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Colored contact lenses are definitely a fashion craze. Many people used colored contact lenses to enhance their personal style. But colored contact lenses are not only for fun and parties. There are prosthetic contact lenses also. These types of prosthetics are just as beneficial to the appearance and confidence of a patient as any other type of prosthetic. Some contacts correct a medical problem in the eye, also. There are such a wide variety of diseases and defects of the eye that create low self-confidence in many patients. Prosthetic contact lenses are just the answer for people with such problems.
There are many eye conditions that respond to prosthetic contact lenses. Some of the most obvious are conditions whereby a patient's eye color does not match exactly. Contact lenses can make the eyes look more uniform and match eye colors. This will give patients a better look and more self-esteem. In some cases there are spots or discoloration on one or both eyes that cause a patient to feel self-conscious.Just as a person with only one arm or leg may feel the need to add prosthetics to their life to decrease the tendency of others to incorrectly focus so might a person that could benefit from contact lenses prosthetics. People who have benefited from prosthetic contact lenses are always amazed at the ease and comfort of the lenses, as well.
Certain conditions that can be caused by accidents, damage caused by aging, or birth defects can be adjusted with prosthetics. Cornea lacerations can cause an abnormal looking cornea and light sensitivity. Prosthetic contact lenses can correct the look of the cornea and limit the amount of light entering the eye. The eye looks normal and feels much better, making the patient much more comfortable both physically and emotionally.
Prosthetic lenses are useful in both sighted and non-sighted eyes. The lenses can be made to any prescription. Also people with no iris or a malformed iris benefit from the great look a prosthetic contact lens can give them. Some people have to have their iris removed for medical reasons. Prosthetic contact lenses can help these people look normal by giving them what looks like an iris.
Certain conditions such as glaucoma require prescriptions that have the unwanted side effect of discoloring the eye. The eye turns brown due to these glaucoma treatments. And diseases of the eye such as photophobia, fixed dilated pupils and albinism can cause extreme light sensitivity. Having light colored eyes, migraine headaches, or cataracts can cause photophobia. Many other diseases can cause photophobia. If you notice extreme light sensitivity, see your doctor for a diagnosis as soon as possible. After treatment, if the eyes are still sensitive to light, prosthetic colored contacts can be prescribed to help the eye deal with light sensitivity. Prosthetic contact lenses can both help the eye look better as well as protecting the eye from extreme light sensitivity and pain.
Prosthetic contact lenses are also available to people with two different eye colors. Having normal-looking, matching eye colors is a great benefit to a person's self-esteem. This situation could be left alone, because the eyes function normally. But if the use of a prosthetic improves a person's feeling of well being and self-esteem, having colored contact lenses is a wonderful opportunity.
As well as appearance, prosthetics can also relieve certain conditions whereby light filtration needs minor or major adjustment in one or both eyes. Eye twitching is another example that prosthetic contact lenses cover up. This condition, called nystagmus, causes the eye or eyes to shake. Prosthetic contact lenses hide eye shaking and improve the way the eye looks. And people who are colorblind can wear one red contact to help them see better.
Amblyopia is an eye disorder where one eye is stronger than the other is. This disorder usually occurs in children. In earlier time eye patches were worn over the stronger eye to force the weaker eye to work harder. However, small children have a tendency to take the patch off in the presence of their peers because of the embarrassment it can cause.
Nowadays, doctors may prescribe colored contact lenses called occluders in order to block vision in the stronger eye of a small child. This has the same effect of wearing eye patches in that the weaker eye is encouraged to develop more efficiently. The difference now is that children seem to be more comfortable with wearing prosthetic contact lens instead of a patch. What this means is that they leave the lens in their eye resulting in a more successful treatment. In addition, colored contact lenses are a healthy alternative to wearing a patch.
As you can see prosthetic contact lenses have many wonderful uses. They can protect eyes from too much sun, help eyes function in a healthier manner, and aid a person's self esteem by improving their looks. Prosthetic contact lenses can improve a patient's life both physically and mentally, and are a medical wonder. |
