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Most teenagers with glasses would kill to wear
contacts. Some parents agree and let their children try contacts while
others are a little hesitant. It is true that for younger people,
contacts are not always the best option. They can be difficult to take
care of and require a little patience and maturity in order to handle
them correctly. However, when you think about it, even though they are
more work, contacts do have advantages over glasses. If you are thinking
about getting contacts, consider these five advantages to help you make
an educated decision on the matter.
A)
Flexibility matters: When you have glasses on there are times
when they simply get in the way. Sports players know that glasses can be
very annoying when playing time comes. They can get smudged when you are
cooking and if they don’t fit properly can even fall off your nose when
you are reading. These annoyances are often what draw people to
contacts. Contacts are great because they offer flexibility. You will
not need to worry about your contacts breaking when you are playing
tennis or when you are baking a cake. There is no need to remove your
contacts to hug your child or to change your clothing. The fact is that
glasses can sometimes make life more difficult whereas contacts are
completely out of the way.
B) Better range: Another
aggravating thing about glasses is that they don’t always offer the best
range of vision. You only have the vision that you can see through your
lenses. Your peripheral vision is not usually included in this range.
While this is not a problem for everyone, it can be a problem for some
people. When people first get glasses, the brain finds the new range of
vision so unusual that they often feel like there is a huge step right
in front of them. Anyone who has gotten glasses understands this
feeling. Of course the feeling goes away after your brain gets use to
it, but it represents the limited range glasses provide. Contacts are
not the same. They provide as much vision as your eye will allow. They
work for peripheral vision as well. This is another advantage to
contacts.
C) Sun-Friendly: Have you ever been wearing
glasses in your car when the sun is beaming in your eyes? If you have,
then you likely went out and purchased prescription sunglasses shortly
thereafter. Glasses can be a pain when it comes to using them in sunny
situations. There is always the option of purchasing prescription
sunglasses, but they are often more expensive that you would expect. You
can also try the clip-on varieties, but they can be just as annoying. If
you can’t stand dealing with your glasses in the sun, you will be glad
to know that contacts are much more sun-friendly. When you have
contacts, you can use any non-prescription sunglasses you like. Using
sunglasses is important for your eyes and even lessens wrinkles that
come from squinting in the sun.
D) Fashionable: While
glasses can be fashionable and trendy, contacts take the cake in the
prescription eye wear department. The thing that makes contacts so
fashionable is that they are virtually unnoticeable. When you wear
glasses day in and day out, they will feel more like a ball and chain
than a fashion statement. If you typically wear contacts and change to
glasses for a day however you will see how each has its own fashion
advantage. Contacts pull ahead in the fashion game however because they
can even make your eye color appear to change. This is a huge trend in
fashion and one that glasses can’t compete with.
E) Be
yourself: A final advantage of wearing contacts is that you can
simply be yourself when you are wearing them. They allow everyone to
enjoy your beautiful eyes without having to peek around glasses to see
them. They allow you to always look natural and fresh. You can do the
things you want to do with contacts in and let your true self shine
through. With contacts you can look like you have perfection vision and
no one will ever know any different unless you choose to tell them
otherwise. Contacts are a natural solution to poor vision.
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