WHY CONTACTS? The word is nearly as old as the mountains and a number of people still turn around and fire the ‘why’ thing at you. All you do is shrug your eyes spread wide in wonder if there could be such a question regarding something that has been around for what seems like eternity now. But then, a question is a question howsoever obvious the answer might be.
First and the foremost, one gets rid of the irritating apparatus on one’s face, which immediately undoes the aesthetic loss caused by its presence. In short, you look smarter than ever. That was one reason that comes first to anyone who thinks about the pros of the contacts, but it is not the only one by any means.
When was the last time you wished you had wipers on your glasses so that you didn’t have to take them off ever now and then to remove the misty presence of water or snow. That’s another one of the advantages.
The glasses distort the appearance of objects. This distortion is done away with in case of contacts. One sees the real things the real way. Besides, the peripheral vision is, to a large extent, compromised with glasses, which is not the case with the...