Optical Prism March 2018 | Page 16

Comfortable Contacts By Troy Patterson ABOUT 3.5 MILLION CANADIANS USE CONTACT LENSES TO CORRECT THEIR VISION, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST VISIONWATCH CANADA REPORT FROM THE VISION COUNCIL RESEARCH. ROUGHLY 18 PER CENT OF CANADIAN WOMEN AND NINE PER CENT OF CANADIAN MEN WEAR CONTACTS, WITH THE MAJORITY PURCHASING NEW CONTACTS ABOUT ONCE PER YEAR. AS THE POPULARITY OF CONTACT LENSES CONTINUES TO RISE, COMPANIES ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING TO DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS TO MEET THE VISION CARE NEEDS OF EVEN MORE CANADIANS. 14 OPTICAL PRISM | March 2018