How to Find the Right Contact Lenses

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How to Find the Right Contact Lenses
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Contact lenses have come a long way and offer
some exciting options. You can bat a pair of baby
blues one day, then flash golden tiger eyes the
next. You can even toss disposable lenses in the
trash each night.
For people with vision problems, contacts remain
an effective, almost invisible tool. The thin
plastic lenses fit over your cornea -- the clear,
front part of your eye -- to correct vision
problems including nearsightedness,
farsightedness, and astigmatism. You can wear
contacts even if you have presbyopia and need
bifocals.
Talk to your eye doctor about the best type of
lenses for you. Get regular eye exams to keep
your peepers healthy and make sure your
prescription stays up to date.
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Soft Contact Lenses
Theyre made from a special type of plastic mixed
with water. The water content lets oxygen pass
through the lens to your cornea. That makes the
lenses more comfortable, lessens dry eyes, and
helps keep your cornea healthy. If it doesn't get
enough oxygen, it can swell, get cloudy, and
cause blurry vision or other, more serious
problems.
Pros. Many soft lenses are disposable, so you can
throw them away after using them for a short
time. Having a fresh pair of soft contacts means
less chance of infection, less cleaning, and more
comfort.
While soft contact lenses are commonly
throwaways, there are some soft lenses that
aren't aren't. Depending on what yo need for your
eyes, you may wear the same pair for about a year
and clean them each night. These are typically
more custom-designed contact lenses.
Compared with rigid gas-permeable lenses, the
other main type of contacts, soft lenses feel
better when you first put them in.
As a bonus, many soft lenses provide UV
protection.
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Cons. Soft contact lens material can absorb
particles, chemicals, bacteria, and mold more
easily than both hard and rigid gas-permeable
lenses. They soak up all kinds of things that can
irritate your eyes -- smoke and sprays in the air
and lotion or soap on your hands.
Soft contacts are also more fragile. They can rip
or tear more easily than hard or gas-permeable
lenses.
Varieties. New types of soft lenses come to
market as new technologies develop.
Daily disposables are soft contacts that you wear
only for a day and then throw away. That means
you dont have to clean them regularly or risk
dry eyes and irritation from contact solutions.
If you have allergies, they may be the best
choice for you.
ilicone-based materials create an extremely
breathable lens that lets plenty of oxygen pass
through to your cornea. They also keep deposits
from building up. That means less irritation from
dry eyes. Some silicone contacts are FDA-approved
for extended wear, so you can use them for up to
30 days. But many eye doctors say to remove any
type of contact lens at bedtime. Why? Your cornea
gets less oxygen when you sleep in contacts, so
the risk of serious complications is higher.
Silicone lenses arent for everyone, so talk with
your eye care professional if youre interested
in them.
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Colored, Soft Contacts

• Visibility tint lenses have a tiny bit of color
  so you can find your lens if you drop it. It
  isnt enough to affect the color of your eyes.
• Enhancement tint lenses play up your natural eye
  color. Theyre slightly darker than a visibility
  tint.
• Color tint lenses are darker, opaque, and change
  the color of your eyes. Specialty colors include
  amethyst, violet, and green.

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Remember, colored contacts are a medical device
just like clear lenses. Get them from your eye
doctor and nowhere else. Dont share them with
anyone. Clean and care for them just as you would
any prescription lenses.
Rigid Gas-Permeable Lenses
As the name suggests, these are stiffer than soft
contacts. Theyre made from silicone, and they're
designed to let oxygen pass through to your
cornea.
Pros. You might see better than you do with soft
lenses. They correct substantial astigmatism.
Theyre easy to take care of and durable.
Cons. At first. the lenses dont feel as
comfortable as soft contacts. It takes longer to
get used to them, so you need to wear them every
day.
Bifocal Contacts
As you age, the lens in your eye loses the
ability to focus from far to near -- a condition
called presbyopia. Youll know you have it when
its hard to read up close.
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If you have trouble with both near and far
vision, bifocal lenses can help. They have both
your distance prescription and near prescription
in one lens. They come in soft and gas-permeable
options.
You need a professional fitting and evaluation to
know which bifocal design is best for your
needs.
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Monovision Lenses
You wont have the same prescription in both
eyes. One will have a contact for distance
vision, and the other will be for seeing up
close. This can take a while to get used to. Each
eye works on its own. That makes it harder for
them to work together. You might have problems
with depth perception. That can make it hard to
drive. You might have to adjust your gaze more
often to allow one eye or the other to see
properly.
Another monovision option Wear a bifocal lens in
one eye, and a single-vision lens in the other.
This makes driving easier.
Readers and Contacts
One more option Get your contact prescription
for distance vision. Wear reading glasses over
your contacts when you need to see up close.
Toric Lenses for Astigmatism
If you have astigmatism and want to wear
contacts, you'll need a toric lens. Theyre made
from the same material as other contacts but work
with your eyeball, which isnt completely round.
They come in soft or rigid gas-permeable forms,
extended wear, daily disposable, and even in
colored lenses. Like bifocal lenses in a pair of
glasses, toric lenses have two powers in one
lens one that corrects your astigmatism, and
another for nearsightedness or farsightedness.
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Lenses That Reshape Your Cornea
If youre mildly nearsighted, your eye doctor may
suggest orthokeratology, or ortho-k for short.
She'll use a special contact lens to reshape your
cornea -- and improve your vision. But the
results only last while you have the contact in.
This procedure isn't widely used, because laser
vision correction offers the same result in less
time and is permanent. Laser surgery is now OK
for professionals -- like members of the military
or airline pilots -- whose jobs didn't allow them
to have it in the past.
If you cant have laser surgery, ask your eye
care professional if ortho-k could work for you.
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