For contact lens wearers there are two contact lenses most likely to hurt: your first pair of contact lenses and your last pair of contact lenses. The first pair is because of inexperience with inserting and removing contact lenses, and the latter may be due to something called contact lens overwear syndrome (CLOS). According to …
Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month and Contact Alternatives
Prevent Blindness, a nonprofit dedicated to children’s vision, declared October Contact Lens Safety Awareness Month. If you’re one of the estimated 45 million Americans who’s not yet free from contact lenses, there are safety tips you need to follow until you are. At Brinton Vision, we talk to people every day who have struggled with …
Itching for Relief from Contacts and Allergies?
LASIK St Louis | Brinton Vision There is hope for itchy eyes. If you are one of the 22 million Americans who suffer with seasonal allergies, you probably aren’t as excited about this month’s warmer temperatures and spring blooms as you could be. If you wear contact lenses, your sense of allergy dread might make …
When contact lenses are the problem
In my line of work as a LASIK surgeon in St. Louis, I am fortunate to be part of hundreds of success stories. I get to help people see things they never knew they were missing with their glasses or contact lenses. How great is that?! Nothing makes me happier than the smiles on patients’ …