What Does the Future Hold for Contact Lenses?
One hundred years ago, if you told wearers of prescription glasses that someday in the future they’d be able to sit lenses directly on their eyes and see through them all day, it would...
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The Secret to Scary Eyes for Halloween
Searching for a look that is sure to scare your friends and family members this Halloween? Perhaps a typical costume isn’t all that you need… have you considered theatrical quality costume lenses from America’s...
Reader Question: Can I put my contacts in after applying makeup?
Reader Question: Hi! I am fairly new to wearing contact lenses and I love wearing them. I have read that it’s always best to put your lenses in before applying makeup. But, sometimes I...
Uncooperative Contact Lenses: How to Fix the Three Most Common Contact Lens Problems
For the most part, wearing contact lenses is easy peasy. But, every once and a while, we contact lens wearers experience a challenge that stumps us. Fortunately, most of these brief problems have simple...
Caring for Your Contacts: Do You Make These Mistakes?
I’ll confess…sometimes I forget just how important it is to take good care of my contact lenses. I read a study recently that, sadly, proved I’m not alone. In fact, it said that 80%...
Monthly Contact Lenses: The Most Affordable Way to Go?
I’m a huge fan of both daily and weekly wear contact lenses. I think they are absolutely essential for summer traveling, or really traveling anytime of the year. The convenience and ease of the...
A Contact Lens to Monitor Diabetics’ Blood Sugar
There is some great news on the horizon for those suffering from diabetes. GoogleX, the creators of Google Glass, have a brand new product: a contact lens that will be able to monitor a...
Handle With Care: 4 Things You Don’t Want to Touch Before You Put in Your Contact Lenses
Everyone knows you should wash your hands before you put in your contact lenses. But, let’s be honest, sometimes we forget that there are certain things we touch that won’t come off of our...
Wearing Contacts While Swimming
I am aware that the subject of this post will probably raise a few eyebrows, considering we are still in the wintry months of January. However, as someone who has worn contacts since I...
What’s In Your Eye? Contacts 101
In this day and age, when it comes to vision correction, thanks to technology we’ve got a lot of choices. You can easily find contacts that comfortably fit, not just your prescription, but your...
