[header] How to tell if a soft contact lens is inside out [title] Place the contact lens on your finger. [step] The rounded side should be downward, touching your finger. If it looks kind of like a bowl or a cup on your finger, you have it in the right orientation. 
If it looks like a dome, with the rounded side up, you have the contact lens flipped the wrong way. [substeps] If you can't keep the lens even, try placing it on your palm instead.