o you wear GP contact lenses? If not, you may want to know why so many people think they're the best vision correction option for them. Read these true stories of real-life wearers of GP contacts:

All-Day Comfort -- Even at the Computer
     Rob is a software engineer who's been happy wearing GP contacts for seven years. A former soft lens wearer, he was fitted with contact lenses at age 13 because, like many teenagers, he hated how he looked in glasses. Also, as a catcher on the school baseball team, he knew glasses just didn't make the grade.
     When he began having problems with soft lens deposits, his doctor fitted him with GP contacts. "They took some getting used to," says Rob, but once beyond the initial adaptation, he's never had a problem -- even though, as he admits, he wears his lenses more hours on most days than he should. And with his job, he spends a lot of time staring at a computer screen, but never suffers from dry eyes.
     Rob loves the crisp vision he has with GP contacts and especially likes the simplicity of lens care.

GP Contacts Truly Changed My Life
     "I had to wear glasses all my life, and I always had this hangup about them," says Lynn, a flight attendant out of Los Angeles. "It really makes young women self-conscious. You feel like the whole world is looking at your glasses.
     "I got the old-fashioned hard contacts when I was 20 years old," she continues. "At about 24, when I started flying for United, on long hauls I was flying 20 hours at a time, and the hard lenses were awful. But I didn't want to wear glases. I tried many different soft lenses, and they absolutely didn't work for me. And they were awful on the plane -- they dried out so quickly.
     "Then I was fitted with GP contacts," says Lynn. "The difference was amazing. They solved virtually all my vision problems the first day I wore them. Now I never go anywhere without an extra set of GP contacts in case I lose one on a long haul overseas. Once I started wearing GP contacts, well, they truly changed my life."

My Daughter Wears GP Contacts
     "I've been wearing soft contact lenses for 20 years. But when it came time for my daughter to wear contacts, I made sure she got GP contacts," says William, an attorney in Illinois.
     He wanted his daughter to have the advantage that GP contacts offer: "stopping, or at least slowing, her nearsightedness from getting worse. It worked," he says. "Her prescription hasn't changed for nearly six years. She's glad she listened to me. So am I."

I Love My Bifocal Contacts
     A single word describes why Carol loves her bifocal contact lenses: freedom.
     "I can go anywhere, do anything, and don't have to be always looking for my glasses, whether around my house, at the office, or out shopping," says Carol, a manager at a San Francisco stock brokerage.
     "I put my lenses in the first thing in the morning and only take them out right before the lights go out at night," she says. She never wore contact lenses before getting her GP bifocals.
     "I tried to get used to glasses. At work, I was always taking them on and off in front of my computer screen. Worse, I was always misplacing them. It was a constant hassle."
     But now, "I can read better with bifocal contacts than with eyeglasses," she says. "I recommend GP bifocal contacts to all of my friends. To me, freedom is what they're all about. When I go to the grocery store, I don't have to search through my purse looking for my glasses in order to read labels. I love 'em."

A Good Match Is Hard to Beat
     When he's not working, Richard, a software engineer, likes to play tennis. "Whether I'm on the court, building complex computer systems, or choosing the best contact lenses for my lifestyle needs, a good match is hard to beat," he says.
     "Good relationships in any arena are enhanced by straightforward recommendations that are proven correct over time," says Richard. "When it comes to my vision, I've simply found a great match: GP contact lenses. They provide superior vision, value, and easy maintenance over time. It's hard to beat that combination."

Or go to:

• What are GP contact lenses?

• How GP contacts compare with soft contacts

• Contact lenses and glasses: a comparison