Soft lenses are gas permeable to a certain extent, being further categorized by the amount of water they contain. Soft contacts can have either a low, which is less than 50 percent moisture, or a high moisture content, which is more than 50 percent. Rigid or hard contacts on the other hand, are much harder in material and are considered to be gas permeable. There are a lot of things you ll to need to know about your contacts, although they are far superior to the traditional correction of glasses. The first thing you ll need to do when getting contact lenses is to visit your optician and be fitted for the lenses. Your optician will give you a prescription for your contacts, examine the health of your eyes, and tell you which type of contacts will work the best for you. It may take you a few tries, although the more you put them in the better you ll get at it. Taking your contacts out Same as before, you want to make sure that your hands are clean and dry. When you are ready to take them out, look up with your eye then use your fingers to grab the contact by the sides and pull it out. Once you have worn a pair of contacts for a period of time, the protein in your eyes builds up on the lens, which you eventually have to change out. Protein is a bad thing, which is the reason why you must clean your contacts frequently and soak them in solution for hours at a time. After you have worn them during the day, simply throw them away at night - and wake up in the morning to a brand new pair. The cause for this, is the lens in our eyes becoming less and less flexible as we grow older. The bad part is, most of us will need some type of corrective lenses, such as contact lenses or glasses and possibly even bifocals at some point in our lives as this condition gets worse. Up until recently, those who wore bifocals had very limited options when they chose their corrective lenses. When you add color to your lenses - you are telling the world that you are different. No matter what color you are interested in, you can find colored lenses that match your preference. There are hundreds of different styles available, from kids to adults. You ll also have several different manufacturers to choose from as well, which makes it easier than ever to get a pair of colored lenses that you can depend on.