Can Contacts Get Lost in Your Eye?

January 1st, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

For those who have never had contact lenses before, the thought of putting something in your eye, even to help with vision, can be rather scary. Fortunately, wearing contacts is not as bad as you might imagine. One of the common myths associated with contact lenses is that they can get slide behind your eye and get lost, which contributes to a lot of fear about using them!

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Toric Contact Lenses

November 24th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

As an adult I didn’t remember I had an astigmatism in both eyes. I questioned why I still had blurry vision when I left the doctor’s office. Come to find out my astigmatism was not bad enough previously to warrant corrective lenses for the problem. The degree of astigmatisms will result in the need for corrective lenses called Toric contact lenses. If you have an astigmatism it can get worse over time and your doctor should correct for it. You eyes are constantly changing throughout your life; some have eye changes more frequently than others. This is why it is recommended that you see an eye doctor every year.

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Weird And Crazy Contact Lenses

November 10th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Are your eyes ready to go toe to toe with a pair of crazy lens contacts? Special effects contact lenses, also identified with theatrical contacts or crazy lens, have experienced a surge in popularity over the last several years. Colored contacts entered the world of eye wear as a funky rendition on corrective gear for the specs. A generation has witnessed the colored contact’s rise a convenient eye gizmo to the status of an international fashion statement. And just when it seemed that contact had done it all, lenses went crazy!

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Bifocal Contact Lenses For Presbyopia

October 18th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Have you reached an age where the eye doctor is talking about bifocal lenses and how they can help you see better? Anyone with vision problems knows eventually they will need to have bifocal lenses to help with their changing eyes, however if you are new to the corrective lenses world you might find the information below very interesting. Those who need bifocal contact lenses have blurry eyesight when looking at close range objects while still needing correction for further distances.

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Can People with Glaucoma Wear Contact Lenses?

August 21st, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Glaucoma is an eye condition in which the optic nerve is damaged and destroyed over a period of time. Most frequently, glaucoma can be accredited to amplified eye pressure as an effect of drainage blockage. Other reasons for glaucoma consist of poor blood supply to the optic nerve fibers, weak nerve structure, or a deficiency in the nerve fibers.

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Are Colored Contacts In Your Future?

June 11th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Since contacts come in various hues, it’s a snap these days to change your eye color either to go with your mood or to coordinate with what you’re wearing. They have, in fact, become just one more fashionable accessory, regardless of whether you actually need them for some degree of eyesight correction. You can purchase these colored lenses in a variety of bright, attractive shades.

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