Wearing contacts can be intimidating for the first time user. This concern quickly fades as the convenience and simplicity of wearing contacts becomes evident. There are just a few simple rules that should always be followed when wearing contacts....
Once you have a prescription for contact lenses, you can buy them wherever you like. Some people choose to purchase through their eye care practitioners, and can sometimes get a good deal by buying in bulk. However, other options are...
Contact lenses are round plastic disks meant to fit over the eyes to correct faulty vision. According to doctors at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, the plastic orbs are able to cling to the tears on the cornea with surface tension,...
Contacts help millions of people enjoy better vision without the bulk and inconvenience of wearing glasses, but that doesn't mean contacts are without problems. Understanding the proper care and maintenance of contact lenses as well as the risk...
There are several types of soft contact lenses. Single-use contacts are thrown away every day. Extended use contacts are usable for up to a week and then are thrown away. Contacts that can require cleaning on a regular basis are: daily wear...
When dealing with vision problems, you are usually faced with the decision of wearing glasses or contacts. If you choose contacts, you may wonder how a device so small can be worn to correct your vision without damaging the corneal tissues of your...
Extended wear contact lenses are U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved for overnight wear without removal for seven to 30 days depending on the type of lenses prescribed. Generally, lenses are categorized as rigid, gas-permeable or soft. Soft...
A hard contact lens, also known as rigid gas permeable contact lens, requires special care for cleaning and disinfecting. The contact lens needs cleaning daily when worn. Proper cleaning and disinfection is required to maintain healthy eyes and...
It is important to follow careful steps when putting contact lenses in your eyes. If you do not, you run the risk of contaminating the contact lens, damaging your eyes or losing the contact lens. The steps are not difficult, but they require...
Contact lenses make a lot of things easier for their users, particularly those that participate in sports. Not having to hassle with taking off, putting on and protecting glasses during activities is a major convenience factor to wearing contacts....
Contacts are dome-shaped pieces of plastic used to correct vision by reshaping the eye. Eyes mold to fit the shape of the contact, thereby correcting the way light rays converge on the retina. To know how a contact works one must first understand...
People who need bifocals no longer have to wear little half-glasses in addition to their contacts. According to the Contact Lens Manufacturers Association, multifocal contact lenses are available in bifocal, trifocal and progressive levels....
Astigmatism is a common vision problem. The cause of an astigmatism is a cornea or lens that is irregular in shape--usually the cornea. An astigmatism may be accompanied by near-sightedness or far-sightedness. You may not even know you have this...
Putting in eye contacts can be intimidating at first. The instinct of most people is to shut their eyes when anything comes close. This must be overcome. Putting in contact lenses requires you to touch your eyeball. As long as the contact lenses...
It's all too easy to forget you're wearing your contact lenses when you drift off to sleep for a short nap, but you probably won't forget about them upon waking. Most lens wearers have experienced the dry, irritable feeling of contacts left in...
Contact lenses are small plastic discs that correct visual problems much like glasses do. In 1837, Swiss physician Dr. Fick and optician Edouard Kalt developed the first glass contact lens. Today, the contact lens can change your eye color as well...
Tinted contact lenses come in both prescription and nonprescription varieties, although the purchase of colored contacts without consultation from a medical professional is not allowed in the United States. Despite the legalities, cosmetic lenses...
Contact lenses are most often used to correct vision and are frequently used as a replacement for glasses. These lenses fit over the cornea of the eye and are designed either for long-term or short-term use. They may be labeled as "hard" or "soft"...
Though used for cosmetic purposes to change your eye color, colored contact lenses are still considered medical devices. Federal law prohibits sellers from providing you with any type of contacts, even colored lenses, without a valid prescription....
Regardless of whether you're playing for fun or for competition, volleyball requires at least a limited knowledge of the three contacts or hits involved in the sport -- the bump, the set and the spike. While not all three may be used with each...
Toric contact lenses correct a common eye condition called astigmatism. The American Optometric Association describes astigmatism as a vision problem caused either by an irregular shaped cornea, which is the clear outer layer of the eye, or...
Hard contacts lenses, also called rigid gas-permeable, are small and made of a stiff plastic material. The lenses fit directly over the cornea and correct vision and astigmatisms. There are two methods used to insert hard contact lenses into the...
The concept of wearing lenses in the human eye was considered as far back as the 1400s by Leonardo da Vinci. Dr. Gary Heiting, writing for All About Vision, states that the first glass contact lenses were produced in 1887 or 1888. Since the...
Contact lenses are thin plastic discs worn over the cornea. They are beneficial for correcting eye conditions such as myopia (near-sightedness), hyperopia (far-sightedness) presbyopia (aging eyes) and astigmatism (distorted vision). According to...
Contact lenses are a convenient way for active people to correct their vision. It is important to remember that, although contact lenses may feel so comfortable that you forget that you are wearing them, they do require care. Following the proper...
Contact lenses are a good alternative for those with bad eyesight and who don't want to wear eyeglasses. The age of the patient should be taken into careful consideration when deciding whether contacts would be a good fit. Although technically...
Acuvue 2 Colours contact lenses are prescription lenses manufactured by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. These contact lenses are available with vision correction or without vision correction so that they may be worn solely to change the color...
Contact lenses are a preferred method of vision correction for many people. Whether it is for comfort or aesthetics, contacts are often the way to go. Contact lenses come in both soft, and more firm versions, each of which has its benefits....
Contact lenses change your vision without also changing the look of your face. They're more convenient than glasses during workouts, bad weather and water sports. Still, if you don't change them when you're supposed to, that convenience can be...
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