Glasses are cheaper, easier to maintain, and better for children — but they can get in the way during activities and distort your peripheral vision. Contacts are invisible, can be worn in almost all ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Three-quarters of Americans wear some sort of corrective lenses. They put on glasses or put in contacts each morning, but usually have no idea how the lenses help them see. That ...

The debate over glasses vs. contacts has been around for centuries — at least since the late 1800s, when the first contact lenses were introduced. Back then, contacts were made of blown glass, covered ...

I started needing glasses sometime in the sixth grade, and I hated them. When I was finally allowed to get contacts in the eighth grade, I never looked back. But I won't lie that I was pretty curious ...

Be it glasses or contact lenses, the deal is to have better and enhanced vision. The moment we get diagnosed with a vision problem - be it near-sightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism - one ...

Vision is our most important sense, which makes taking care of it essential. 93 million American adults are at high risk for serious vision loss, but only half of them have visited an eye doctor's ...

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Cyber Monday features significant deals on glasses and contact lenses from various retailers. Retailers like GlassesUSA, Pair Eyewear, and Glasses.com are offering up to 50% off frames. Cyber Monday ...

Did you know that before the age of plastic, contact lenses were made of glass? It’s true! And slightly horrifying! Inventors were experimenting with glass-based contacts throughout the 19th century ...

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