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contact lens
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very thin plastic lens worn directly on the eye to correct visual defects
A contact lens is a very thin piece of plastic that sits directly on your eye to fix vision problems like nearsightedness or farsightedness. They work similarly to eyeglasses but offer some people more convenience and a wider field of view since they move with your eye.
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Research
25,500 papers- Contact Lens-Related Corneal Infections.ReviewInfectious disease clinics of North America · 2024Linaburg TJ, Hammersmith KMDOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2024.07.010
- Contact lens-related corneal infection in Australia.ReviewClinical & experimental optometry · 2020Stapleton FDOI: 10.1111/cxo.13082
- Contact Lens Technology: From Fundamentals to Applications.ReviewAdvanced healthcare materials · 2019Moreddu R, Vigolo D, Yetisen AKDOI: 10.1002/adhm.201900368
- Contact Lens Wear and Dry Eye: Beyond the Known.ReviewAsia-Pacific journal of ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2020Koh SDOI: 10.1097/APO.0000000000000329
- Contact lens complications.ReviewOphthalmology clinics of North America · 2003Suchecki JK, Donshik P, Ehlers WHDOI: 10.1016/s0896-1549(03)00056-7
- Contact Lens Safety for the Correction of Refractive Error in Healthy Eyes.ReviewEye & contact lens · 2022Rhee MK, Jacobs DS, Dhaliwal DK et al.DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000938
- Visual discomfort and contact lens wear: A review.ReviewContact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association · 2023Rueff EMDOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2023.101872
- Contact lens in keratoconus.ReviewIndian journal of ophthalmology · 2013Rathi VM, Mandathara PS, Dumpati SDOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.116066
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Encyclopedic overview
A pair of contact lenses, positioned with the concave side facing upward One-day disposable contact lenses with blue handling tint in blister-pack packaging
Contact lenses, or simply contacts, are thin lenses placed directly on the surface of the eyes. Contact lenses are ocular prosthetic devices used by over 150 million people worldwide, and they can be worn to correct vision or for cosmetic or therapeutic reasons. In 2023, the worldwide market for contact lenses was estimated at $18.6 billion, with North America accounting for the largest share, over 38.18%. Multiple analysts estimated that the global market for contact lenses would reach $33.8 billion by 2030. As of 2010, the average age of contact lens wearers globally was 31 years old, and two-thirds of wearers were female.
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