Eye Health Facts
Can I get bifocal contact lenses?
Multifocal contact lenses are available, with the lens varying in strength from the centre to the edge.
They work in a different way to bifocal or progressive glasses - instead of moving your eyes to look through a different section of the lens, with multifocal contact lenses light at different focusses is available at any point of gaze. Your visual system then figures out, somehow, which to ignore and which to give attention to.
See here also for other ways contact lenses can be used to correct vision for close work.
Eye Health Facts
What can I do about dry eyes with contact lenses?
Talk with us at your next eye appointment, as there are a range of things we can do, in order to make CL wear more comfortable:
- Change your contact lens design or material.
- Move to daily disposable lenses
- Some people who are always uncomfortable in soft lenses can be successfully fitted into rigid gas-permeable lenses.
- Remove and rinse, and reinsert lenses half way through your wearing time.
- Lubricant eye drops
- Change wearing patterns
If you have any concerns about your eyes or contact lenses, please be in touch.