Contact lenses small made from transparent materials lenses, worn directly on the eye for vision correction (i.e., to improve visual acuity).
Contact lenses, according to experts, are about 125 million people in the world. Method of vision correction using contact lenses is called contact vision correction.
Almost 50% of those who wear contact lenses, are young people aged 18 to 25 years. And among those who wear contact lenses for the first time, the proportion of young people under the age of 35 years, almost 90 %.
The story of the creation of contact lenses starts with the name of Leonardo da Vinci. In 1508, he designed the device in a transparent globe filled with water, through which people with poor eyesight can see better.