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| Written by Owen Jones |
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As you start to lose your eyesight, which occurs to most of us at about the age of forty, you have two basic alternatives: spectacles or contact lenses. Both contact lenses and specs have their advantages and disadvantages, so whichever you pick is really a personal decision. However, some people have 'dry eyes', which means that the tear ducts do not irrigate the eyes as much as regular. If someone has dry eyes, then wearing glasses will not exacerbate the condition, but if someone with dry eyes chooses to wear contact lenses for personal reasons, the condition can make their lives very uncomfortable. Some people who wear contacts but have dry eyes will almost certainly experience a discomfort that will lead to the person rubbing their eyes, which will make the condition worse. There might be medical reasons for the lacrimal ducts not producing enough moisture to lubricate the eyes, but age can be a factor. If you have itchy eyes and are over sixty, it might be in your interests to change from contacts to spectacles. Some people find it a very hard decision to take. TV personalities and film stars seldom like to be photographed wearing specs. All right, there are not too many of them, but there are hundreds of millions of individuals who look up to their screen idols and copy them blindly. One of the causes of dry eyes, apart from age or personal illness, is environmental conditions. Pollution affects different crowd in different ways, but tobacco smoke affects most peoples' eyes, to say nothing of their lungs. Evaporation is another cause of dry eyes. This sounds strange, because you would imagine that the water trapped between the eyes and the lenses could not evaporate, but a lot of contact lenses are composed of fifty percent water to make them more supple and therefore more comfortable. A warm environment will evaporate water from the lenses and the lenses will endeavor to replenish themselves by sucking water off your eyes - a kind of osmosis. This is a good reason for soaking your contact lenses in a solution during the night. The solution is there to sterilize the lenses, but it will also allow the lenses to 'hydrate' again. Therefore, a possible solution to the difficulty of dry eyes, if evaporation is your difficulty, is to replace your lenses half way through the day. another way of combatting dry eyes if you would like to wear contacts, is to put drops in your eyes every hour. You can buy these drops from a chemist in small containers or you can purchase a litre of the solution and refill your droppers yourself. However, a saline solution (salt and water) is just as effective as anything and a great deal cheaper. If none of this works for you then why not only switch to spectacles? The trend is to be more open about oneself and part of this fashion is to admit your age, wear your wig openly, if that is what you do and be| seen wearing your spectacles. About the Author: Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on several subjects, but is now involved with Designer Spectacles. If you would like to know more, please go over to our website at Spectacles Direct. Kindly provided by 4Girls.dk You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include this link. |
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