Some important facts about Contact lenses
If you are confused about wearing soft or hard contact lenses, you need not worry about it anymore. Most of the people face the same problem and are in your situation. You can make your decision easier if you have found out the differences and facts between them. In most of the cases, the lenses would get lost and fall off from the eyes. The lens wearers face this problem by straining their eyes as well. In the last twenty years, various researches in the field of contact lenses have been published. New designs of lenses have been developed and this has improved prescribing them. The following are some of the important facts about contact lenses.
What are contact lenses and its types?
A contact lens is a small lens that is worn on the outer layer of the eye for improving eyesight. The contact lenses are of two major types, they are hard or rigid and soft or flexible contact lenses. The hard lenses are similar to the size of a shirt’s button and thinner than that of a paper sheet. The soft lenses are made up of fluid absorbing plastic. They are quite larger than the hard lenses and they cover a bit more than an eye’s iris, which is the colored area of the eye.
Choosing better contact lenses
If you are really confused about choosing contact lenses (in Denmark we call them kontaktlinser), you may consider getting the doctor’s advices. It highly depends on your eye condition as well as the environmental conditions. In the case of environmental conditions, you will have to come across them regularly such as dust, chemicals or other hazards, ability to wear hard lenses and various other reasons. Comparing contact lenses with eyeglasses, a contact lens ensures the wearer to have a wider field of view.
A lens provides less or no discomfort and more realistic sizes of objects can be seen than with eyeglasses. The most advantageous part is that it never steams up or fogs due to perspiration, rain or quick changes in temperatures.
Who can wear a contact lens?
Most of the people can wear contact lenses and get used to them. If you really need to wear a contact lens, make sure that you will be able to get rid of the minor irritation that is caused when wearing hard lenses. Soft lenses do provide you with comfort from the very beginning. However, a successful wearing of lenses depends on one’s desire.
Are contact lenses unsafe?
The doctors ensure that contact lenses are safe if they are fitted and prescribed professionally. It is also safe if the wearers properly use the lenses. A proper hygiene is mandatory and you have to practice it for the care of your lenses and always follow the schedule that is set up by your doctor for wearing them. You need to go to the doctor at regular intervals if you are wearing lenses. In most of the cases, it is recommended to visit the doctor every six months.
I hope the above advices have given you a lot of information about contact lenses. Today, more than 5 million people wear contact lenses. Irrespective of age and sex, everyone uses contact lenses to improve their vision.
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