retarded. Foolish, perhaps, silly maybe. Not retarded, please.
nurse, mom of 4