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Are you tired and annoyed with wearing eyeglasses? Are you thinking about maybe switching to wearing contacts instead? Wearing contacts probably isn’t as difficult as you may think and there are a number of advantages as well. Find out more by taking a minute to read this short article about wearing contacts.

A Little History

Early contact lenses amazingly date back into the 19th century. At that time, they were made of brown glass and were not easy to wear. They were, however, helpful to people that could not wear eyeglasses. Contact lens technology improved in the 1940s and 1950 when they were able to make them from plastic instead. These were made out of a plastic material called polymethyl methacrylte and worked well. The only problem was that they did not allow oxygen to easily pass through them. Since then, the plastic material has improved and is now rigid gas permeable, allowing oxygen to get to your corneas. This is necessary because your corneas get the oxygen they need from the air, not your bloodstream.

Technology in contact lenses continues to improve as we’re seeing new kinds of lenses being made for people that have astigmatism or for people that need bifocals.

Reasons for Wearing Contact Lenses

Beside for cosmetic reasons, people wear contacts for a variety of other reasons including:

* Unlike glasses, the lens moves with your eye so there is no image distortion.

* The frame of eyeglassescan block your side / peripheral vision.

* Contacts don’t steam up like glasses do when you go from cold to warm temperatures.

* Sometimes contacts are the only solution for people who need vastly different lenses for each eye.

* An injured cornea can heal faster when its protected by contact lenses.

How Can I Get Contact Lenses if I Want to Wear Them?

The next step, if you’re interested, is to to see your eye doctor to get a prescription for contact lenses since you can’t order contacts with a prescription for glasses. You’ll go through some easy vision tests that only take about 15 minutes or so. You should also get the test for Glaucoma, which is the one where there’s a tiny puff of air that gets shot into your eye. Jennifer Aniston’s character, Rachel, from Friends made a big deal about it, but it’s actually no big deal at all.

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