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Getting older is great. With age comes wisdom and the prospect of retirement. What’s not to love? One answer is failing eyesight due to presbyopia. As we grow older, many of us need help with our vision. The good news though is that, through the magic of multifocal lenses, crystal-clear sight remains accessible for everyone, however old we get.

If you’re a teenager, or are a parent of one, contact lenses could change your confidence, vision and life. They could be the perfect answer to vision correction needs - or completely wrong for you.

Getting older is great. With age comes wisdom and the prospect of retirement. What’s not to love? One answer is failing eyesight due to presbyopia. As we grow older, many of us need help with our vision. The good news though is that, through the magic of multifocal lenses, crystal-clear sight remains accessible for everyone, however old we get.

If you think about what really matters to you, in terms of your health and wellbeing, good eye care probably comes high on the list. But when you try to find out how your eyes work, you often end up drowning in Greek. So here, in plain English, is an explanation of a very common eye condition: Presbyopia.

Yes! Contact lenses are safe. So here’s some more information which you should find reassuring. Every form of modern contact lens lets oxygen pass through. This means the old days of eyes swelling and suffocating behind hard lenses are largely that: a thing of the past. Advanced polymers made of hydrogels and silicone-hydrogels – plus the science behind rigid gas permeable lenses—make all lenses safe, in principle.

It’s the end of the day. Or perhaps you just feel it’s time to remove your lenses and change to glasses, for whatever reason. Having mastered how to put in your contact lenses, now it’s time to remove them and care for your lenses. Worry not: here’s what you need to do next.

It’s a good question. In a world of soft contact lenses, why would you select a hard(er) one? Read on to find the answer…

For many contact lens wearers, glasses play an ongoing role, either as back-ups, an alternative, or as an easy way to extend corrected vision time once a full day’s lens wearing is over. It’s always a good idea for a contact lens wearer to have back-up glasses, for days when their eyes are particularly sensitive, tired or (at worst) infected.

Getting older is great. With age comes wisdom and the prospect of retirement. What’s not to love? One answer is failing eyesight due to presbyopia. As we grow older, many of us need help with our vision. The good news though is that, through the magic of multifocal lenses, crystal-clear sight remains accessible for everyone, however old we get.

But try out modern contact lenses and you’re likely to think differently, as most of them are so comfortable you’ll be delighted. Then comes the next hurdle. Will I be able to apply and remove lenses myself? Many people are squeamish about getting a finger anywhere close to an eyeball, but it’s actually very easy—and if you do it sensibly, it’s perfectly safe.

Daily disposable lenses are the perfect solution for anyone seeking the easiest, most convenient way to enjoy contact lenses. If you’re prescribed daily disposables, you may be able to wear them comfortably for up to 16 hours straight. They’re also ideal for occasional wearers, who prefer to switch between the benefits of contact lenses and glasses, whether for the whole day or during special events.

When a lens bathes luxuriously in your freshly prepared contact lens case full of solution or sterile blister pack, it does so within a solution that keeps the material in perfect condition. When it’s in your eye, your tears and eyelids do a fantastic job maintaining the lenses’ softness and protecting eye health.

That’s the case for wearers whose contact lens prescription allows a week or even a month of continuous wear. There are also lenses worn overnight to correct the shape of the cornea. For this group, overnight wear is normal.

If you enjoy winter sports, you’ll know how much glasses like to steam up, leaving you in a mist. You can use anti-fog wipes and sprays, but you’ll still be left wearing an uncomfortable construction which has a strange urge to break, fall off or obscure your peripheral vision.

Astigmatism is a very common eye condition and highly unlikely to be anything other than an eye condition with easily available solutions. So don’t waste time getting anxious if your optician tells you that you’re astigmatic. A solution is just around the corner!

We’d love to give you the answer. However… there isn’t one. Or rather, the answer depends on you. Each type of contact lens has its advantages, so read this quick introduction. Then you and your optician can make the decision, having considered all the pros and cons of daily disposable contact lenses vs monthly replacement contact lenses.

To understand why, here’s a short history lesson.

Since then, science and technology have moved on by light years. With numerous materials, types and even colours on offer, a world of choice has opened up for contact lens wearers (and opticians). One of these choices is whether and why to choose monthly replacement contact lenses over other options.

Then came the breakthrough—glasses. These were undoubtedly a great step forward, but initially they were ugly objects, fitted with thick, heavy distorting lenses. Then improvements brought in spectacles which corrected vision more accurately—and technology which did so via lighter, well-designed lenses and frames.