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2026.10.06
Why Are Your Eyes So Tired in Front of a Screen?
Around three in the afternoon, looking at your monitor, you notice your eyes feel dry. Your vision is sligh...
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2026.10.05
On a Contact Lens Prescription, Look at the Dates Before the Numbers
When you receive a prescription, your eyes go straight to the power. -3.00, 8.6, 14.2. But that sheet of pa...
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2026.10.04
Why Halloween Lenses Are Not Toys
Once October comes, lenses that change the colour of your eyes turn up in costume shops and online stores. ...
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2026.10.03
A Day Spent Switching Between Contact Lenses and Glasses
People who wear contact lenses need glasses too. When you get up in the morning, after you take your lenses...
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2026.10.02
What Does "UV Protection 97%, 81%" on the Box Actually Mean?
On the specification list of some contact lenses there is a line like this. UV Protection: 97% UVB & 81...
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2026.10.01
How Can You Tell a Lens Is Inside Out?
You put your lens on this morning and something feels off. It doesn't hurt, but it keeps nagging at you, an...
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2026.09.30
Why a Lens for Astigmatism Must Never Spin on Your Eye
An ordinary lens for short-sightedness can turn on the eye without any harm. A round lens can spin a full c...
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2026.09.27
How Throwing Away a Fresh Lens Every Day Became a Worldwide Habit
Opening a fresh pair of lenses this morning and discarding them tonight feels natural. But when soft lenses...
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2026.09.26
How a Lens That Covered the Whole Eye Shrank to the Size of an Iris
A contact lens in the 1940s was not something that would fit in today's lens case. Clear material covered n...
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2026.09.25
The Dirtiest Thing Was Not the Lens. It Was the Case
Lenses touch the eye directly, so we handle them with care. But the plastic case where the lenses spend hal...
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2026.09.24
Why You Should Never Pour Fresh Solution on Top of Old
It is late, you go to take your lenses out, and there is barely any solution left in the bottle. A little o...
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2026.09.23
In 2006, One Bottle of Lens Solution Disappeared from Shops Worldwide
In early 2006, eye clinics in Singapore and Hong Kong saw an unfamiliar rise. Fusarium fungal keratitis, un...
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2026.09.22
It Was Only a Nap: Six People Who Slept in Their Contact Lenses
One man kept his lenses in for two days on a hunting trip. One woman dozed off briefly on the sofa. One tee...
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