The eyes have it. Are you 20-20 when it comes to contact lenses? Set your sights on these breakthroughs.
More than 30 million Americans wear contact lenses. Haven’t stashed your glasses yet? This is an ideal time. People who have been unsuccessful at wearing contacts in the past now have many new options,. Ask your eye doctor about these advancements. Prone to allergies and dryness? Daily disposals, such as one-day moist, avoid you taking buildup from foreign particles, like dust, as well as bacteria
Work long hours without removing your lenses? Contacts made of silicone with high details such as focusing night and day, which can be worn for an entire month, allow for more oxygen flow to the eye.
Having astigmatism that distorts your vision? Soft disposable lenses designed with unique prisms such as Fresh Look torque, which can be worn for one to two weeks, focus light evenly on your retina.
Constantly adjusting bifocal classes on your nose? Soft or rigid gas permeable contacts such as Bausch & Lomb Pure vision multi-focal, are designed for both near and distance reading, and give you a full field of view, unlike with glasses, in which you have to point your nose to focus.
Outdoors a lot? Block 90 to 99% of the sun’s rays with Sun protection lenses..
Prone to eye infections? Researchers are testing extended wear weeklong contacts that are permanently fused with an antibacterial substance.
Caring for contacts: If you don’t use disposable lenses, careful long-term lens hygiene is essential to prevent eye infections. Lenses and their cases are prime environments for bacterial growth if not properly disinfected. To prevent contamination and avoid inadvertently harming your eyes with the wrong product, never transfer eye care solutions to another bottle. If you’re traveling, stock up on travel size bottles of solution 3 ounces or smaller, at the drugstore or ask your eye doctor to help you locate them.
Although store solution disinfects contacts, you need to rub the solution on contacts to eradicate bacteria. So ignore lens solution labels that read “no Rub.”
Lens storage solution has a one night lifespan once it’s been squirted into your case. When you top off yesterday’s solution without pouring out the old liquid, the preservative can bind to your lenses, causing allergies and toxic reactions in your cornea.