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Halloween is usually more fun than scary. But the risks of novelty contact lenses – the kind you buy with no prescription – are truly frightening. “No prescription” novelty contact lenses are also called cosmetic contact lenses, Halloween contact lenses, fashion contact lenses or theater lenses. Are novelty contact lenses really dangerous?  Not with aContinue reading “Dangers of Novelty Contact Lenses”

Can kids wear contact lenses? In the past, contact lenses were reserved for kids age 12 to 13 and up. However, researchers have now found that children as young as 8 can successfully wear contact lenses. About contact lenses for kids Switching from glasses to contact lenses at a young age can be a bigContinue reading “Are Contact Lenses Safe for Kids?”

Flushing disposable contacts down the toilet or washing them down the drain may contribute to the problem of microplastic pollution, researchers said. If you throw out your contact lenses every day or so, you’re not alone — more than 45 million people in the United States wear contacts, and many of them use disposable versionsContinue reading “Before You Flush Your Contact Lenses, You Might Want to Know This”

Yes, blurry vision is a symptom of dry eyes. Other dry eye symptoms include burning eyes, itchy eyes, a feeling that something is in your eye, red eyes and pain in the eye. Dry eyes also can cause eye irritation that produces watery eyes at times. In addition to keeping the front of the eye (the cornea and conjunctiva) moist andContinue reading “Can Dry Eyes Cause Blurry Vision?”