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The lenses Council reports that 26 million Americans wear contact. Among lenses wearers, approximately 80% wear the soft type and 18% wear rigid gas-permeable lenses. The Council reports that about 11% of lenses wearers, onedaycontacts approximately 2.8 million people, are under 18.InfantsThere are few instances when corrective lenses--lenseses or contacts--are prescribed for infants. However, when an infant develops cataracts , a condition known as infantile aphakia, contact may be prescribed following surgery. In 1993, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported onedaycontacts that contact were safe and effective for use with infants following cataract surgery. Routine care of the lenses was easily learned by the baby''s parents or caregivers. They can be worn up to a week. Daily wear lenses are made of plastic that is permeable to oxygen and absorbs water; therefore, onedaycontacts they are soft and flexible. onedaycontacts These lenses must be removed and cleaned each night, and they do not correct all vision problems. lenses are easier to get used to than rigid lenses, but are more prone to tears and do not last as long. Extended-wear onedaycontacts lenses are highly permeable to oxygen, are flexible by virtue of their ability to absorb water, and can usually be worn for up to one week. They do not correct all vision problems. There is more of a risk of infection with extended-wear lenses than with daily-wear lenses. Extended-wear disposable lenses are lenses worn continually for up to six days and then discarded, with no need for cleaning. Simultaneous lenses bring distant and near objects into focus at the same time. The center of the lens corrects distance vision; the outer part corrects near vision. * Segmented lenses correct distance vision in the top half and near vision in the bottom half.Monovision An alternative to bifocal contacts, monovision lenses correct distance vision in one eye and near vision in the other. Modified monovision allows wearers to put a bifocal lens in one eye and a single-vision lens in the other.Implants Designed for mild nearsightedness, KeraVision Intacs are placed in the periphery of the cornea by an ophthalmic surgeon. Made of polymer, a type of hard plastic, they require no maintenance and can be surgically removed. The outpatient procedure has a 97-percent success rate of 20/40 vision or better.
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