A lot of you know that the best alternative to wearing glasses is to get contact lenses. They are small plastic discs that are placed in the eye, and the purpose is to correct the problems of vision such as nearsightedness, astigmatism, farsightedness and other problems related to the vision. Those people who have had cataract surgery also use contact lens to allow their eyes to heal quicker.
The contacts are placed in the eye where they sit on top of a sheet of tears that are on top of the cornea. You should always consult with a optician to make sure that the contacts and made and fitted to your eyes in the correct safe way. If you do not do this then you will find that you may get a pair of contact lenses that cause your eyes to be damaged.
There are two kinds of contact lenses that are available for a person. There are hard contact lens, then there are soft contact lens. The options in the hard contact lenses include gas permeable, and the traditional hard lenses. The option of soft contacts have the options of daily wear, extended wear, and even disposable wear contact lenses. All of these options are great, but to know which one is the best for you, you have to consult with a optician and seek proper advise.
If you have opted for the choice of hard contact lens then you are going to have to take it slowly over a period of two to four weeks, where each day you place the contact lenses in your eye for a longer and longer. This allows your eyes to adjust to the contact lens slowly. Of course if you have chosen the option of soft contact lens then you will ind that your eyes will get used to them very quickly and in most cases in just a few days.