What Are the Different Types of Contact Lenses on the Market?
It may come as quite a surprise to a person who has little experience with contact lenses as to exactly how many different varieties there are available. If you’re considering making the switch from glasses to contact lenses you should research each type and learn their individual advantages and disadvantages. Hard Contact Lenses Hard contact lenses, which are also known as rigid gas permeable or RPG lenses, are made from a semi-stiff plastic that is tough, but will still allow oxygen to pass through to the eye. Hard contact lenses often the best choice for the single most important part of vision correction, out of all the varieties of contact lenses available, hard lenses turn in the best results in terms of helping the wearer see more clearly. These lenses are easy to adapt to, relatively comfortable and have a pretty long life, but they require constant wear to maintain the adaptation and have a tendency to become fairly easily dislodged and to slide out of proper position on the e
