Services for Your Contact Lenses At our Midland Location
We Fit All Types of Contact Lenses
Don’t want to wear glasses? Contact lenses are a great alternative. And with so many varieties to choose from, nearly everyone can wear them. Daily disposable lenses make wearing contacts a breeze — wear them once and throw them away.
Other options include gas permeable contact lenses, lenses for overnight wear, and special-effect contact lenses. Read on to learn more about contact lenses and how to choose the best contacts for your lifestyle and visual needs.
Contact lenses are an excellent choice for nearly anyone who needs vision correction and doesn't want to wear eyeglasses full time or undergo LASIK surgery. Aside from the obvious improved visual activities, or cosmetic enhancement, here are some other benefits to wearing contact lenses:
- Certain eye conditions, such as keratoconus, usually see increased visual correction with contacts, as compared to spectacles.
- They generally provide improved peripheral vision, as compared to glasses.
- They don’t “fog up” or collect moisture, as a pair of glasses would over a hot stove, or on a rainy day.
- Glasses can fall off or possibly become damaged during exercise or active lifestyles, and the bridge of glasses can slide with perspiration, moving your visual center. So, contacts make exercising, sports or recreational activities easier, too.
- Speaking of active lifestyles, with contacts, you can wear goggles, non-Rx sunglasses or other headgear with ease!
The Importance of Regular Care
Contact lenses are medical devices that require fitting and a valid prescription from an eye care practitioner. For your own safety, you must seek the care of a qualified eye care practitioner before using contact lenses. Furthermore, proper follow-up care by your eye care practitioner is essential. Over time your eyes change, often without symptoms or warning signs, which may put you at risk for developing potentially serious complications, including vision loss. Regular ongoing professional care can help maintain eye health. Please talk to your eye care practitioner about a recommended examination schedule, which usually ranges from every 6 months to every 12 months.
Which Contact Lens Is Right for You?
First, your contacts must address the problem that is prompting you to wear lenses in the first place. Your contact lenses must provide good vision by correcting your myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, or some combination of those vision problems.
Second, the lens must fit your eye. To do that, lenses come in tens of thousands of combinations of diameter and curvature. Of course, not every lens brand comes in every "size."
Your eye doctor is skilled in evaluating your eye's physiology, and your eyesight, to determine which lens best satisfies the two criteria above.
Third, you may have another medical need that drives the choice of lens. For example, your eye doctor might pick a particular lens if your eyes tend to be dry.
Finally, consider your "wish list" of contact lens features — colors, for example, or overnight wear.
When you and your eye doctor decide on the right lens for you, you'll be given a contact lens prescription. You'll be able to buy an annual supply of lenses.