How to Insert Contact Lenses
The hard part is not the technique, it is your blink reflex. Everyone’s eye fights back at first. It stops within a few days, and the people who give up almost always give up in week one rather than because lenses do not suit them. Before you touch your eye Wash your hands with plain…
Dr. Teresita Bollar, OD
Biofinity Multifocal Contact Lenses: The Complete Guide
If you've ever had to hold a restaurant menu farther away just to read it, or find yourself constantly taking reading glasses on and off, you're not alone. This is presbyopia, a completely normal part of aging where your eyes lose the ability to focus on things up close. For a long time, the only…
Are Daily Contacts Better for Your Eyes
If you’re all about convenience and prioritizing your eye health, daily contacts are hard to beat. The biggest win? You can completely forget about cleaning routines. A fresh, sterile lens every single day drastically cuts down the risk of eye infections. But "better" isn't a simple, one-size-fits-all answer. The right choice really boils down to…
Silicone Hydrogel vs Hydrogel: Why Less Water Is Better
Silicone hydrogel lenses hold less water than conventional hydrogels and deliver several times more oxygen. That sounds backwards, and it is the single most useful thing to understand about contact lens materials — because it is also why “high water content” on a box is not the selling point it appears to be. Two different…
Switching From Glasses to Contacts: What Changes
The first thing people notice is not sharper vision — it is peripheral vision. Glasses correct only what you look through. Contacts move with your eye, so the whole field is corrected, and that difference is bigger than most people expect. Your glasses prescription will not transfer This surprises people and it is worth understanding…
Your First Time Wearing Contact Lenses
Almost everyone who gives up on contact lenses gives up in the first two weeks. Not because lenses do not suit them, but because insertion is genuinely awkward at first and nobody warned them how long that lasts. It is days, not months. What the first appointment involves More than an eye test. Your optometrist…