Vision & Age
Correct Your Vision
Looking good, seeing well
Looking good is an important part of our lives. We wear the latest fashions. Get popular hairstyles. Even have cosmetic surgery. And our eyes are no exception.
The verdict is in: People look better without glasses. In a recent survey sponsored by Bausch & Lomb, more than three times as many of the adults surveyed thought that women looked better without glasses and more than twice as many of the adults surveyed thought that men looked better without glasses.
Maybe that is why, increasingly, people are wearing contact lenses or having laser surgery to correct their vision.
How contact lenses work
A contact lens is a hydrophilic (water loving) disc that floats on your cornea. There are dozens of options. Like prescription glasses, a contact lens is specifically shaped to focus light into the retina of your eye (and to fit your eye). But because it covers your cornea, it actually corrects your entire field of vision (unlike glasses, which you can see over and under). Contact lenses float on the tears that bathe the eye when you blink-- so you want to keep your eye hydrated and well-moisturized when you're wearing contact lenses.
Considering laser surgery?
Typical vision problems, such as being shortsightedness or astigmatic, occur when either the eye or the cornea is not perfectly shaped. Laser surgery permanently changes the curve of the cornea, improving or correcting the eyes' focus. Bausch & Lomb makes a range of innovative surgical products used for this and other surgical procedures.
Vision correction without lenses or surgery?
Bausch & Lomb Vision Shaping Treatment(VST) method is another alternative to glasses, contact lenses, and LASIK surgery. This lens corrects your vision while you sleep leaving you with crisp, clear vision while you are awake.
