CONTACT LENSES

There is a variety of reasons to buy contact lenses instead of glasses. In addition to showing off your natural beauty, contacts provide crisp visual acuity and wide peripheral vision – with no bothersome frames in the way. When playing sports or spending time outdoors on a hot, sunny day, contacts eliminate the nuisance of glasses slipping down your sweaty nose. Regardless of your personal reasons for wearing contacts, our Lewis Center eye doctors will fit you precisely with the best lenses for your vision and eye health.

Our eye care specialists are qualified and experienced in fitting contact lenses – even for the most hard-to-fit vision conditions. We will use the latest optometric technologies to check your vision and measure your eyes. Your contact lens fitting will determine the ideal lens power and size of contacts that you need, as well as evaluate your ocular health. Some pre-existing conditions require a particular type or material of contact lenses, and we will take all of this into consideration when giving you a prescription.

It is common for a contact lens fitting to include a short trial and error process to pinpoint the best contacts for each individual. Once we fit you with the most suitable lenses, our Lewis Center optometrists will provide detailed instructions on proper insertion, removal, and disinfection of your contacts. We will not send you home with your new contact lenses until your vision is clear and you feel confident and comfortable!

Many patients begin their visit with our eye doctors by sharing that years ago they were told they’d never be able to wear contact lenses. Nowadays, we are happy to tell you that most of this is no longer true for most people! The development of high-tech engineering and modern materials has led to the availability of many new contact lens types to suit the most complex eye conditions.

We carry these contact lenses in our Lewis Center optometry office:

• Soft Contacts: These are the mostpopular type. Soft lenses are available in many wearing schedules; includingdaily disposable lenses (dailies), daily wear lenses, weekly, monthly andextended wear versions. Whether you buy contact lenses that must be discardeddaily or monthly is often a lifestyle preference. All kinds are typicallycomfortable within seconds after the first insertion. Colored soft contactlenses are also available in a range of cosmetic tints.
• Hard Contacts (rigid gas permeable/GP):  Hard lenses provide acute eyesight for many complex vision conditions. They feature high oxygen permeability, which decreases the risk of eye infections. However, they have a much longer adaptation period than soft lenses.
• Bifocal/Multifocal Contacts:  These lenses have different zones that correspond to different lens powers for near and distant vision. They are appropriate for people with presbyopia.
• Scleral Lenses: Standard contact lenses cannot fit on an eye with keratoconus or an irregular cornea. Scleral lenses, which bridge over the cornea and rest on the whites of your eye, are an ideal, comfortable solution.
• Toric Lenses:  When the cornea has more than one curve, it is diagnosed as astigmatism. This vision condition requires customized specialty toric lenses.  
• Ortho-k Lenses: Used for corneal reshaping therapy, ortho-k lenses enable you to see clearly during the daytime with no eyewear. They are also a proven method of myopia control for kids. Ask our Lewis Center eye doctors about orthokeratology; we will determine if you are a good candidate for this breakthrough method of vision correction.