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Contact Lenses

What Are Contact Lenses?

They were first made, with glass, in the late 1800's to protect diseased eyes by being in contact with the eye. Now, much softer and made of silicone hydrogel polymers, they offer an alternative method of vision correction for many individuals. Contact lenses are not a necessarily a recommendation by your eye doctor, but rather an elective choice made by the patient in lieu of spectacles. However, sometimes they may offer superior correction compared to spectacle lenses and may, in those cases, be encouraged by the doctor.

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Who Can Wear Contacts?

Everybody! Our ideology is everyone is a candidate for contact lenses. Unless, if it is determined that wearing a contact lens will pose a risk to your ocular health, your doctor reserves the right to refuse fitting you for contact lenses. The other factor may be contact lens just does not perform in the manner we expect. The only thing we have to do is try, and we are willing to try it all! We just need to start the fitting process with you!

What is a Contact Lens Fitting/Exam?

The contact lens exam is elective and additional to the Routine Exam. The Routing Exam confirms the health and eligibility for they eye to wear a contact lens as well as determining what prescription should be in the contact lens. A prescription will not be provided until the doctor deems it safe and you are satisfied with the result.

The fitting process provides different trial lenses (size and prescription) to determine which fits you best (comfort and vision). The entire process can take minimum 1 week, but often times more than that.

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Can I Buy Contacts With My Glasses Prescription?

No, you cannot. 

  1. Glasses sit on your nose and contact lenses sit on your eyes - that means it is a different prescription!
  2. Glasses can offer 100% of your prescription exactly as you need it. Contact lenses have fixed parameters and therefore may be slightly different from your glasses
  3. Contact lenses need to fit the eye perfectly so as to not irritate or harm the eyes. Therefore we trial different lenses to find the safest one for you. You can only purchase what is deemed safe; we don't want you to get hurt!

Type of Contact Lenses

Contact lenses differ in the material they are made from, how often they need to be replaced, and what prescription parameters they hold. With so much variety, it is important to make sure we put you in what you find comfortable.

Material Replacement Schedule Prescription

  • Soft / SiHy

    • Modern lens, most common

  • Hard / Gas Perm / PMMA

    • Oldest type. Specialty fits

  • Monthly / 30 Day Replacement

  • 2 Week / 14 Day Replacement

  • 1 Week / 7 Day Replacement

  • Daily Replacement

  • Spherical

  • Astigmatism / Toric

  • Multifocal

  • Multifocal with Astigmatism

 

Fitting Prices

All fittings provide the patient with a set of trial lenses as necessary. If a trial lens is not available in office, it will be ordered. The initial fee for the fitting covers all related follow up visits for 90 days. Follow ups are only for adjusting or changing the contact lens.

SPHERICAL  -  $60
ASTIGMATISM / TORIC  -  $75
  • Single focus lenses for Distance Vision
  • Little to no Astigmatism (-0.75 or less)
  • Single focus lenses for Distance Vision
  • Astigmatism (-0.75 or more)
MONOVISION  -  $85
MONOVISION TORIC  -  $100
  • For patients needing reading glasses / bifocals
  • One eye for Distant Focus, One eye for Near Focus
  • Reduce need for reading glasses
  • Little to no Astigmatism (-0.75 or less)
  • For patients needing reading glasses / bifocals
  • One eye for Distant Focus, One eye for Near Focus
  • Reduce need for reading glasses
  • Astigmatism (-0.75 or more)
MULTIFOCAL  -  $115
MULTIFOCAL TORIC  -  $130
  • For patients needing reading glasses / bifocals
  • Multifocal lens allowing focus at Distance and Near
  • Reduce need for reading glasses
  • Little to no Astigmatism (-0.75 or less)
  • For patients needing reading glasses / bifocals
  • Multifocal lens allowing focus at Distance and Near
  • Reduce need for reading glasses
  • Astigmatism (-0.75 or more)

 

Don't wait! Schedule Today!

Don't know which fit is for you? Your eye doctor can offer you recommendations and a quote based on the results of your routine exam. The first step is to be seen.

Not sure if you really want contacts? Come talk to us! We will discuss with you all the ins and outs of contact lenses. If you are still on the fence about it, we allow you 60 days to return to complete the fit. You are not charged for a fit until you confirm you are being fit.

Never worn contact lenses before? No problem! We will teach you! Learning how to put on contact lenses can take a few minutes or a few hours - plan for at least an hour so you are not rushed. If you are not able to do it right away, no worries! You can come back another day to practice.

We will not dispense contact lenses to anyone who cannot put on or remove contact lenses on their own. We do not dispense contact lenses for you to practice on home. 

If you have any questions or want to know your insurance coverages, please give us a call! Phone: (281) 537-2020