Help! I accidentally fell aslep with my contact lenses still on last night

And after about 4 hours I woke up. I took the right one out, but my left one rolled bacc in my eye somewhere, and I don't know how to get it out! Need some advice now.
BananaNuts

Oh no! This happened to my friend and she had to go right to the ER... That's only 'cause for some reason her eye started to bleed. o.O

Anyways, try getting it out the ways these people have listed... If that doesn't work, straight to the doctor.

And after about 4 hours I woke up. I took the right one out, but my left one rolled bacc in my eye somewhere, and I don't know how to get it out! Need some advice now.
BananaNuts

Q: Can my contact lenses roll up behind my eyes and get stuck there? - S.S., New Jersey

Seriously, absolutely not. The eye is basically a closed "pocket" that is totally separated from what lies behind. Contact lenses can and do slide off the cornea, the clear "watch crystal" covering the front of the eye, and they can also get stuck in the corners of the "pocket," but it is not dangerous, and the lenses can easily be removed once they are located. If you think you have a contact lens someplace in your eye, and you can't find it, call your eyecare practitioner. - Dr. Dubow

That has happened to me loads of times before.

Just follow my 3 step guide.

1.) keep trying to get it out with your fingers. If you have tried a lot of times, and still can't even feel the contact then go to step two.

2.) Get a glass, fill it up with water. Go into the shower (take off your clothes). Hold open your eye with your fingers, and dump the water on your eye. It should wash out the contact.

3.) if both #1, and #2 don't work then i normally just leave it alone. The contact may have fallen out of your eye, and you never noticed. If you do decide to leave it alone then thats o.k. but if you start feeling anything weird (itchiness) , or seeing anything weird (redness) go straight to your eye doctor.

I myself have never had to go see my eye doctor because of that situation.

anyway hope that helped

Indeed this is serious...go see a doctor please!!teh_619

[QUOTE="teh_619"]Indeed this is serious...go see a doctor please!!Cloud_Insurance

[QUOTE="Cloud_Insurance"][QUOTE="teh_619"]Indeed this is serious...go see a doctor please!!teh_619

[QUOTE="teh_619"][QUOTE="Cloud_Insurance"] no, its really notUrbanSpartan125

[QUOTE="UrbanSpartan125"][QUOTE="teh_619"] This happened to friend's mother and she almost lost her sight on the left eye...>_>teh_619

[QUOTE="teh_619"][QUOTE="UrbanSpartan125"] It is impossible for a contact to roll behind your eye, if you look at my post you can see that.UrbanSpartan125

Personally I would panic.AnObscureName

Guys, what's up with the advice you're giving the OP? I thought it was a joke at first, but the comments have continued.

Anyways, to answer your question OP, you shouldn't panic. Contacts CAN NOT roll back behind your eyes. More than likely, if the contact is trapped and you can't find it, it is most likely on the sides of your eye and can be extracted without damaging your eye or causing you any pain. Here's what I do and it usually works:

1) Stand in front of the mirror and close your eyes. Next, without moving/shifting your head, try to make your eyeballs look up/down as far as they go. Also try pointing your eyes side to side. This will cause the trapped contact to become free. Also, try rubbing the top and bottom of your eyelids to try and "feel" for were the contact might be trapped. Usually, the contact will be clumped together like a "taco" causing you the irritation. Just feel around. Keep trying for a while and if you realize you can't get it free, call up the doc. You should be fine, just don't panic. I did the first time it happened to me and almost made things worse.

Good golly this seems to happen frequently to a lot of people. Makes me not want to get contacts even more.

As for advice... go with the poster two down from me.

If you don't get it out now, it'll be impossible to remove. It's happened to me. After a while it'll make shelter and live on your eyeball. You can hear its TV playing all night =/WrongHandLane

Have you tried removing your eye? It's easier to get it out without the eyeball still in the socket.metroidfood

lol

Seriously though, go to the hospital.