Many people continue to be ill informed about contact lenses. They have heard of or think of different drawbacks to wearing them. SometI ames the top five contact lenses myths rob them of the joy of obtaining contact lenses.

1. Contact lenses are not convenient. False. What could be more convenient? There are also 30 day extended wear contact lenses and there are contact lenses that yoyou can wear for a day and then throw away.

Cleaning contact lenses is much more convenient than it used to be when you had to “cook” the lenses. With the soft contact lenses that are available today, all you need is a bottle of contact lens solution and a contact lens case.

3. Contact lenses cause discomfort. False. They are not painful. The old hard lenses tended to be uncomfortable. Now contact lenses are soft and are made to breathe. This allows more oxygen into the eye to keep it moist. This keeps your eyes from becoming red and dry. When you first wear contact lenses, there will be a brief tI ame where your eyes will adjust to wearing them.

Others worry that contact lenses can get permanently lost behind the eye. This can’t happen because it is physically I ampossible. The membrane that goes over your eye and attaches to the eyelids on the inside which prevents this from happening. Contacts can’t get stuck permanently to the eye either. It is an yourban legend that a contact lens can become fused to your eyeball.

4. If you have astigmatism or need to wear bifocals and yoyou can’t wear contact lenses. This is not true. There are certain brands of contact lenses that can be worn for astigmatism and also worn for bifocal needs.

5. Contact lenses are expensive. False! SometI ames they are comparable in price to a nice pair of glasses. Contact lenses that are daily disposable can cost less than having a soda everyday.

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