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Glasses - glasses change the way light focuses on the inside of your eye. Glasses are worn on the face and are balanced on your nose and ears. They are fairly easy to get used to and take care of, but should be removed at night and cleaned as needed. An eye doctor can test your eyes to determine what type of lenses you need, and should do so at least once a year. Contact Lenses - contact lenses work just like glasses, but they are worn on your eye. They can take more time to adjust to putting them in and taking them out without hurting your eye or damaging or losing a contact lens. Contacts require more care than glasses because most require removal at night prior to sleep, storage in a special case, cleaning with a solution, and removal of protein on a weekly basis. Also if you have allergies, you may have problems with the lenses or the solution you use to clean your lenses so ask your eye doctor. Contact lenses require additional testing of your eyes from your eye doctor beyond a typical eye examination. Refractive Surgery - This surgery changes the shape of your eye and most often, a laser is used to reshape the cornea which reduces and sometimes even eliminates your need for glasses or contacts. Your eye doctor can talk to you about whether or not you are a candidate for eye surgery, as not everyone is. |
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