Also called hyperopia. To farsighted people, near objects have a geater potenial to result in blurriness and or eyestrain, while far objects are less likely to result in these same symptoms.

A United States government body that oversees medical devices, including contact lenses, intraocular lenses, excimer lasers and eye drops. In the U.S., these products must be approved by the FDA before they can be mar

Small specks that pass across your field of vision, these are clumps of cells inside the transparent gel filling the eyeball in front of the retina.

A depression in the retina that contains only cones (not rods), and that provides acute eyesight.

Technically, this is any contact lens that is thrown away after a moderately short period of time. Among most eyecare practitioners, "disposable" usage ranges from one day to two weeks, while "frequent replacement"