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    you wouldn't be reading this sentence. But what is the importance of those questions? Well, the better question is, how do you define a “contact lens”, or “contacts”? Well, Urban Dictionary defines the normal everyday, prescribed contacts as being small pieces of plastic (which these days are usually pretty soft, as compared to the older, stiffer "hard" contacts) which are basically stuck on your eyeball as a replacement for glasses. They have grown in popularity in the last several years, to the

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    A contact lenses are one of the devices and can be worn to correct vision, or for therapeutic or cosmetic reasons. There are multiple types of contact lenses available according to compositional material (soft or hard material), wearing time, water content, and oxygen permeability. Furthermore, there are specific conditions such as keratoconus and aniseikonia that are usually corrected better by contacts than by glasses. [1] Because there is no blood supply to the cornea, it needs adequate

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    Contact Lens

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    “pieces of plastic” are contact lenses, which I wear all day every day. Contact lenses are built of different types of flexible plastics, and the interesting thing about these plastics is that they allow for oxygen to pass through them. It is necessary for oxygen to pass through them because the cornea of your eye requires an oxygen flow. Contact lenses stick to your eye like a suction cup, they stay where you want them and can only be pulled off. The great invention of contact lenses permitted individuals

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    Contact Lens Risk

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    In an effort to promote contact lens and eye health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did a report based on nationwide survey of 1,000 contact wearers. DCD discovered that 99 percent of them admit not taking care of their contact lens hygiene, leading their eyes to infection or inflammation. CONTACT LENS RISKS IN NUMBERS 93% of contact lens wearers claimed that they wear variety of soft contacts made of flexible plastics that allow oxygen to pass through the cornea. 99% say that

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    Bad Contact Lens Hygiene

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    topping off solution and swimming with contacts in are examples of bad contact lens hygiene. While it is difficult to determine the percentage of Americans who practice bad contact lens hygiene, it is easy to identify the amount of eye infections recorded and relate each case to how an individual cares for his or her contacts. In 2015, 40.9 million adults were estimated to wear contacts according to the Centers for Disease Control. While just simply wearing contacts makes an individual 10 times more likely

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    Safely Inserting and Removing a Contact Inserting a contact lens. A skill I never thought I would need until the day arrived for an annual doctor's appointment and my doctor told me I should go see an ophthalmologist (an eye doctor). Needless to say, after a visit with the burly eye doctor, I had gotten glasses and was still refusing to get contacts. I knew I probably needed them, but the thought of sticking my finger in my eye to but in a rubbery circular thing gave me the chills. It just wasn't

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    Contact Lens

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    Contact lenses are a simple solution for improving your vision. They are a great alternative to glasses but come with their own host of problems if they are not used properly. Contact lenses work best when the eyes are properly lubricated or moist. If your eyes dry out while wearing your contact lens, this will lead to discomfort and irritation. The tears in your eyes act as a barrier between the contact lens and your actual eyeball. Without this lubricated barrier, you are left with two dry surfaces

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    How to Properly Start Wearing Contacts Daily It is necessary to have a contact lens fitting in order to wear contacts, whether you’re planning on wearing them one-time or you’re completely transitioning from wearing eye glasses, there is more to it than just getting a prescription and deciding which contacts you want. Just as one shoe size doesn't fit all, one contact lens size doesn't fit all. If the curvature of a contact lens is too steep or too flat for your eye's shape, it could be uncomfortable

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    Vistakon Case

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    I recommend that Vistakon commence its launch nationwide. 1-Day Acuvue Disposable Contact Lenses (1-D Acuvue) represents a differentiated and exciting soft contact lens product. The point of difference of 1-D Acuvue relative to other soft contact lenses is its convenience and comfort. The primary market segment for 1-D Acuvue is the part-time contact lens wearer (3.9MM of total U.S population), who wore them only on certain events. Vistakon would encounter less price resistance with these part-time

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    Optical Distortion, Inc. is a company that offers contact lens for chicken. Since chickens’ society has clear hierarchy, they will peck the one did not obey the rules, which is called cannibalism, causing death. ODI’s contact lens for chicken could efficiently reduce this behavior through reducing their visuals. As the only company in current industry, ODI faces a problem about future marketing, including customer segmentation, locations of regional offices, pricing policy and the strategy of convincing

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