Show CONTACT LENSES AND D DI I. I YOU rou youL rouby L by THOMPSON ThOM WHO WEARS CONTACT LENSES New York NAPS Each year one-half one million men women and children join the growing population of cont contact ct lens users Who are they and what persuades them to put away their specs Concern for ones one's personal appearance is the big reason say officials of Hind Barnes-Hind Ophthalmic Products makers of contact lens leris solutions and accessories Better vision freedom to participate in sports and freedom free dom from eyeglasses eyeglasses' are other reasons for or using the modern vision aids Today's lenses are 8 to 10 I millimeters wide about the size of an aspirin and made of plastic Covering the cornea the part of the eye out of which we see they float on the natural tear layer It wont won't come as a surprise that women head the list of contact lens users although i men are gaining ground This may be due to newer trends in which male vanity is unblushingly unblushingly unblushingly here to stay At least 25 percent of last years year's new adult lens ms users were male Other things men notice when they put on contact lenses they can cart see the faces they are shaving engage in more sports activities activities activities ties and even look down gun gun- sights for the tha first time While women may be able to bowl or golf better more more important they see their makeup make make- up work better Also hairstyling hairstyling hair hair- styling is uncluttered by eyeglass eyeglass eyeglass eye eye- glass frames Women's instinctive instinctive instinctive tive patience and willingness to follow instructions ventured one contact lens specialist is another reason they outnumber outnumber ber her male lens users Teenagers and teens pre-teens make up about quarter one-quarter of the new lens population Their reasons rank close to their elders except the term social acceptance appears What kinds of eye problems problems do clo these people have Myopia nearsightedness is the Dumber number one prescription Astigmatism wavy irregular vision is another frequently corrected problem followed by bv farsightedness and anel other eye problems |