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

Written By Barry Silver

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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.

Eye Glasses for Students: The Ultimate Styling Guide

Written By Shorey Andrews

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Class is almost back in session. It’s time to go shopping for items that will set you apart from your classmates. Shopping for new eye glasses for students is an opportunity to reinvent your look and express your personality.

With so many exciting frames to choose from, it’s the perfect time to find a pair that will bring you straight to the top of your class.

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

Written By Barry Silver

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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.

Your Guide to Contact Lenses [Infographic]

Written By Barry Silver

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Having been in the business of delivering affordable contact lenses to customers for more than a decade, we field a lot of questions about the products.

For instance, customers want to know whether or not contact lenses provide better vision than eyeglasses, which we’ve answered here.

Wearers of contact lenses want to keep up with developments that introduce new options, such as the recently released Acuvue Oasys with Transitions, an innovative new breed of contacts that are light sensitive.

And, of course, if you wear—or are considering—contacts, you’re likely to have basic questions, such as:

What vision issues do contact lenses correct?
What are the different types of contact lenses?
What materials are contact lenses made of?

We’ve answered these questions and more with our new infographic, Your Guide to Contact Lenses.

Fine Tune Your Vision Outdoors with Performance Sunglasses

Written By Oliver Torres

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There was a time when a car stereo only had one knob to control the sound coming through the speakers: volume. Eventually, stereo makers designed systems which allowed the listener to tune the sound to their liking with frequency control options and more.

The next evolution came in the form of presets. Listening to rock? There’s a preset for that. Jazz? Here you go.

In much the same way, sunglass lenses have evolved past the three basic colors of grey, brown and G-15 (Green). These essential colors are certainly not obsolete, but for those that want optimal vision for a specific activity there are now new and exciting lens colors and coatings to choose from.

In order to better comprehend the innovative new options, let me explain how sunglasses work at the most basic level.