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A contact lens, or simply contact, is a thin lens placed directly on the surface of the eye.

Contact lenses are considered medical devices and can be worn to correct vision, or for cosmetic or therapeutic reasons.

In 2004, it was estimated that 125 million people worldwide use contact lenses, including 28 to 38 million in the United States.

In 2010, the worldwide market for contact lenses was estimated at $6.1 billion, while the US soft lens market was estimated at $2.1 billion.

Multiple analysts estimated that the global market for contact lenses would reach $11.7 billion by 2015., the average age of contact lens wearers globally was 31 years old, and two-thirds of wearers were female.

Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are devices consisting of glass or hard plastic lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically using a bridge over the nose and arms which rest over the ears.

Ophthalmology (or) is a branch of medicine and surgery (both methods are used) that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eyeball and orbit.

An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye disease.

Their credentials include a doctorate degree in medicine, followed by an additional four years of Ophthalmology residency training.

They may or may not receive residency training in internal medicine, pediatrics, or general surgery before the ophthalmology residency.

Additional training may be sought through a fellowship in a particular specialty of eye pathology.

Ophthalmologists are allowed to medically treat eye disease, implement laser therapy, and perform surgery when needed.

Ophthalmologists may participate in academic research on the diagnosis and treatment for eye disorders.

Optometry is a health care profession which involves examining the eyes and applicable visual systems for defects or abnormalities as well as the medical diagnosis and management of eye disease.

Traditionally, the field of optometry began with the primary focus of correcting refractive error through the use of spectacles.

Modern day optometry, however, has evolved through time so that the education curriculum additionally includes intensive medical training in the diagnosis and management of ocular disease in countries where the profession is established and regulated.

Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.

Denver is located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.

The Denver downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

Denver is nicknamed the Mile High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile above sea level.

The 105th meridian west of Greenwich, the longitudinal reference for the Mountain Time Zone, passes directly through Denver Union Station.