Who was the first person to wear contact lenses? Were the first lens made of glass or plastic?

Question

They've got to have been pretty brave to allow someone else to put thin discs of glass in their eyes. Were those first lenses made of glass (depends on when, I suppose). Does anyone know?

Answer 1

1508 Leonardo da Vinci illustrates the concept of contact lenses
1823 British astronomer Sir John Herschel conceptualizes practical lens design
1887 First contact lens manufactured from glass, and fit to cover the entire eye
1939 Contact lenses first made from plastic
1948 Plastic contact lenses designed to cover only the eye's cornea
1971 Introduction of soft contact lenses
1978 Introduction of GP contact lenses
1981 FDA approval of new soft contact lenses for extended (overnight) wear
1986 Overnight wear of GP contact lenses becomes available
1987 Introduction of disposable soft contact lenses
1987 GP contacts available in next-generation fluorosilicone acrylate materials

Answer 2

Leonardo Da Vinci is considered to be the first person to come up with idea of something like a contact lense... but it wasn't until 1887 when a german guy Adolf Eugen Fick inveneted first more or less proper contact lense, you could wear it only for a few hours a day, it wasn't very comfortable!

I don't know who wore it first! I imagine the same guy! ;-)

Answer 3

I don't know who the first person was, but when I was 15--I'm 44 now--my first lenses were glass.

Answer 4

They were invented in the 14th century and made of wood.

They were not very popular then, but took off late in the 20th century when glass ones became available.

Answer 5

Dr. Rubert Aqidah...
Lol yeah he is kinda brave to just put a pitece of PLASTIC in his eyes. They were and allways have been plastic ^^
Hope that answers your answer

Answer 6

CONTACT LENS MAN!!!

Answer 7

dont know who writes these questions?