The Contact Solution Contact Lens Case is now available in a travel size – 1.15 oz. It is TSA approved for airline travel in the United States and abroad. This contact lens case is a specially designed to hold solution in the body, your contact lenses in the case, and includes a mirror so you can put in your contacts. It’s an all-in-one solution that is perfect for consolidating your carry-on luggage. Certified leak free, the Contact Solution Contact Lens Travel Case has durable construction that protects your lenses and includes fixed R and L caps to ensure you never mix lenses.

The case can store up to three weeks of your favorite contact lens solution inside the case. The solution dispenses from inside the case with the one touch button located between the two contact lens compartments.

Get a your travel contact lenses case by Contact Solution Inc. and other eye care accessories at AC Lens.

The real issue for teens and wearing contacts is not their age, but whether they are responsible enough to wear and care for contact lenses properly. Parents, teens, and their eye doctor must make this decision together.

Even though there are a lot of trendy glasses available now for teens, contact lenses may help teens have more self-esteem.
Teens are self-conscious, and with contacts they could feel more attractive and accepted instead of wearing glasses. They’re also an advantage for active teens who play sports.

The responsibility of cleaning contact lenses is easier than ever, just one bottle of multi-purpose solution and a case. Of course, one type of contact lens — daily disposable — doesn’t need a cleaning regimen because the lenses are thrown in the trash at the end of each day. For this reason, daily disposable contacts are a great vision correction option for most teenagers.

For contacts that do require care, many eye care practitioners report that teens and children are more diligent about cleaning their contact lenses than are adults, who after years of wearing them, often become more casual about lens care. Young people are more careful about following directions given them by a medical professional.

With contact lenses you also always have a “back up pair”, glasses are easily broken and expensive to replace. It’s impossible to generalize about cost. As with eyeglasses, the cost of contact lenses varies widely, depending on the brand, the prescription, and how often the lenses are replaced. Daily disposable contacts are a special case, because they don’t require any cleaning supplies or containers. It depends on the brand and the supplier, but daily disposables usually cost about $1 per day, making them affordable for most people and great contacts for children.

Take you teen to your eye doctor and see if contacts are right for them.

Time is starting to run out on making your Halloween costume even more realistic with costume contact lenses. With Halloween a little over two weeks away, those looking to buy crazy contacts need to see an eye doctor to get their prescription updated so they can order these lenses online at AC Lens.

Here are the top 5 so far in 2011:

Yellow Cat Eyes Contacts

Vampire Red Contacts

Edward Cullen Contacts

Zombie Green Contacts

Darth Contacts

Set your costume apart from the rest this year with Special Effects contact lenses. Visit AC Lens to see our full selection.

Fall has arrived and I bet your allergies are starting to act up and your eyes are suffering along with your contact lenses. A lot of contact lens wearers go through this discomfort every fall season. Allergies are mostly related to the air quality and allergens that can become adhered to contact lenses. It cases symptoms like itchy and watery eyes. AC Lens has some help tips to get you through the season and its allergy discomforts.

1. Wear eyeglasses more than your contacts. A lot of people hate their glasses but switching to glasses for Fall can help you avoid an allergy attack. Allergens such as pollen and dust often adhere to the thin surfaces of contacts.

2. Clean your contacts in solutions often. Cleaning will keep your contacts free of allergens.  If you wear disposable lenses, consider replacing them more often.

3. Keep your eyes moist. Keep irritated eyes moist with artificial tears. The artificial tears will also wash the irritants out of your eyes. Find articial tears and other eye allergy drops at AC Lens.

4. Use cool compresses on your eyes. When your eyes are red and swollen, resist the urge to rub them. Rubbing will make the inflammation worse by spreading around the allergens. A cool, damp compress will help relieve discomfort.

5. See your eye doctor. Your eye doctor can recommend medical products for your particular symptoms. Some products may even help prevent allergy attacks. You should also see your eye doctor to rule out possible poblems that may not be allergy-related.

AC Lens has been advised that Ciba Vision Focus Softcolors 1-2 Week contact lenses will be discontinued 12/31/2012 and will no longer be available for order. We are alerting our customers as a service, and we invite you to place your orders for replacement contact lenses before production ends.

If you need to switch to a new lens ask your doctor about what’s right for you and your lifestyle. Cooper Vision recommends switching to Freshlook color contact lenses.

AC Lens has been advised that Ciba Vision O2 Optix contact lenses will be discontinued starting January 1, 2012. It is excepted to have no parameters left by 7/31/2012 and will no longer be carried. We are alerting our customers as a service, and we invite you to place your orders for replacement contact lenses before production ends.

Ciba Vision recommends Air Optix Aqua Contact Lenses as an alternative for O2 Optix lenses. Please ask your doctor if these lenses could be right for you.

AC Lens has been advised that Cooper Vision Cooper Toric (Single Vial) and Cooper Toric (4-pk) contact lenses will be discontinued on October 31, 2011 and will no longer be available for order. We are alerting our customers as a service, and we invite you to place your orders for replacement contact lenses before production ends.

If you need to switch to a new lens ask your doctor about Cooper Vision’s newer toric contacts, Biofinity Toric and Avaira Toric. If you need to stay in the same type of material as the Cooper Toric lens you can ask you doctor about switching to Preference Toric 4-pk.

CooperVision takes great pride in the quality of their products. They initiated a voluntary recall after investigating a small number of unexpected wearer reports of hazy vision and discomfort. The wearer symptoms were temporary in many cases.

This recall involves only a slight percentage of Avaira Toric lenses. To determine if the Avaira Toric lenses you wear are included in this recall, find the Lot Number on your product package or blister pack then visit http://www.coopervision.com/recall. Enter you Lot Number in the search box at the bottom of the page. You can also call 1-855-5-COOPER or 1-855-526-6737 if you have any other questions. (Consumer Care hours of operation are 9:00AM-5:00PM EST Mon-Fri).

AC Lens and CooperVision apologize for any inconvenience this situation may cause you.

For more information read CooperVision’s Questions & Answers document.

Want to add some sparkle to your eyes? Even if it costs $15,000? The latest trend in beauty right now is custom-made, gold-plated contact lenses with diamonds, a new “jewelry” line developed by Shekhar Eye Research.

Creator Chandrashekhar Chawan found his inspiration for his sparkly contact lenses from none other than dentistry. Chawan’s wife who had diamonds planted on her teeth at her last dentist visit, realized that people loved jewels anywhere and everywhere.

The lenses are created using Chandra Boston Scleral lenses, generally used to treat eye illnesses, to hold the jewelry to part of the lenses so it does not touch the cornea. Chawan claims the method is “very safe,” but experts are warning that the use of medical lenses for vanity is a cause for concern.

Apparently Boston Scleral lenses are only prescribed for people with severe eye disease who have no other option. The lens itself is described cumbersome and bulky, and has to be filled with saline solution. People with a severe eye disorder or condition are forced to tolerate these lenses.

But Chawan sees no harm, while acknowledging that the sparkly lenses are a luxury – not a necessity – for those who want to “show off” and attract attention.

How soon will you be sporting the new trend? Do you think it’s something that will catch on or are these lenses just not safe?

Long, long ago hard lenses were the only contact lenses available. Once soft lenses became available, it was like a dream come true. They required less care and could be thrown away after a certain time period of wear. Now there are so many types of contact lenses, and you have the ability to choose by preferences and doctor recommendations. So many people, with all different types on prescriptions, are able to wear contact lenses with ease.

But how do you know which one is right for you? Below are the different types of contact lenses that are available, read up and ask your doctor about those types that catch your interest:

1. PMMA lenses, which are also called rigid or “hard” contact lenses were the first type ever made; developed in the 1960s. They are made from a plastic called polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). These contacts are very durable, but their disadvantage lies in fact that they do not allow oxygen to reach the cornea directly. Oxygen gets to the cornea when you blink and the lens moves, which allows the oxygen dissolved in the tears to reach the cornea. Rigid lenses are also the least comfortable type of contacts. While they are low cost they are hardly used anymore. However, there are some patients who prefer them because of their durability.

2. Soft contact lenses are the most common of all lens types. They are made of plastic and other materials such as silicone, and also incorporate water. The water makes them soft and flexible, as well as allowing oxygen to reach the cornea. Soft contact lenses are used by the majority of the contact lens wearers in the United States. There are also different types of soft contacts such as:

• Daily disposable lenses that must be thrown away at the end of each day. These are more expensive, but carry a lower risk of infection.

• Extended wear contact lenses. These are made of materials designed to last 2-4 weeks. The risk of infection is higher and they do tend to be somewhat expensive.

3. Gas-permeable lenses are the newer version of the hard contact lenses that are made of silicone and other materials that allows the oxygen to directly reach the cornea. This reason alone is why they are called gas permeable.

There are so many advantages to using contact lenses. Contacts can open up a whole new world for those who choose to wear them. Are contact lenses right for you?