For many women, the decision to wear contacts instead of eyeglasses is one of aesthetics, not one based on their ocular health. As children wearing glasses we are often mocked, and have all experienced the annoyance of attempting to apply eyeshadow while squinting in the bathroom mirror, or have had glasses knocked off our nose during a soccer game, fogged up while drinking hot chocolate in winter, and been painfully blind and vulnerable as we ran haphazardly from a beach chair to the ocean, or from a lounge chair to a swimming pool, in the summer.
Contacts mean that glasses are no longer the dominant feature on our faces, but wearing contact lenses also offers additional conveniences. For women who enjoy cooking, contact lenses mean they will not find themselves crying as they slice onions, or frustrated by fogged up glasses while trying to cook pasta or a hot sauce, bubbling away on the stove – or worse, scorching. For athletes, the advantage of contacts does not end with that childhood soccer game, but continues for runners, aerobics enthusiasts, and even yoga devotees. Contacts give their wearers peripheral vision, which is priceless for women who enjoy playing tennis and racket ball, swimming, and even for women who enjoy ice-skating in the winter.
Contacts also offer health benefits for your eyes. Wearing contacts has been proven to slow the inevitable decline in adult vision, which is priceless, as the end of that decline can be blindness. Wearing contact lenses also helps to keep out debris from your eyes, which can damage the cornea or the eye itself.
Many women also enjoy the more cosmetic advantages of contact lenses, and wear sets designed to color their irises. Even women who naturally have the darkest brown eyes can experience life with blue eyes or even purple eyes with a set of colored contact lenses, which can be purchased with a prescription or without for those with perfect vision. For Halloween, women can even purchase contacts that will make their eyes look like cat’s eyes, or even without pupils at all.