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If you need vision correction, you are
far from alone. In the United States, over
sixty percent of people wear some type of
vision correction, either glasses or contact
lenses. That amounts to over 170
million people! In the past, learning
about contacts meant making a trip to your
local optometrist -- nowadays, it is easy to
learn about and even order contact lenses
online. Online sources report that at
half the people using corrective eyewear use
soft contact lenses, with millions of users
choosing specialty contact lenses (toric,
colored contacts, or bifocal lenses).
While eyeglasses are still extremely
popular, they are gradually losing their
lead as contact lenses improve in
technology, affordability, and comfort.
Furthermore, it is easy to shop for contact
lenses online. With contact lenses,
there is no worry of breakage. And, as
disposable contacts are both cheap and easy
to replace when compared to glasses, the
absent-minded among us no longer have to
worry about forgetting our glasses on the
bus or a restaurant table somewhere.
 There are a few different types of
contact lenses, each with unique benefits
and drawbacks:
- Disposable Contacts: These are the
most popular type of contact lens, and
the most comfortable to wear. Generally,
soft lenses are used for correcting near
or far-sightedness. Soft disposable
contacts are cheap, convenient, and
readily available online. They are not
appropriate for complex prescriptions,
and must be replaced monthly, weekly, or
even daily.
- Toric Contacts: This type of lens is
designed to correct astigmatism. If you
have a minor astigmatism, you may be
able to use standard disposable lenses -
but a more severe case requires this
specialized type of contact. Slightly
more expensive than standard lenses, toric lenses are usually rigid and not
disposable.
- Novelty Contacts: This category
includes lenses that are tinted or
colored for cosmetic purposes. If you
are interested in changing the tint of
your eyes, or would like to use contacts
for a unique touch for a costume,
colored contacts are perfect. For normal
contact wearers, cosmetic lenses are
available in your normal prescription.
Or, if you have perfect vision, you can
find colored lenses with no prescription
at all, intended solely to change the
look of your eyes.
- Rigid Gas Permeable Lenses:
Primarily used for more complex
prescriptions or unique vision problems,
rigid gas permeables, or RGPs, are not
nearly as popular as soft lenses because
they are neither as convenient as
disposables nor are they as easy to get
used to wearing. Although rigid lenses
today are worlds better than those of
just a few years ago, and can in fact
offer crisper vision correction than
most soft lenses, they remain less
popular due to their cost and comfort
drawbacks.
We provide accurate information about
contacts, including how they are made, how
they work, where to shop for contact lenses,
as well as info on cosmetic lenses,
disposables, soft contacts and rigid lenses.
Please browse our article archives for
contact lens brand comparisons and reviews.
Article Archives
Ciba Contact
Lenses
An overview of how to choose contact lenses,
what a replacement schedule should look
like, and a look at what is new on the
market today.
Acuvue, the
leading brand in disposable contact lenses
An overview of the Acuvue line of contact
lenses
Contacts - no
prescription
This article describes some of the dangers
of using contact lenses without a
prescription
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