Contact Lenses
Removing a Stuck Contact Lens
Posted in : Contact Lenses / December 6, 2011 / Comment Now
One may suffer from serious problems as a result of sticking of contact lenses under the eyelid or on the eye. To avoid these problems it is extremely important to remove the stuck lens as quickly as possible. The longer will the lens remain stuck to the eyelid or eye, the more will be one’s chances of experiencing serious complications like abrasions and infections. Below, we have discussed how to remove a stuck contact lens.
Wash the hands thoroughly using water and soap. This will ensure that you hands are germ free and prevent all kinds of contamination when you will be touching your eye for removing the stuck lens. You must dry the hands using a clean cloth or towel before beginning the procedure.
The first thing you will need to do is finding out the position of the lens in the eye. [...]
Contact Lens Discomfort Cures
Posted in : Contact Lenses / August 2, 2011 / Comment Now
Is the use of contact lens causing you discomfort? A single or more of such cures illustrated herewith might just do the trick.
In case eyes are not looking fine, feeling fine or not seeing properly after donning contact lenses them take them off at the earliest and seek consultation of an ophthalmologist for determining what of the below mentioned resolutions would be solving your issue.
Artificial Tears
These could provide respite from occasionally occurring ocular dryness. The ophthalmologist’s advice must be followed since several eye drops aren’t compatible with particular types of contact lens. When unsuited eye drops are used they could cause discolouration & wreck the contact lens. Moreover, only some eye drops are created & accepted for usage with eye contacts.
In case [...]
Cleaning the Contact Lenses: Some Essential Tips
Posted in : Contact Lenses / July 5, 2011 / Comment Now
Over 18 million residents of USA wear contact lenses. One of the major things one must know for using contact lenses safely is the right process of cleaning the lenses. The discussion below will offer you essential tips for cleaning contact lenses.
Whatever may be the process of cleaning contact lenses and whatever may be the type of contact lenses you are using the first step of the cleaning procedure would always be washing the hands and drying them. Our hands are always covered with dirt, bacteria and other harmful substances, which can damage our eyes. Sterilizing the hands before cleaning the contact lenses will make sure that no impurities will come in contact with our eyes through the contact lenses.
The traditional procedure of cleaning contact lenses involves the following steps:
Taking [...]
Tips for Removing Soft Contact Lenses
Posted in : Contact Lenses / June 21, 2011 / Comment Now
Are you a new user of soft contact lenses and wondering about the right way of removing them? Then this article will help you immensely. Here, we‘ll teach you the safest way of removing soft contact lenses.
The first things, you will need to do before starting the procedure is washing your hands. Use a hand-wash that does not contain excessive moisturizers and perfumes. You must know that the contact lenses get positioned on the frontal part of the colored region of our eyes. In case you are unsure whether the lenses are in their original position, cover the eyes for checking whether your vision is okay. If you find that you can see everything clearly, it means that the lenses are in their original position and you are goo to go with the procedure of removing your soft contact lenses.
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Toric Lenses – Enhance Your Eyes & Rectify Astigmatism
Posted in : Contact Lenses / December 17, 2010 / Comment Now
Many people discover that they should ideally not be wearing soft eye contacts since they have astigmatism and that toric lenses for this eye condition aren’t available in single-use, multifocal, different colours or frequent displacement range. Such was the case earlier, though currently things have changed for the better. Except when an individual has a particularly composite prescription, his/her astigmatism could possibly be rectified by the use of soft contact lens & have several choices at hand.
Toric Lenses
These are manufactured from the analogous substances as usual ‘sphere-shaped’ eye contacts; hence they could be rigid gas permeable or soft with distinction in the lens designing.
Toric lenses posses duo powers made with curves at varying angles (astigmatism correction with [...]
Colour Contact Lenses – Accessorizing Your Eyes
Posted in : Contact Lenses / November 26, 2010 / Comment Now
Colour contact lenses for beautifying eyes are available in four tint types – handling, opaque, light-filtering and enhancement.
Handling tint is generally light greenish or bluish tint present in the lens which assists the user in easy visibility when they insert, remove or accidentally drop them. As it has hardly any tint, hence eye colour is not affected.
Opaque tint is available in more deep tints which totally alter eye colour and generally comprise of a pattern of solid hues. Those with dark-coloured eyes are best candidates for such colour contact lenses which are sold in wide-ranging array of colours like green, grey, hazel, amethyst & azure. Theatrical, Special FX, Halloween, FX, Novelty Contacts are all opaque tint lenses which transitorily metamorphose users into jaguars, aliens [...]
Perfect Vision with Surgical Placement of Contact Lens ‘Inside’ the Eyes
For around 1 in 10 people suffering from eye conditions like astigmatism and hyperopia, donning chunky eye glasses or at times contact lens throughout their lives are the sole options left. This complex combo of eye conditions is tricky in treating and there is greater likelihood of the therapy failing.
Laser surgery has lesser efficacy since the eye is by their quite short. Though ophthalmologists could re-shape the corneal borders so that it could direct light beams in the direction of the retina with greater accuracy, however it appears to work solely for patients having mild hyperopia (or longsighted).
In the last 4 years, doctors have managed to embed bendable mini contact lenses truly in the eye, in the room at the back of the iris & ahead of the eye’s innate lens for rectifying [...]
All Contact Lens Users – Beware of Eyeball-Gnawing Bugs
Posted in : Contact Lenses / September 14, 2010 / Comment Now
Almost all contact lens wearers would be aware of the bug that optometrists caution about during eye exams.
Acanthamoeba infection develops when proper contact lens sanitation levels are not maintained. Despite the advice being followed yet it is not a foolproof protection mechanism.
Factually, the acanthamoeba is not a bacterial or viral form- however the most rudimentary of all creatures – an amoeba. The influx of these tailed animals measuring as much as fifteen micron in length swim about in the eye and adore residing in corneas where bountiful food is present. These bugs forage on the protein present in the eyes and gorge on any bacterial forms that get in there.
There is no mechanism for the human body to ward off these bugs as the corneal region does not have blood vessel supply hence [...]
Lady Gaga Fans mimic Use of Dangerous Circle Lenses
Eye specialists from the United States have raised serious concerns regarding widespread use of potentially risky novel forms of embellished eye contacts that Lady Gaga has been seen sporting in her latest video ‘Bad Romance’. Lady Gaga’s followers might be unintentionally harming their eyes as they endeavour at mimicking the doe-eyed doll appearance.
Circle eye lenses are available in an array of bizarre colours which are designed to specifically make the rounded coloured portion of a person’s eye, the iris seem bigger since a part of whitish eye portion is also covered in addition to the iris and pupil. These lenses seem to be quite the rage amongst teens and young adults and could be procured over-the-counter, although their use is prohibited in the United States.
Lately a statement [...]
Beware! Contact Lens Wearers Flouting Lens Makers Suggested Date
Posted in : Contact Lenses / February 17, 2010 / Comment Now
Those wearing contact eye lenses may just need to check up with their calendars. A lately done survey has shown that forty percent of those wearing contact lenses are not doing the requisite replacement at par with what the set parameters furnished by lens manufacturers.
The assessment conducted by investigators from the Centre for Contact Lens Research, Canada, Univ. of Waterloo had over 1,600 United States entrants that wore contact lenses.
Those entrants who were wearing varied forms of contact lenses – about forty-five percent of them used silicone hydrogel eye lenses whose replacement must be done in a time interval of 2 weeks, thirty-nine percent of them were wearing silicone hydrogel eye lenses whose replacement must be done every month and sixteen percent of the entrants were wearing [...]









