Contact Lenses vs Glasses, What is Best for You?Written by Tanya Turner
Many people wear contact lenses for reasons of convenience and beauty, but they also have practical advantages over glasses. Here are some of them: - Vision becomes more natural and
 sizes of objects are represented correctly. Glasses distort form and size of an object - The frame of a pair of glasses limits peripheral vision
- Contact lenses move with your eyes
- Lenses do not mist over in cool or damp weather, they do not freeze in winter, they do not become wet under a rain and snow does not stick to them.
- If powers your eyes require are significantly different, contact lenses can be made in such a way that both eyes will operate in coordination
- Lenses are irreplaceable for people who play sports, dance, or have an active lifestyles.
- Lenses help your children avoid psychological and physical traumas related to wearing glasses.
- Contact lenses can protect cornea during recuperation. Special soft medical lenses are made for this purpose.
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| | RGP Contact Lenses - Would They Work for You?Written by Tanya Turner
Modern RGP contact lenses have a lot of advantages over soft contact lenses. They are healthier for your eyes, they don’t dry out and they last for years. But people are afraid that RGP lenses aren’t comfortable. Lets look at advantages and disadvantages of RGP lenses and how they can work for your eyes.Whenever they hear words “Rigid Gas Permeable”, most people think “hard contact lenses”, confusing RGP lenses with PMMS - hard lenses of previous generation. RGP are made from a different type of plastic, which makes them more flexible than hard lenses. And their most important feature is high oxygen permeability. See comparison of RGP contact lenses and soft contact lenses. Advantages of RGP lenses As name suggests, these lenses are gas permeable - they don’t block oxygen flow to your corneas. Oxygen is very important for health of your eyes because its lack can cause serious eye problems, including inflammation of cornea. RGP contacts don’t contain any water, so they don’t dry out. RGP is ideal for people who work in dry conditions or outside, in wind. RGP can also benefit computer users, since people blink less often, when working at computer, and their eyes can become dry. If you wear soft lenses and your eyes feel dry by end of day, consider RGP - they don’t suck moisture from your eyes and feel comfortable even at end of day.
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