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From: tj@alliant.UUCP (Tom Jaskiewicz)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: contact lenses
Message-ID: <155@alliant.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 16:28:48 EST
Article-I.D.: alliant.155
Posted: Wed Jan 22 16:28:48 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jan-86 03:47:19 EST
References: <44000034@uiucdcs>
Reply-To: tj@alliant.UUCP (Tom Jaskiewicz)
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Organization: Alliant Computer Systems, Acton, MA
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Keywords: contact lenses
Summary: See a doctor

In article <44000034@uiucdcs> aliu@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:
>I've worn glasses continually since I was around 6 years old
>(I'm 20 now), and I'm thinking of getting contacts.  I'm fairly
>near-sighted and have some astigmatism in both eyes.

After wearing glasses for 25 years I decided to get contacts a year ago.
The technology has reached the point that contacts are very good, and
are well worth considering.

>What are the advantages/disadvantages of types of contact
>lenses (i.e.  hard, soft, extended-wear, etc.)?

For an answer to this is the kind of question you should consult a
doctor.  There are enough variables involved in contact lens selection
that the answers will be different for each individual.  For example:  I
got a pair of contacts last year and they worked great.  I did have one
lens changed to a different correction, and am now seeing better than
20/15 (much better than I could see with glasses).  On the other hand,
my wife is trying her fifth pair of lenses (four different types), and
is still not seeing as well as she did with glasses.
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