Contact lenses are an amazing product of innovation. It still amazes me that something so small and delicate can bring a person’s world into focus. Contacts may seem like an obvious choice for anyone that wears glasses, but there are a few things everyone should consider first.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you own glasses, wear contacts—or are planning to do either—you want to:
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.
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.
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:
We’ve answered these questions and more with our new infographic, Your Guide to Contact Lenses.
In 2018, Acuvue announced a partnership with Transitions Optical in the development of a first of its kind light-sensitive soft contact lens. And now, you have access to the most exciting innovation in corrective contact lenses since color contacts were introduced nearly a half-century ago.
Acuvue Oasys with Transitions is a two-week disposable lens that automatically adjusts the amount of light, whether indoors or outdoors, that enters the eye.
EDITORS NOTE:
Since introducing Acuvue Oasys with Transitions as a new offering in our vast selection of contacts lenses, we have received numerous questions and comments regarding the product. Following is TL;DR summary of these:
Buyers of Acuvue Oasys with Transitions wrote…
“Awesome innovation. I love these for outdoor activities like hiking and swimming. I hope they make them for astigmatism soon!”
“I have worn Oasis contacts for over 20 years and thesem with the transitions lenses, are the best! They really do work like the eyeglass lenses: darken when you are outside in bright light and reduces the need for sunglasses!”
“I used to use Acuvue Avesis but Oasys seems to be more comfortable on the eyes and comes with better clarity. As far as the Transitions, it is tough to tell how dark it gets because I get used to the lens, but I definitely do not squint or strain my eyes as much in the outdoor daylight as I used to.”
Here’s Oliver’s experience with Acuvue Oasys with Transitions…
Being a contact lens wearer myself for the past 20 years I couldn’t wait to see how the Oasys with Transitions lenses would work in a real-world situation. On a sunny Saturday morning in March I decided to conduct an experiment. I would substitute my Oasys one-day lenses with the new Oasys with Transitions and I wouldn’t tell anyone I was doing it. I even tried my best to forget I was making the change so I could let the experience be as neutral as possible, uninfluenced by my expectations.
I was pleased to find the contacts have virtually no color when they are kept away from UV light. This is an impressive innovation in and of itself considering first-generation photochromic lenses for glasses had a noticeable yellowish tint.
As you can see in the image below, the lenses have a slight tint. Just enough to allow you to find the contact lens as it sits in a contact lens case. This is called a handling tint and even standard contacts have a light blue tint.
It was time to take the fun outside. I left my sunglasses at home and went for a walk. It didn’t take long for me to notice the contact lenses getting darker. In a matter of seconds, my heavy squint began to relax and I felt my eyelids separating, allowing my eyes to open wider than I normally could when I’m not wearing sunglasses.
The ability to stay nearly colorless is what has made Transitions the gold standard in photochromic technology. If a noticeable brown or gray tint were present on the lens when it’s supposed to be clear, it would quickly be rejected by contact lens wearers with light color eyes. In my opinion, starting with a virtually clear lens overcame the first major hurdle in the success of this product.
The lenses worked exactly as they should once they were on my eyes. There was no perceivable tint, everything was just as clear as when I wear my non-Transitions lenses. My vision was sharp and the contacts were comfortable.
Having worn Transitions lenses on my glasses for many years, I can tell you the contacts go dark at a much faster rate. Where it takes the glasses three to five minutes to reach full darkness, the contacts took just about a minute. Impressive.
The darkness on the lenses relaxed my eyes so much that I forgot that I wasn’t wearing sunglasses. Thirty minutes went by before I remembered to ask my wife if she noticed anything different about my eyes. Once I brought it to her attention, she said the darkness of the lenses was quite noticeable.
As you can see in the picture below, the Oasys with Transitions lenses made my eyes look like I was dilated. It’s not exactly a flattering look. In fact, it can be quite shocking at first glance.
Personally, the darkening of my iris isn’t a deal-breaker for me and I don’t think that it should be a deterrent for people with light color eyes either. Oasys with Transitions are in a category of their own.
They aren’t going to be used for cosmetic reasons—like traditional color contacts—and at the moment I don’t see them as a complete replacement to your everyday clear contacts either. I see them being used for situations where you’re outside and sunglasses aren’t appropriate, convenient or safe.
For example, I usually wear sunglasses when I’m in sunny conditions, but I can’t wear them while I’m playing soccer. Oasys with Transitions would be perfect. I’m certain that Acuvue thought this all through and that’s why they partnered with one of America’s most popular athletes, Bryce Harper.
In March, Acuvue reported Bryce Harper would be an official Oasys Transitions ambassador. It’s smart. You shouldn’t wear sunglasses when a baseball is screaming towards you at nearly 100 miles per hour and yet you need to see clearly in bright light conditions.
With standard contacts, you must suffer through the bright light and squint the discomfort away. Now, with light-sensitive contacts, you can improve your visual quality in situations where you can’t wear sunglasses.
In my case, and I think most people could benefit from this setup, I will be ordering a box of Oasys with Transitions as a supplement to my standard contact lens inventory. I’ll use them for outdoor sports and activities such as hiking, where taking sunglasses off and on as light conditions vary becomes a burden.
We’re still in the early stages of this new photochromic innovation and only time will tell how contact lens wearers will insert Oasys with Transitions into their lifestyle. With summer right around the corner, I’m certain I’ll be putting Oasys with Transitions to good use as I spend more time outdoors enjoying the sunshine.
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