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Contact Lenses FAQ — And the Answers You Need to Buy Smart

Written By Barry Silver

Wearing contact lenses

Can I wear contact lenses?

Most likely, yes. Contact lenses are available to correct most eye conditions, including myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and presbyopia.

Learn more about the vision correction capabilities of contact lenses.

How many people wear contact lenses in the United States?

An estimated 45 million Americans wear contact lenses, according to data published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This includes 3.6 million adolescents, 7.5 million young adults, and 33.9 million adults. In fact, one in six adults in the U.S. wears contact lenses.

Should children wear contact lenses?

Studies have found children as young as eight can adapt to and care for contacts. The best way to determine if contact lenses are safe for your child is to evaluate how willing he or she is to wearing and taking care of them.

Should I wear contacts when playing sports?

Contact lenses are the best vision correction option for athletes. Unlike glasses, contacts stay in place, provide a wider field of vision, and eliminate the risk of glasses-related injuries.

Eyewear Care: A Guide to Caring for Your Eyeglasses and Contact Lenses

Written By Barry Silver

If you own glasses, wear contacts—or are planning to do either—you want to:

Take good care of them in the interest of ensuring your health and vision
Avoid replacing them more often than you want

At EZContacts, we want you to get the most from your eyewear. So, here, we offer you a series of tips for caring for your eyeglasses and contact lenses.

How to clean your eyeglasses

Eyeglass wearers constantly deal with smudged lenses. And the truth is, most attempt to clean their lenses in potentially harmful ways. Cleaning your lenses with a fabric that feels soft but is abrasive is a common mistake.

Selecting Shades: Your Guide to Choosing Sunglasses

Written By Barry Silver

Of course, it’s hard to see when the sun shines in your eyes. But make no mistake, first and foremost, wearing sunglasses is the healthy thing to do for oh-so-many reasons…

Beyond improving your vision in bright light, sunglasses prevent long-term health conditions, reduce eye strain and the headaches it causes and protect your eyes from elements including wind, dirt, dust and sand.

Sunglasses help make things look sharp—and you can look sharp too. Let’s look at what you should be looking for when selecting your shades through the lens of both practicality and fashion.

Allergic To Your Eyeglasses? It Happens.

Written By Michael Healy

Although not common, it’s possible to have an allergic reaction to your prescription eyewear.

The reaction’s bound to be caused by one of the various materials used to manufacture and coat the lenses, frames, and nose pads. The result can range from a mild skin irritation to oozing, blister-like sores around the eyes.

Are Your Designer Glasses Authentic?

Written By Barry Silver

You ordered and paid for name brand eyeglasses or sunglasses. How can you be sure they’re authentic?

Given how often eyeglasses and sunglasses purported to be name brands are actually knockoffs, you’ll want to know how to spot the fakes.

Let’s start with how the glasses are described.

Some sellers are “sneaky honest” in the way they describe the item. Look to sniff-out such tactics when descriptions say “inspired by [brand name]” or the like. For sure, don’t let the word “replica” slip past you. Also, look for misspellings, perhaps subtle ones: Pradda, or Guci, for instance.