More than 30 million people in the United States currently wear contact lenses. Yet, each year somewhere between 2-3 million contact lens wearers discontinue wearing lenses or "dropout" of contact lens wear. There are a number of eye health and vision reasons that eyecare consumers drop out of contact lens wear with the most frequent symptom being lack of comfort due to dry eyes. Lack of comfort may occur for a number of reasons, some acute are troubling and others are just from the very presence of having a "foreign body" in your eyes. The troubling reasons may include contact lens fit related problems, contact lens related dry eyes, contact lens induced corneal infections, contact lens induced new blood vessel growth or contact lens induced giant papillary conjunctivitis.

The information contained in this site is designed to help give you an introduction to the most common contact lens problems that occur. If you experience any of these signs or symptoms, you should seek the advice of your eye doctor in order to have the proper diagnosis and treatment prescribed. Attempting to self diagnose only serves to delay the proper course of action. By seeking early medical advice for your contact lens problems, it is more likely that you will be able to find a treatment that will preserve your ability to continue to wear contact lenses.

Fortunately, even if your lenses become uncomfortable enough so that you become intolerant to them, today we have the option of LASIK and other Laser Eye Surgery procedures that can prevent you from having to return to wearing eyeglasses. This is great news for the 2-3 million people who drop out of contact lens wear each year. Even if you wear your contact lenses comfortably, LASIK surgery can offer the convenience of decreasing or eliminating your dependence on eyeglasses and contact lenses. Learning about LASIK Eye surgery is something contact lens wearers should do in order to understand all of their vision correction options. There are many LASIK surgeons who can provide you both the information you need about your contact lens problems as well as the possibility of LASIK.