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Contact Lenses Lost in Eye: Do not Freak out Because of That!
Some people say that have never heard about cases like that. However, those who wear contact lenses either had this experience or heard a lot of stories about that.
Yes, what I’m talking about are contact lenses lost in eye, which is actually was one of the worst experiences in my life. I can’t say it’s too dangerous, but probably it can be. Just contact lenses lost in eye really make you feel very nervous because you have no clue what will happen next.
Maybe, the experience of mine is very similar to many others who also had contact lenses lost in eyes. Anyway, I want to tell my story, since it might help somebody who is panic-stricken right now because of a contact lens lost in eye.
So, the first rule that you should always follow if you do not want to have contact lenses lost in eyes – NEVER wear them when you go to bed. This is exactly how one of my contact lenses appeared somewhere behind my eye, at least I thought so. Click to continue...
What should You Know about Hard Contact Lenses?
For years, contact lenses were known as hard contact lenses. They first entered the market in 1940s and were made of organic glass. At present day, this material is rarely used even though organic glass is firm, rather cheap, and characterized by a good transparency. The main drawback of this material is low oxygen permeability. In modern eyesight improvement hard gas-permeable lenses are used. These hard lenses are more flexible, characterized by a good transparency and a high oxygen permeability which is the most important criteria for people choosing contact lenses.
A fundamental defect of contact lenses is long adaptation period and possible discomfort at wearing them. As a result, most of patients who chose hard contact lenses at first have rejected wearing them later. However, if the person got used to hard contact lenses, he/she may benefit from using them, as, contrary to soft contact lenses, hard contact lenses enable to see better, they are cheaper, more longeval and they require less daily attention. Hard contact lenses life time is 7 years and more. Hard contact lenses, as opposed to soft ones, can be polished in case any scratches appear and may be corrected in case a patient gets new prescription from his/her doctor. Click to continue...
Contact Lenses Wear: Advantages and Rules to Follow
Though most people consider aesthetic beauty to be the main advantage of contact lenses wear, in fact, there exists a number of other advantages. Let’s see the pros of contact lenses wear (they are applicable both to soft and hard contact lenses):
- Eyesight becomes more natural; dimensions are seen almost as they are. If you wear glasses, shape and size of objects may seem distorted;
- At eyes moving, contact lenses move along with eyes, therefore, there are no distortions that may appear if you wear glasses;
- At contact lenses wear spectacle frame does not restrict peripheral vision any longer;
- When it rains or snows, spots of rain or snowflakes do not contact with lenses;
- Contact lenses do not weep at temperature or moisture change;
- If there is a need of vision correction for eyes which see in a different way, contact lenses are the only way to get your eyes function in concord;
- At contact lenses wear some people who suffer from squint, tend to improve the control of oculomotor activity;
- At contact lenses wear there is no need to resort to vision correction frequently;
- Contact lenses can protect cornea during its recovery (soft medical lenses);
- Contact lenses may become a component for more complicated visual system for visually impaired;
- In some cases, contact lenses are the only way to help people having bad eyes – when cornea is wrong shaped, disabled, or at keratoconus (erosion and evagination of cornea central part as a taper).