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Are your contact lenses uncomfortable?
Use our guide to solving all types of contact lens comfort issues

Wearing tips: How to apply and remove your contact lenses
Dry eyes making lens wear difficult? Try contact lenses for dry eyes
It's time you tried contact lenses for astigmatism
Multifocal contact lenses: See clearly without reading glasses
Contact lens FAQ: What you've always wanted to know
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Types of Contact Lenses

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Ask the LASIK surgeon your question
Wondering about LASIK? Just ask our expert, Andrew Caster, MD

Are you a good LASIK candidate? Take the 2-minute online screening
Know the basic LASIK criteria for success
Risks and complications of LASIK
Does custom LASIK mean sharper vision?
LASIK eye surgery cost. Also, your options for LASIK financing
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Vision Procedures

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Which eyeglasses would look best on you?
Our shape and color analysis helps you pick the most flattering frames

Metal or plastic? The best frame materials for your glasses
How to read your eyeglass prescription
10 tips for buying children's eyewear
Buying eyeglasses online: Good or bad idea?
New trends in men's eyeglasses and women's eyeglasses
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Is your child at risk for getting pink eye at school?
How to recognize the symptoms; how to prevent pink eye from recurring

How to dry up your watery eyes
Why you should consider eye vitamins like lutein
New macular degeneration treatments
Inflamed, burning eyelids could mean blepharitis
Your cataract surgery options, including Crystalens
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Top Eye Problems

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Foods for healthy eyes
...and other Healthy Vision podcasts with Dr. Val Jones
New infographic
Why smoking is bad for your eyes
Contacts vs. glasses
Which are best for you?
Red eyes in photos?
What causes them, how to prevent and fix
Eye chart
What 20/20 vision actually means
Reading glasses
New styles are not like your grandma's
Latisse side effects
Eyelashes grow longer, but is it safe?
Eye color facts
What determines eye color in children?
Eye drops
What to know before you buy
Human eye color chart
How common is your eye color?
Eyes bothered by allergies?
Check today's pollen count
UV index map
See today's local UV levels

Learning Tools

Watch a video on what causes blurry vision.

Blurry Vision: What Causes It?
This video explains the causes of myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.

Watch a video about illegal sales of contact lenses.

Illegal Contact Lens Sales
WSB-TV news report on why buying illegal contact lenses is bad for your eyes.

LASIK
The five basic steps of LASIK eye surgery

Watch a video about how cataract surgery works.

Cataract Surgery
What happens during cataract surgery.

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Product Profiles
Learn about CooperVision multifocal contacts, Lobob lens cleaner, Ocusoft products for ocular health and TheraTears eye drops and vitamins.
Cataract Surgeon Directory
This directory helps you learn about surgeons who are on the cutting edge of new technologies such as multifocal lenses and lasers.

iLASIK Procedure
Learn about this advanced laser vision correction procedure for nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.
LASIK Surgeon Directory
Read about some of the world's leading refractive eye surgeons and the procedures they perform in addition to LASIK.

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