Contact lenses make it easier for people with poor vision to work and carry out daily tasks. About 45 million people in the U.S. use them to correct their vision. Soft contact lenses are the same ...

Sometimes a soft contact lens will rip or tear when you put it into your eye. If this happens, take the lens out of your eye immediately and replace it with a new one.

Missing or stuck contacts—and eye infections—can be prevented with more attention. Also, even if your contact is super comfortable, it can't take care of itself. Soft lenses—worn by more ...

Your eye consists of delicate tissues that must be treated carefully. When you wear soft contact lenses, they are medical devices that can affect these tissues if worn improperly. Because soft lenses ...

Hard contact lenses have their pros and cons. They may provide sharper vision and may be a better choice for some eye issues. But they may not be as comfortable as soft lenses.

Toric soft contact lens prescribing increased from 24.4% in 2000 to 46.2% in 2023. Men were more likely to be prescribed toric soft lenses compared with women (32% vs. 28.7%). Toric soft contact ...

Eduardo C. Alfonso, M.D., and colleagues at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, report 34 cases of fungal keratitis among soft contact lens wearers from January 2004 to April 2006.

The eye might be clever, but it's also sensitive: whatever touches it over a long period needs to be gentle enough not to damage the delicate cornea, while not obstructing the vision of the wearer.

However, doctors found 27 soft contact lens in the eye of another British woman last year. The case was also reported in BMJ Case Reports. Doctors found one clump of 17 disposable contacts in a ...