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Contact LensesToday's contact lens technology is so advanced that almost everyone who wears glasses can choose vision correction with contact lenses. From the many options available, our doctors can recommend the ideal lens for your needs.

Contact lenses provide many benefits, including their cosmetic and visual advantages, with a wider field of view and more comfortable and natural vision compared to glasses. Active people who participate in sports and exercise find contact lenses don't slide down your nose or fog up as glasses do. Contact lenses can be a great option for children, as they also tend to be very active. There are occupational advantages for many professionals as well.

All contact lenses are considered to be medical devices and must be fit by your eye doctor. Annual evaluations are also necessary to check corneal health, assess the fit of the contact lenses and update the prescription as needed. Contact lenses are now available for those with astigmatism and for those who need bifocal correction. Successful contact lens wear is now an option for more people than ever before.

Silicon Hydrogel Contact Lenses
One of the big advances in contact lens technology has been the development of silicon hydrogel contact lenses. This lens material allows significantly more oxygen to reach the cornea to maintain corneal health and keep your eyes healthy. Lenses are approved for between 6-30 days of continuous wear (extended wear) depending on the brand. Silicon hydrogel lenses allow for safer and more comfortable contact lens wear.

Daily Disposable Contact Lenses

Daily contact lenses are the most convenient and hygienic modality of contact lens wear. These lenses are put on at the beginning of the day and thrown away at the end of the day, with no solutions needed for cleaning and soaking. This works especially well for someone who is a "part-time" contact lens wearer. We also find daily lenses to be great for those with sensitive eyes who are prone to allergies and for adolescents, as the doctor and parents don't have to worry about hygiene issues or over-wear. If you wear contact lenses occasionally or have a child who would like to wear contact lenses, this is a great option.

Multi-focal Contact Lenses
AIR OPTIX® AQUA MULTIFOCAL Contact LensesTired of using reading glasses over your contact lenses? For those approaching or over the age of forty, new multi-focal contacts reduce reliance on reading glasses and provide vision for distance, near, and everything in between.

Multi-focal contacts are available for both gas permeable and soft contact lens wearers. With recent advancements, there are now silicon hydrogel multi-focal contacts that allow greater oxygen to the cornea and are approved for overnight wear.

Toric Contact Lenses
In the past, astigmatism was difficult to correct with soft contact lenses. With recent improvements in technology, toric soft contact lenses now provide high quality vision and are available in silicon hydrogel material to allow greater oxygen to the eyes.

Gas Permeable Contact Lenses
Gas permeable (GP) contact lenses, previously called hard or rigid contact lenses, may provide better vision than soft lenses for certain patients. Gas permeable lenses may be the best option to correct vision in people with very high prescriptions, high levels of astigmatism or irregular corneas. Special gas permeable lenses are necessary when the cornea has an irregular shape (for example, in keratoconus or after a corneal transplant).

Color Contact Lenses
FreshLook®A wide variety of color contact lenses are available for light and dark eyes, including lenses to enhance, brighten or completely change your eye color! Even if you have no visual correction in the contact lenses and they are solely for cosmetic purposes, federal law still requires that you have a contact lens exam to be fit with contacts. Contact lenses are a medical device and can cause harm or vision loss if they are fit or used improperly.

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