The lenses Council reports that 26 million Americans wear contact. Among lenses wearers, approximately 80% wear the soft type and 18% wear rigid gas-permeable lenses. The Council reports that about 11% of lenses wearers, approximately 2.8 million people, are under 18.InfantsThere are few instances when corrective lenses--lenseses or contacts--are prescribed for infants. However, when an infant develops cataracts , a condition known as infantile aphakia, contact may be prescribed following surgery. In 1993, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that contact were safe and effective for use with infants following cataract surgery. Routine dryeyescontactlens care of the lenses was easily learned by the baby''s dryeyescontactlens parents or caregivers.

They can be worn up to a week. Daily wear lenses are made of plastic that is permeable to oxygen and absorbs water; therefore, they are soft and flexible. These lenses must be removed and cleaned dryeyescontactlens and dryeyescontactlens each night, and they do not correct all vision dryeyescontactlens problems. lenses are easier to get used to than rigid lenses, but are more prone to tears and do not last as long. Extended-wear dryeyescontactlens lenses are highly permeable to oxygen, are flexible by virtue of their ability to absorb water, and can usually be worn for up to one week. They dryeyescontactlens do not correct all vision problems. There is more of a risk of infection with extended-wear lenses than with daily-wear lenses. Extended-wear disposable dryeyescontactlens lenses are lenses worn continually for up to six days and then discarded, with no need for cleaning.