What are Contact Lens?
If you rather not undergo Lasik Surgery and you really hate eyeglasses, then Contact Lenses is probably your best bet. These small, plastic round discs can correct many eyesight problems including farsightedness, nearsightedness and astigmatism.
Since proper fitting is important, you should always go to a doctor. Your eye doctor will make sure that your contacts fit comfortably and are designed to give you the help you need with your vision correction. Improper fitting may damage your eyes. Contacts that correct your vision aren’t available without a prescription.
Contact Lens Can Change Your Appearance
Contact Lens come in every eye color. You can change your eye color by just changing your contact lens.
There are fun, crazy contact lens available without a prescription. These do not correct your vision. They are usually used as part of a costume to give your eyes a strange, haunting look. For example, cat eyes or a black eye or a red eye as part of a Halloween costume. There are hundreds of different designer looks you can choose from.
Types of Contact Lens
Contacts lens are placed in the eye and rests over the cornea. You can choose between hard or soft contact lenses. Hard contact lens include gas permeable as well as the conventional hard lens. Soft contacts come in several options. You can get disposable, extended or daily wear. Each type is designed to fit into an individuals lifestyle.
Soft Contacts take less time to get used to. Usually you will feel comfortable wearing them in a matter of days. Hard contact lenses may take longer for you to be comfortable using them.
People with active lifestyles find contact lenses a great choice. The biggest advantage over eyeglasses is that contacts won’t fall off your face or get fogged up. You will also get a full vision field.
Contact lenses have been popular for many years. There is no limit to what you can or cannot do. It is difficult to tell if someone is wearing contacts or not. Contact lenses do require a certain amount of care.
Contact Lens Care
Learning to take care of your lens properly will also help you to take care of your eyes as well. Even though contacts are easy to use, they do need to be taken care of. Proper care will ensure that they will remain comfortable when you wear them.
Contact Lens Tips
- Wash your hands with soap and warm water.
- Thoroughly dry your hands with a clean towel to remove any soap residue to make sure none gets on your contacts. This could cause your contacts to be uncomfortable and could even give you a burning sensation when you put in your contacts.
- Put some solution in the palm of your hand and gently rub the contact in the solution. This should prevent any complication when placing the contact in your eye.
- When your contacts are not in your eyes, you should always soak them in fresh solution, especially overnight.
- If you experience any burning in your eyes after soaking them in solution, you may have to try a different type of solution.
- If you experience dry eyes, you may need to use a saline solution to keep moisture in your eyes. Sometimes contacts can dry your eyes out which will make them feel uncomfortable. Always keep saline solution with you at all times, just in case your eyes start to dry out and cause you discomfort.
- Your doctor or his staff should show you how to put in your contacts and give you instructions for their care.
Taking proper care of your contacts is easy. You should always get a fresh pair of contacts whenever your doctor recommends. This will help prevent any type of damage to your eyes. Many people like a keep a spare pair of eyeglasses handy, just in case.
Putting Your Contact Lens In
If you are new to contact lenses, putting them in for the first time by yourself can be a bit tricky. With a little practice, the process gets easier.
- Clean and dry your hands as previously discussed.
- Sit the contact lens on your index finger.
- Place a drop of solution in the center of the lens.
- Using your other hand, pull down your lower eye lid with your thumb and look up with the eye you are putting the contact lens into.
- Take your finger with the contact on it and place it into your eye.
- Try not to close your eye immediately.
- After a few seconds, close your eye and your contact should be in place.
- If it feels uncomfortable, take it out and try again.
- Practice makes perfect.
Removing Your Contact Lens
- Same as before – Make sure your hands are clean and dry.
- Look up.
- Use your fingers to grab the contact by the sides and pull it out.
- Once out – blink a few times to clear your eyes.
- If the contact doesn’t want to come out, put some drops in your eye to moisten it up and then try again.
Soon you will be a pro at putting your contact lenses in and removing them. It will be second nature to you and in no time you will be able to put them in and remove them in a blink of an eye.
Contacts and Make Up Concerns
Women have the unique added concerns associated with make-up. Here are a few concerns and do’s and don’ts related to contacts and make-up wear.
- Make sure you use only non-allergenic make-up. This will help prevent infections.
- Always wash your hands before touching your contacts, and apply your contacts before you apply your make-up.
- Do not use old eye makeup! Over time bacteria can grow in the product and once it gets into your eyes- can cause an infection.
- Don’t share your eye makeup with others.
- When using powder, keep your eyes closed during application. Make sure there is no access before you open your eyes. A good hint it to apply to one eye then the other.
- Buy water-based creams. Oil-based creams can irritate your eyes and are not as easy to flush is you should have a cream to eye accidental exposure.
- Remove your contacts before you remove eye make-up. This will keep any sort of mascara or powder from getting onto our lenses.
These two instances are the most common cause of eye infections and eye damage. It might seem like a lot of extra work, but maintaining healthy eyesight often depends on following just a few extra steps.
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