What Are Continous & Long Wear Lenses?

" What Are Continous & Long Wear Lenses? "

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Author : Dhooran     Date : 26-Feb-2006

Continuous wear lenses are, in deed, a new revolutionary design in the world of contact lenses. The material in which they are made allows more oxygen to the cornea unlike other lenses. Therefore, they allow enough oxygen to the cornea during night time, reducing the complications occurs in the past. In addition, these lenses are best suited for dry conditions compared to another type of non continuous wear lenses. Being made from newer materials, such as silicone hydro gels, allows longer wear periods of 30 consecutive nights, a great help to the wearer.

Advantages:

Most of the contact lens wearers like to wear their lenses during night time also. For this purpose come the extended wear lenses. These are designed for continuous overnight wear for 6 or more consecutive nights. Also, they are designed to wear safely for 30 days even while sleeping without removing and cleaning like other lenses. They are often mentioned as continuous wear. In recent years, these have gained popularity, due to their obvious convenience. The main reason for this Extended- and continuous-wear contact lenses’s popularity is their high oxygen permeability. It is in fact; 5-6 times greater than conventional soft lenses and permits the eye to remain remarkably healthy.

Popular Models:

Many top brands in contact lens like Cooper Vision, Bausch & Lomb, CIBA Vision, etc offer a variety of popular models to meet the demand of the consumers around the world. They provide continuous and long wear Contact lenses in varieties and thus making your selection a breath taking task. Some of their models are manufactured includes the Acuvue, Acuvue 2, Acuvue Advance, Cooper FW, CSI Flexible Wear, Durasoft 3 Colorblends, Durasoft 3 Colorblends MTO, Durasoft 3 Complements, Durasoft 3 Complements MTO, Durasoft 3 LiteTint, Durasoft 3 Opaque Colors, Durasoft 3 Opaque Colors MTO. Their price varies from $20-$60 depending on the brand and in addition has a Free Priority Shipping on Contacts order US$99.00 and above.


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