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Subject: Re: extended wear contact lense "horror stories"
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Date: Thu, 17-Nov-83 12:44:18 EST
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	The $40.00 to $100.00 per year for maintenance sounds about right, 
but there is a comparable maintenance cost for hard lenses too.  Remember,
with hard lenses, you must take them out every day, and place them in a
fresh vat of chemicals, while with extended wear soft lenses, you only need
do this every couple of weeks.

	As for them lasting about 13 months, I presume that is the average 
amount of time it takes before somone tears one and has to replace it.  I
plan on being careful with mine, and hope they last considerably longer than
13 months.

	The vision yielded by soft lenses may be less perfect that that
given by hard lenses, but the soft lenses are (in my opinion) preferable 
because they are less of a hassle (you don't have to take them out every 
night and put them in every morning, you can sleep with them on, there 
is no adjustment period, etc.).  The vision yielded even by soft lenses 
is considerably better than that yielded by eyeglasses (wear the lenses 
for a few days, then put your glasses back on, you will be amazed at how 
much glasses distort things).

			Tom Milligan