Contact Lenses are a great options for many patients. We offer several different brands and modalities to
fit your needs.

Single Vision

Single vision contact lenses are the usual contact lenses that most people think of when contact lenses cross their mind. Single vision contact lenses are generally fitted for distance, although depending on the individual’s need that may be adjusted. This type of contact lens is available in several different brands, materials, powers, and wear modality. In terms of wear modality, there has been a shift to either a daily or monthly contact lens wear. We can discuss the different lens options and determine which is best for you.

Multifocal Lenses

Multifocal contact lenses have come a long way since they were first introduced. They help people with presbyopia see up close and far. Each manufacturer has a their own optical design, but the general design is what you see noted at the side. These lenses are also available in daily and monthly wear as well, however, the range of prescriptions is narrower than single vision contact lenses. Also, multifocal contact lenses rely heavily on the patient not having any binocular dysfunction for successful wear.

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Toric Contact Lenses

Toric contact lenses help patients with astigmatism to see better. Toric contact lenses are usually weighted or use a prism ballast to maintain their position during wear. Again, they are available in daily or monthly wear. The parameter range is very wide, so the vast majority of patients with astigmatism can be fitted with toric lenses.

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Monovision Lenses

Monovision contact lenses is another method that allows patients with presbyopia to see far and near. Monovision contact lenses are fit with one eye (usually the dominant eye) to see far away and the other eye to see up close. Patients fall into two distinct camps. You are either a bifocal or monovision contact lens wearer, but not both.

Specialty Lenses

RGP

Rigid gas permeable lenses (RGP’s) were the only contact lens available when contact lenses first became developed. Soft contact lenses have dominated the market place since then. RGP’s will never go away. They fill a special niche. Patients with irregular corneas, history of trauma, and certain conditions like keratoconus may benefit greatly from RGP's.

Hybrid

Hybrid contact lenses are a more recent product. The hybrid lens is a combination of RGP and soft contact lenses. The center of a hybrid is an RGP button, surrounded by a soft contact lens skirt. This lens type is becoming more popular for patients that need a special lens, but may be unable to wear RGP lenses or scleral lenses.

Myopia Control

Myopia is also known as nearsightedness. People with myopia can see better up close (near) than far away. This type of refractive error is becoming more of a public health concern. Extreme myopia can create its own host of problems. Myopia control lenses are designed similar to a multifocal lens. The intent of the lens is slow the rate of myopia until children are old enough to reach adulthood. In adulthood, the axial growth stops.