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

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, sponsored by Bausch + Lomb
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Types of Contact Lenses

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Take our 2-minute online LASIK screening
Get an instant personalized report on your suitability for LASIK More

Know the basic LASIK criteria for success
Risks and complications of LASIK
LASIK enhancements: Do you need another procedure?
Does custom LASIK mean sharper vision?
LASIK eye surgery cost; 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 More

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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Lenses & Coatings

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Ask the dry eye doctor for expert advice
William Trattler, MD, provides personal responses to your questions More

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
More articles on eye conditions, diseases and procedures...

Top Eye Problems

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2012 Eye Checklist
Great tips for better vision & eye health!
Eye chart
What 20/20 vision actually means
Designer sunglasses
Look like a celebrity!
Pink eye symptoms
Is it pink eye or something else?
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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Sponsored Sections

Acuvue Contact Lenses for Presbyopia
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Optometry Giving Sight
This organization is dedicated to eliminating functional blindness due to uncorrected refractive error.
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.
Product Profiles
Get information about CareCredit procedure financing, CooperVision Proclear multifocal contact lenses, Lobob lens cleaner, Ocusoft products for ocular health, Similasan eye drops, SynergEyes KC and ClearKone contact lenses for keratoconus and TheraTears eye drops and eye vitamins.
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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