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Contact lens history dates back to the period
of Leonardo da Vinci when he suggested that cornea's power changes when
eye makes contact with water. The genesis of the idea of possibility of
contact lenses. In 1801, Mr Thomas Young came up with an eye cup with
liquid and later on John Herschel developed a spherical capsule of
glass. These could be termed as early forms of contact lenses.
But, a noted contribution was made by Mr Eugen Fick when he came
up with his pair of scleral contact shells in late nineteenth century.
From there, contact lens history takes a new turning as experiments
intensified to improve upon Eugen fick's invention. August Miller came
up with his own version of Eugen's invention and he used blown glass.
In
1930, Plastic scleral lenses were introduced. It became possible to make
plastic lenses just because of invention of polymethyl methacrylate. The
inventor was Mr William Feinbloom.
The year 1950 marked a new
beginning in contact lens history with invention of corneal contact
lenses. Then onwards, soft lenses came into existence. With recent
introduction of Silicone hydrogel, more permeable and comfortable lenses
are on the block.
Contact lenses must be kept in contact lens
case. You must avoid cheap contact lense instead, you can go for custom
contact lens or superior genre after going through contact lens review.
You must keep contact lens cleaner with yourself and contact lens
cleaning should be done carefully. Cosmetic contact lenses are gaining
popularity among fashion conscious folks. People are now longing for
even daily disposable contact lenses.
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