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Who Is Wearing Contact Lenses Today?

  • Over 30 million Americans wear contact lenses
  • Two-thirds of all contact lens wearers are female
  • Ten percent are age 18 or under
  • Fifteen percent are between the ages of 18-24
  • Fifty percent are 25 to 44 years old
  • Most contact lens wearers are nearsighted
  • Eighty percent wear daily wear soft lenses
  • Over fifty percent wear 1 to 2 Week disposable lenses
  • Fifteen percent wear extended wear soft lenses
  • Fifteen percent wear GP (gas permeable) lenses
  • More than 80 percent of contact lens wearers go to an optometrist for their eye care.
  • More than 97 percent of the practicing doctors of optometry offer contact lens services

Reference for Contact Lenses Article

Contact Lens Institute

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