Eye Advice - See Clearly!

Most people would consider the contact lens a modern invention, but the principle of contacts appeared in the work of Leonardo da Vinci in 1508 as he studied the mechanism of the eye. From that time through most of the 19th century, scientists considered the ways contacts could be constructed.

Contact lenses have vastly improved in the last 100 years. With Lasik surgery and advances in genetics, it is impossible to tell the uses for contacts 100 years from now. What might they be made of and for how long people will be able to wear their lenses?

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