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Word: discomforted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have been wearing $33 Japanese contact lenses for over two years in my daily judo practices without any discomfort or dislodgment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 29, 1960 | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

...Everyone Asks About Contact Lenses." Key points: no matter how well fitted, the contact lens is a "foreign body" in the eye, so the wearer must "learn to tolerate this intruder just as one must learn to wear false teeth." This may mean a week or two of varying discomfort, for some patients a month or more. Rare indeed are the happy individuals who can pop lenses into their eyes, feel comfortable right away, and keep the lenses in all day.* At least five or six office visits are needed for proper fitting, says the association, and as many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Contacts in the Eye | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

...responsible eye practitioner recommends wearing them all night (it is best to give the cornea a rest), though some wearers occasionally forget to take them out at night, awake without discomfort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Contacts in the Eye | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

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