Eye Contact Guide

What Happens If Your Contact Lens Gets Stuck in Your Eye

Guest Author — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:56:15 +0000

If you wear contacts then chances are you’ve had a lenses get stuck in your eye before. It’s a pain but it isn’t a crisis, there’s no reason to panic. Nothing really happens. First things first, let’s dispel an old wives tale. It’s impossible for a contact lens to get stuck behind your eye. This...

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Safe Contact Lens Use

How to Care for Gas Permeable Contact Lenses

Wanda — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:51:53 +0000

Caring for gas permeable contact lenses isn’t as easy as just tossing out a pair of disposable soft lenses. It will take a little bit of effort. It’s still a much better solution than wearing glasses though. With contact lenses you don’t have to worry about getting those unsightly nose indentations or looking bug eyed...

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Can’t See the Wood for the Trees! How to Clean Hard Contact Lenses

Guest Author — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:15:20 +0000

Being able to wear contact lenses is much more freeing than being stuck with glasses. For one thing you aren’t constantly looking for where you left your glasses! Unfortunately not all of us are a good fit for soft contact lenses. Hard contact lenses may take a little bit of getting used to and they...

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Blurred Vision You May Need Bifocal Contact Lenses – What Are Presbyopic contact lenses

Guest Author — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:27:54 +0000

If you’ve been wearing contact lenses for ages and hitting middle age then you might notice that things seem fuzzier than they used to at a distance. That’s because as the body ages our far sightedness starts to go. Now not only can’t you see things up close, but items at a distance seem blurry...

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What are Implantable Contact Lenses? (ICL)

Wanda — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:23:29 +0000

If you have severe vision issues that can’t be corrected with normal contact lenses and you don’t want to wear Coke bottle glasses then an implantable contact lens might be the solution you are looking for. Implantable contact lenses, also known as intra ocular lenses or ICL’s are a way to correct the more severe...

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Don’t Let The Sun Destroy Your Eyes – All About UV Contact Lenses

Guest Author — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:00:14 +0000

Contact lenses have literally changed the way we see. They were introduced over 100 years ago as hard shell lenses that fit in the eye. Today soft contact lenses account for the majority of the market. Soft contact lenses can be found to treat almost any vision problem from astigmatism to the more common myopia....

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How does Diabetes Affect Your Eyes

Guest Author — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:52:42 +0000

Diabetes is an insidious disease. It can sneak up on you and damage major organs if not caught and regulated. There are two main types of diabetes, type 1, and type 2. What’s important to know though is that both types interfere with the body’s ability to break down starches and sugars and turn them...

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What are Enhancement Tint Contact Lenses?

Guest Author — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:03:31 +0000

Contact lenses have literally changed how we see the world. If you have bad vision a set of contact lenses is just the thing to help restore your eyesight back to 20/20. You can even buy contact lenses, with a prescription, for purely cosmetic reasons. One way to really bring out your eye color is...

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What are Opaque Tint Contact Lenses?

What are Opaque Tint Contact Lenses?

Guest Author — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:59:07 +0000

There are all sorts of different contact lenses out there, from hard gas permeable lenses to the more common soft disposable ones. Any lens will correct your vision and help you get rid of the hassle of glasses. Contact lenses have come a long way in just a few short years. What was once strictly...

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What are Enhancement Tint Contact Lenses?

What are Mirror Tinted Contact Lenses?

Guest Author — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:43:16 +0000

You can find contact lenses in every color imaginable. What was once solely for vision correction is now being used to great cosmetic effect by thousands of people. Changing your eye color is just a simple matter of putting in a set of contact lenses. You need a prescription, but don’t worry; you can get...

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