Will Contact Lenses Fit Your Lifestyle?
If you need to wear corrective vision lenses due to an eyesight
problem, you may be considering the option of wearing contact
lenses. These small, lightweight plastic lenses float on the
fluid surrounding the eye to improve vision without being seen
by others. This option allows lens wearers to eliminate the need
for wearing eyeglass frames on their faces, which some people
believe adds to their physical appearance. There is also the
convenience factor of managing small lenses instead of bulkier
framed lenses, which can be dropped, lost, or broken.
Contact lenses work well for those who don't mind taking a few
seconds morning and night to insert and remove the floating
lenses. You will need to rinse each lens with cleaning solution
every time you put them in or take them out of your eye. You
also need to rinse out the contact lens case and let it dry
before adding new fluid whenever you return the lenses to their
case. Daily care, then, is a little more time-consuming than
merely putting on or taking off eyeglasses. But many people
don't mind a little extra effort to be able to avoid wearing
facial frames, which can be difficult to fit, steam up, and
change someone's look.
Another aspect of contact lenses is the need for more in-depth
cleaning every few days or so. This requires the use of special
enzymes purchased for this care. The case and lenses will need
to soak for a short period of time in order to remove all eye
fluid buildup. Then the lenses and case are rinsed and ready to
use.
Nowadays, though, many contact lens wearers are opting for the
disposable lenses that you wear a few days and then throw away.
This helps to reduce the number of hours overall any lens will
spend in your eye, thus cutting back on the amount of bacteria
that can grow over a period of time and lead to eye irritations,
inflammation, or infection. Some people used to buy extended
wear contact lenses, which they would leave in for long periods
of time. When these began causing problems, manufacturers came
up with the disposable lens.
Contact lenses work great for professional people on the go or
active people who are involved with sports, children, or other
activities where eyeglasses could slip off their nose or be
yanked off accidentally by kids or competitors. Unlike
eyeglasses, contact lenses won't steam up, although one could
pop out if your eye becomes dry or you play around with it.
Finding a lost contact lens is challenging, to say the least.
Fortunately, this doesn't happen very often.
If you have never worn contacts before, talk to your eye doctor
about the pros and cons of using this vision correction
approach, or browse online websites for discussion groups on
this topic. Millions of people wear them and love them, so you
may be one of those who will benefit from the convenience and
comfort of contact lens usage.