Contact Lens Brands- The Most Popular OnesContact lenses have become very popular nowadays. It is the latest fashion item. More and more people now look for contact lens brands as they have become more conscious of how they look. People who wear glasses often feel glasses are a hindrance to their good looks. Contact lenses also have much wider field of vision when compared with traditional glasses. Moreover with the coming up of so many brands of contact lenses like Accuvue, Bausch and Lomb, Freshlook, Soflens; not only have the prices of contact lenses come down but people now have a much wider base of choice. Among the brands for contact lenses one of the most popular is the Acuvue. It is the first brand who brought forth the concept of disposable contact lenses. Accuvue are made by VISTAKON which is a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson. Acuvue now offers a range of lenses like the general vision lenses to correct eyesight, colored lenses, Astigmatic lenses as well as Multifocal lenses. Acuvue brand of lenses are the market leader in contact lenses. They are very thin and so comfortable to wear that you can even wear them while sleeping. Another great thing about Acuvue contacts is their cost. It is perhaps the only brand of contact lenses where you need to spend less than what you spend on your daily cup of coffee or newspaper. Johnson and Johnson is the parent company that manufactures Acuvue. Johnson and Johnson is a name that is trusted by everybody. Besides contact lenses they are also a leading producer of pharmaceutical as well as consumer goods. Its headquarters are located in New Jersey, United States with subsidiary offices numbering to around 250. Products of this company are sold in around 175 countries of the world. A major competitor of Johnson and Johnson and another leading name in contact lenses is Bausch and Lomb. Bausch and Lomb is also an American Company with its headquarters in Rochester, New York. Apart from contact lenses this company provides a number of eye health products. It also has involved itself in medical research and is fast improving in this area also. Ray Ban brand of sunglasses was another popular product of Bausch and Lomb but recently it was sold to Luxxotica Group. Founded by Henery Lomb and John Jacob Bausch this company has over 13,000 employees in 36 countries around the world. Bausch and Lomb have divided their work into basically three segments. The first segment is called Vision Care which deals specifically with eye care products and contact lenses. The second segment is called Pharmaceuticals deals with medicines or drugs related to any kind of eye disease. And the third segment called Surgery deals with various kinds of aids and implants. Among the contact lens brands Acuvue and Bausch and Lomb are two brands on which you can trust blind folded. |