We all know that eyeglasses have been used to better people’s eyesights since the 1400s, but nothing amazing really happened to the world of sight enhancement, until the mid 1950’s when Contact lenses were discovered.

Well now there are some thrilling new discoveries in the science used to enhance your vision, which will be a great ease to the millions of short and long sighted sufferers amongst you.

If you are a short-sighted sportsman or woman, work in a dusty workplace or suffer from dry eyes, wearing spectacles or Contact lenses during the day may not be an option. The Ortho K system – Contacts that correct near sightedness while you sleep – might be worth considering. Wearing the tailor-made, gas-permeable lenses overnight reshapes the cornea (the dome-shaped window covering the front of the eye) to its correct position, giving the wearer 20/20 vision upon waking. The sight rectification generally lasts for the entire day, and sometimes longer: some wearers find they may only need to wear the lenses every other night. Even if you are a keen swimmer, you can still consider this option as they are fine in the water. Although the lenses don’t cure short sight, some studies have indicated that using them may slow down the progression of nearsightedness. The technology has been around since the 1960s, but has only recently become affordable.

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