Contact lenses are practically a new concept for most people. A lot of people still prefer to wear glasses in order to correct their own visual problems. But sometimes, using eyeglasses present some disadvantages that need to be addressed. If a person is regularly wearing eyeglasses of the ordinary sort, he is likely more susceptible to glare and the occasional reflective properties of glass that can greatly affect his clear vision. Varying weather conditions might also affec…
Qualifications For Lasik: California Residents Listen Up!
When it comes to lasik, California has the largest number of doctors that provide this surgery. But, remember, numbers dont mean anything. Lasik eye surgery is a wonderful innovative technology that allows you, the patient, to improve your eye sight to near perfect standards. For this to happen, several key things must play a role in the process. You need to have the right diagnosis and the right equipment to take care of you. One of the foundations of your care will come in…
Improved Eye Vision
Do you the feeling of getting up in the morning and everything is blurry? Not be able to tie your shoo, get dressed, or even find the sink to wash your face. The disappointment when your glasses break, in the most important moment. Always end your trip or some other fun activity. Entering a warm room on a cold day and wait 10 minutes for the fog to come off your glasses. Not to mention the pressure wounds on your nose bridge and at the back of your ears.
What Is A Cosmetic Contact Lens And What’s It Used For?
Cosmetic contact lenses are a professional beauty secret that is hitting the mainstream. For years, stylists have given fashion models, actors, and actresses colored contact lenses to enhance or obscure natural eye color for striking visual effects. Rumors often abound about whether the stunning shade of a young starlets eyes is natural or not, but regardless of whether the It-girl of the moment was born with those baby blues it is safe to say that colored contact lenses are…
Contact Lenses – They Will Change Your Life, No Doubt At All
If you have never tried contact lenses over glasses, you are in for a very pleasant surprise. Similarly, if you last tried contacts more than a few years ago, the technology has moved on so far that it is worth trying them again.
Contacts win hands down on convenience; no more rain on your glasses blocking your vision, no more misting up when you walk into a warm room, no more uncomfortably hot or cold metal frames. Yes, you have to clean them once a day, but if you get th…
Your Eye Vitamins Report
As doctors, it is our duty and responsibility to remain aware of new products and procedures that assist in decreasing vision loss and maintaining healthy eyes.
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Laser Eye Surgery – A Risk Analysis For My Daughter
My daughter has worn glasses since being 8 years old. She switched to contact lenses at 16. She is 21 now and told me yesterday that she is considering using her savings from her part-time job to get laser eye surgery.
Now I wear glasses and can see that they are inconvenient at times. I tried contacts years ago, before the newest generation of soft daily wear lenses were developed. One day I will get around to trying them again. But I know nothing about laser eye surgery,…
Contact Lenses Safety Tips
Rather than wearing glasses, many individuals opt for the use of contact lenses. Common problems associated with their use include irritation to the eyelid, the cornea and may even include tearing the film that covers the eyes outer surface. The best way to lessen the likelihood of any of these conditions appearing is to avoid excessive wear of contact lenses, including overnight wear.
Many people choose to wear disposable contact lenses because they require no cleaning a…
Corrective Or Cosmetic Contact Lenses?
Contact lenses, or contacts, were originally developed to correct the wearers vision without the need for glasses. This sits directly on the cornea of the eye and essentially does the exact function of traditional glasses but without the need for visible frames. In fact, contacts are almost invisible and are very lightweight. Some contacts have a very pale blue tint to them so that they are easier to see for purposes of insertion and removal but it is unusual for the lenses …
What You Need to Know About Soft Contact Lenses
Soft contact lenses are unquestionably the most commonly prescribed contact lens available. Made of soft, flexible plastic, it is estimated that about 87% of contact lens wearers in the U.S. wear soft lenses.
What is so great about RGP contact lenses!
The facts and fiction about RGP contact lenses. Are they really healthier for your eyes?
Treatment for AMD
Till now there is no effective cure for age-related macular degeneration. This is mainly because little is known about the cause of age-related macular degeneration. Several new treatments are in the clinical stage and most of the existing treatments only delay the progress of the disease.