FICTION. It's physically impossible for a contact lens to get lost ‘behind’ your eye. A thin membrane covers your eye and connects to the inside of your eyelids, so the lens is unable to move off the front surface of your eye.

FACT. Soft contact lenses are comfortable, easy to wear and require just minutes to get used to. In fact, many people say ACUVUE^® OASYS™ Brand Contact Lenses feel almost like wearing nothing at all.

FICTION. In the vast majority of cases, contact lenses are easily removed using the method your doctor recommended. Contact lenses can always be removed with a little patience. Watch how it's done.

FICTION. Contacts are simple and nearly hassle-free. Today's soft lenses generally require just one type of solution to rub, rinse and store your lenses. Even if this level of daily cleaning and storage is too much for you, there are other options. Daily disposable lenses such as 1•DAY ACUVUE^® MOIST^® Brand Contact Lenses are worn for a day then tossed away.

FICTION. With proper selection and fitting, lenses should stay in place almost all the time. Even on that rare occasion when a soft contact lens moves out of place, it stays on your eye until you can move it back.

FACT. Lots of teens, and even some pre-teens, wear contact lenses. The average age teens first get contacts is 13, but it has been shown that some younger children – even as young as 8 – are mature enough to wear and care for contact lenses. Successful lens wear depends more on responsibility and attitude than age. Your eye doctor will help determine if your child is a candidate for contact lenses.

FICTION. People of all ages wear contact lenses, including many older adults, thanks to bifocal and multifocal contact lenses and regular contacts for those with monovision. Even as eyes become dryer as people age, next generation contact lens materials can provide better all-day comfort than ever before.

FICTION. Lens-related health problems can occur, but they are most commonly related to poor cleaning routines or other care-related issues. Read the Patient Instruction Guides for your lenses and follow your eye doctor's directions for proper wear and care, and you can significantly reduce your risk of infection.

FICTION. People with astigmatism can enjoy all the freedom and benefits of contact lenses. ACUVUE^® OASYS™ Brand Contact Lenses for ASTIGMATISM and ACUVUE^® ADVANCE^® Brand Contact Lenses for ASTIGMATISM combines Accelerated Stabilization Design that can help to naturally align your lenses every time you blink, with patented HYDRACLEAR^® technology for exceptional comfort.

FICTION. A recent study of 8 to 11-year-olds showed that contact lens wearers had no greater myopic progression (increase in nearsightedness) than those wearing glasses.

FICTION. If you need vision correction to drive, you'll certainly benefit from having the same clear vision for other activities. And if your need for vision correction isn't that strong, ACUVUE^® Brand Contact Lenses can provide the flexibility and freedom to do what you want, when you want, with exceptional comfort and crisp vision. Plus, contacts won't smudge, steam up, fall off or break, and you won't lose any peripheral (side) vision – unlike eyeglasses.

FICTION. Actually, they're surprisingly affordable. For as little as the price of a soda a day, you could wear #1 doctor-prescribed ACUVUE^® OASYS™ Brand Contact Lenses. And with insurance coverage, your out-of-pocket cost may be even less. Plus, replacing lost lenses is cheap and easy compared to replacing lost or damaged glasses.