At What Age Can a Child Wear Contacts?
When I was a kid, I didn't have much of a choice. I was very near sighted and had to wear glasses. Contacts were available, but at that time, these lenses were much thicker than they are now and they required daily cleaning, bi-weekly disinfection and a weekly enzyme cleaning. When I entered high school my parents purchased soft lenses for me. They were expensive, so the fear of losing one was very real and the daily cleaning was a chore. But for me it opened up a completely