Gas Permeable Lenses

Soft contact lenses have now benn around since the early 1970's. They're generally comfortable and can correct most vision conditions. Why would anybody want to wear hard lenses (gas permeable). There are various reasons.

1) If there is a distorted front surface (the cornea) of the eye, gas permeables correct the vision better.

2) Some older individuals have always worn gas permeables and cannot switch to soft lenses and see clearly.

3) They're smaller in size and for various visual conditions, that's bettefor the eye as compared to the larger soft contact lenses.