If you are an eyeglass wearer, chances are that you have considered switching over to contact lenses. However, you may be concerned about the negative aspects of wearing contact lenses besides only the positives.
As any eyeglass wearer knows, there are a few nuisance values to wearing eyeglasses. For example, eyeglasses are easily lost and can break. Eyeglasses, for the most part, are covered by insurance companies on a scale of something like one pair per year. If you damage or break or worse yet, lose your eyeglasses, you are at risk of having to tape them up or waiting until your next calendar year to purchase a new pair.
Looking for your eyeglasses may seem like an age-old joke, but it is not funny when you really need them the most and simply cannot remember where you have put them.
On the positive side, eyeglasses have come a long, long way as far as fashion is concerned. There are so many pretty, stylish types of frames, that eyeglass wearing has become somewhat more of a fashion statement besides being a necessity.
Contact lenses have many upsides and downsides as well.
On the obvious end, contact lenses offer support for the following:
* Near-sightedness
* Far-sightedness
* Astigmatism
* Presbyopia
Of course, there are also other benefits that are not only visually related. For example,
* You can wear contact lenses during sporting activities, which is not often possible with glasses.
* Contact lenses allow you to see better without having to worry about how you look in glasses. They can be more of a fashion statement because they are not obvious.
* Self-esteem and image are also important factors to consider, especially for teens or pre-teens.
On the downside, contact lenses are something that needs time to get accustomed to, especially in the beginning. Contact lenses are easily dropped and lost and can sometimes cause difficulty if they move or shift. Sometimes debris can get underneath the lens and irritate the eye and the wearer.
In addition, contact lens wearing consists of traveling with extra lenses if available and eye solution, as well as a carrying pouch. If you forget this important factor while traveling, you are at a serious disadvantage.
In order to decide whether or not contact lenses are right for you or not, speak with your eye doctor. Moreover, speak to others who have tried the contact lens route and the eyeglass route and see overall who prefers what in your circle of friends and family.
It is always great to get some input from others, especially when it comes to matters as important as your eyesight.
Maryjane Angelo
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