Cutting Corners With Contacts Could Lead To Blindness

If you wear contacts, odds are at some point you’ve cut some corners when it comes to using and caring for them properly. In fact new research from the American Academy of Ophthalmology shows up to 80 percent of people don’t do a good job protecting their peepers when using contacts.
(credit: Dr. Dave Hnida)
The reason that even a small amount of “cheating” is a major problem is pretty simple. By their very nature, contact work by sticking to the cornea — and by doi