With around one in twenty American sufferers, Acne Rosacea is one of the most frequently seen long-term skin disorders. Typically appearing between the ages of 30 and 50 and affecting more women than men, it is characterized by patchy redness (flushing) and inflammation around the mouth, cheeks, nose, and forehead. Pus-filled pimples cause these facial symptoms and small, red inflammatory bumps on the surface of the skin along with hundreds of tiny dilated blood vessels just underneath.

As well as the skin effects, around 50 to 60% of Rosacea sufferers also have varying degrees of eye inflammation. This problem known as ocular Rosacea can sometimes occur even before the skin symptoms, but more often the skin changes appear first. One of the commonest signs of ocular Rosacea are scaly, inflamed eyelid margins but they can range from mild dry eye symptoms all the way up to sight threatening iritis and keratitis.

Are you wearing contact lenses right now? Maybe not if you've been viewing the computer screen for a long time. The computer is only one cause of discomfort for contact lens wearers. If you are new to contacts or have developed bad habits in caring for your lenses you may find your eyes are often dry and irritated when wearing them.

Properly caring for your lenses and following the guidelines for your type is important in protecting your vision and ensuring your contacts are comfortable to wear. See if you've been making these mistakes that could be ruining your contacts and possibly harming your eyes.

You're tired of losing your glasses or cleaning and inserting contacts every morning. Perhaps you want to improve your appearance without the hassle of contacts or getting new glasses for different occasions. You may even participate in sports or have a job that makes wearing glasses or contacts a problem and feel you have a real need for improved natural vision.

Whatever your reasons you have no doubt heard about the popularity of cosmetic laser eye surgery. Is it a safe procedure? What are the risks? How much will it help your vision? Getting these answers will help you decide if cosmetic laser eye surgery is for you.

Have you ever wondered exactly how contact lenses help you see better? How did they begin and what changes have been made?

HOW DO CONTACTS CORRECT VISION?

Your vision depends on light beams hitting the retina (the back of your eyeball) at the same point. When the light does not meet at the same point, vision becomes blurred.

To correct this vision problem a lens needs to be placed in front of the eye to compensate. The lens then becomes a 'perfect' eye and light beams converge together at the retina.

While eye glasses have long provided the needed correction for vision problems, contact lenses were a marvel of science allowing individuals the freedom to forgo the hassle of slipping, fogging and distracting eye glasses. The inside surface of the contact lens is fitted to the shape of your eye so it stays in place. The outer surface is shaped to the corrected curve (as in eye glasses).