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Corrective lenses

Have you ever noticed that some people wear glasses or contact lenses? These things are called corrective lenses. They help people see better when they have trouble seeing things far away or up close.

Glasses are a pair of special lenses that you wear in a frame that goes on your face. The lens is made out of special material that bends the light that comes into your eyes. This helps your eyes focus on things that are far away or up close, depending on what kind of glasses you need.

Contact lenses, on the other hand, are like little disks that you put over your eye to help it focus better. They work the same way as glasses, but they are placed directly on your eye. They also come in different prescriptions, so you can choose the ones that work best for you.

Some people might need corrective lenses because their eyes are shaped differently than most people's. Others might need them because their eyes have trouble focusing. Whatever the reason, corrective lenses can help people see clearly and make things look less blurry.