Patients seeking permanent correction of common vision problems such as nearsightedness now have a choice between surgically implanted lenses, called phakic IOLs (intraocular lenses), or the traditional LASIK surgery. Both procedures work by changing the way light rays enter the eye and both procedures can help sharpen vision and greatly diminish dependency on glasses or [...]

This week I took my dog Polly out for a stroll in the park, and we saw something very odd indeed: A dog wearing sunglasses! I couldn’t believe it!So, I decided that I would go talk to the stylish dog’s owner

Earlier contact lenses were only meant to serve the purpose of vision correction and people were hardly aware of the fact that these lenses could even serve the fashion or cosmetic purposes. However advent of colored contact lenses changed it. These lenses resulted in a fashion rage among women. Their want for highly personalized colored [...]

Coloured contact lenses have become very popular in recent years, particularly those which are purely cosmetic. By this we mean that they have zero strength, that is, they are not designed to correct vision. Such lenses are also called ‘plano’.Prescription coloured contact lenses are like traditional lenses for correcting vision and cosmetic lenses rolled into [...]

If a wild, strange new look is what you are after, for a Halloween party or a school play for example, you’ll love crazy contact lenses! You can have the strangest and weirdest looks, such as those as seen in horror movies with a pair of these crazy, wild lenses.These non prescription lenses aren’t formulated [...]

This is probably one of the most commonly asked questions regarding contact lenses. Those that do not wear them regularly see contacts as a mere commodity.In the United States contact lenses are labeled as a medical device, and are therefor regulated by the food and drug administration. They are not medical devices because they provide [...]