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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.