What are the benefits of contact lenses?
Are you a glasses wearer that’s been sitting on the fence between continuing with your everyday pair of specs or switching to contact lenses? There are now 3.5 million contact lens wearers in the UK, which is double the number there were just a couple of years ago. More and more visually impaired people are choosing to switch or at least own both glasses and contact lenses. The shift has largely been due to a reduction in costs and an improvement in quality and scientific technology. But if you have yet to give contacts a try, here are a few of the main benefits that might just push you over the fence to pastures new.
Easy-peasy
You can order you contact lenses from Vision Direct and have them sent to your door, so you don’t even need to go to your opticians. Lenses are usually delivered in three-month packs including all solutions and lens containers.
Improved vision
In many cases, contact lenses offer improved vision compared to glasses. Clarity is usually better and long-distance objects are more likely to stay in focus. However, another major bonus is an increase in what you see using your peripheral vision. Wearing glasses leaves you with numerous blind spots in your vision. Wearing contact lenses counteracts this, as you have a full field of vision just like a person with 20/20 vision.
Convenience
Ever wanted to give surfing a try but were worried about not being able to see without your glasses? Contact lenses offer you greater flexibility especially in terms of sporting and leisure activities. Certain sports are made much more difficult or even impossible for glasses wearers. Surfing is a classic example, but pretty much all extreme sports, particularly those based in or on the water, are tough to master without glasses and you can’t very well go surfing with your glasses on. The only real alternative is contact lenses.
Everyone’s a winner
These days contact lenses are suitable for almost all eye conditions, in fact some eye conditions are only corrected using contact lenses. Soft lenses are easy to use and adapt to, and no matter what your age you can give contact lenses a try.
