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MYTH: Contact lenses can get lost behind your eye.

FACT: Absolutely not – it’s physically impossible for a contact lens to get
“behind” your eye. A thin membrane covers your eye and connects to the
inside of your eyelids, so the lens can’t move off the front surface of your eye.

MYTH: Contact lenses can get fused to your eye.

FACT: There are lots of “urban legends” about contact lenses getting stuck
or fused to people’s eyes. While contact lenses are never a substitute for
protective eyewear, the lenses do offer an additional barrier to injury to your
eye, and can virtually always be removed with a little patience.

MYTH: Contact lenses are a pain to take care of.

FACT: Contacts are simple and hassle-free. For regular lenses, ask your
practitioner about an easy-care, one-step lens solution. Or you can choose
daily disposable lenses that you wear for a day and toss away – or even
“extended or flexi- wear” contact lenses that you can sleep in.

MYTH: Contact lenses hurt.

FACT: Soft contact lenses are very comfortable and easy to wear. Most
people “get used to” their lenses in just minutes, and afterwards say it feels
like wearing nothing at all in the eye.

MYTH: Contacts can pop out of your eye and get lost.

FACT: Hard contact lenses used to do this sometimes, many years ago.
With proper selection and fitting, lenses should stay in place no matter what
you do.

MYTH: Teenagers shouldn’t wear contact lenses.

FACT: Lots of contact lens wearers are teens – even some children.
Wearing and caring for contact lenses is very important, but it’s easy and an
excellent alternative to wearing glasses. If you’re responsible enough to
take care of your lenses, age doesn’t matter.

MYTH: People over 40 shouldn’t wear contact lenses.

FACT: People of all ages wear contact lenses successfully. And thanks to
bifocal contact lenses, many Baby Boomers are kissing the reading
glasses goodbye, too.

MYTH: You can get “pink eye” and other infections from contact lenses.

FACT: Some lens-related health problems do occur, but these are almost
always a result of poor cleaning routines or other care-related issues. If you
follow your Eye Care Professional’s directions, your eyes are at little risk of
infection.