An eye doctor is urging people who wear contacts to think twice before sleeping in their lenses — whether they're hard or soft. Dr. Patrick Vollmer, an optometrist with the Vita Eye Clinic in Shelby, ...

"Those contact lenses were able to hide like a stack of pancakes really far deep inside in the least sensitive part of the eye." NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- It's a story that will either make you cringe ...

A man went blind in one eye after sleeping with his contact lenses in, and even though some contacts are now made to be worn while you sleep, there are some important things to know before you do.

When do your contact lenses expire? If you don't know the answer, you should hear what eye doctors have to say. Lara Vukelich is a freelance writer in San Diego, California. She writes creative ...

As Halloween approaches, novelty contact lenses are sold all over the internet and at costume stores. However, it’s best to ...

For a pair of organs that are in direct contact with the world from the moment a person wakes up to the moment they go to sleep, your eyes are remarkably resilient. They face dust and dirt, air ...

If you wear contact lenses, you probably don't think much about them. But they're a relatively new invention -- in fact, the first disposable contact lens wasn't introduced until 1982. "We think of ...