 Rigid contact lenses can best be removed by pulling the eyelid tight and then blinking, whereupon the lens drops out.With one finger on the outer corner of the eyelids, or lateral canthus, the person stretches the eyelids towards the ear; the increased tension of the eyelid margins against the edge of lens allows the blink to break the capillary action that adheres the lens to the eye.The other hand is typically cupped underneath the eye to catch the lens as it drops out.