Halloween is right around the corner, and your kids are probably busy planning the perfect costume. Of course, they'll need accessories to complete their look: makeup, wigs, fake blood, and maybe even ...

“There are no set guidelines which limit the exact age for starting children with contact lenses,” says Dr. Grace M. Kim, who chairs the clinical advisory panel at America’s Best/National Vision, Inc.

New research on wearing contact lenses has debunked the established theory that younger children cannot wear contacts. Optometrists said wearing contact lenses for 12-to-13 year-old children was the ...

Most kids look pretty dang cute with glasses, but at a certain age, their activities or their egos make most kids want to ditch the specs for contacts. But what age is appropriate for kids to get ...

When a condition has more than one treatment, it’s often because there is no one treatment that works perfectly. If one did, ...

The results of a new clinical trial may provide more hope for children with myopia, commonly known as nearsightedness. The study found that kids as young as 7 who regularly wore powerful bifocal ...

For parents who want to correct their child’s eyesight without surgery, there are special contact lenses they can wear while they sleep that gently reshape the cornea so they can see clearly by ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Casey doesn't start her day putting in her contacts. It's how she ends it. The 11-year-old Sanger 5th grader wears special lenses at night while she's sleeping and by morning, ...

Children wearing contact lenses felt better about how they look, their athletic abilities and acceptance by their friends than did children wearing eyeglasses in a recent study. The results suggest ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Not long after children receive their glasses, they often want to know when they can begin wearing contact lenses. Today, ...