Q–I`m thinking about getting contact lenses, but I keep hearing about problems associated with their use. What`s wrong with contact lenses? A–The current thinking is that there`s nothing wrong with ...

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Sometimes it’s easy to forget you’re even wearing contact lenses, and that’s kind of the point. Unlike eyeglasses, contact lenses are invisible, weightless and out of your way. However, contact lenses ...

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If you wear contact lenses, chances are you've slept in them and on occasion forgot to disinfect them. Of the 41 million estimated contact lens wearers in the United States; almost everyone is guilty ...

It can sometimes be challenging for ophthalmologists, making definitive on-the-spot diagnoses of eye problems. A new "smart" contact lens is designed to help, however, by changing color in response to ...

Contact lenses may free us from glasses-induced nose dents, but that’s not to say they don’t come with their own set of problems. Whether you’re a daily wearer or you opt for monthlies, here are 16 ...

WASHINGTON -- Complaints about a contact lens solution linked to a 2007 outbreak of eye infections that blinded several people went unreported by the manufacturer for more than a year, government ...

SAN FRANCISCO--One patient needed a corneal transplant and another is legally blind after wearing over-the-counter cosmetic contact lenses. These are two of the patients discussed in a report ...

"The greatest damn lens care invention in the last 20 years" 80% of all contact lens complications are traced back to poor patient compliance. Most contact lens wearers don't follow basic lens care ...