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Are you interested in wearing contact lenses either full or part-time? Contact lens technology has exploded over the past few years and there are some very exciting new options for contact lens wear. Contact lenses can provide freedom from glasses to perform everyday activities at work, home, and recreation. Sports which require helmets such as baseball, hockey, football, skiing, motor sports and cycling are all especially helpful to utilize contact lenses for vision correction. Other sports and hobbies which benefit from contact lens use include: golf, volleyball, soccer, basketball, fishing, running and birding.

Our doctors will assess your prescription, eye health and goals regarding contact lens wear through a comprehensive fitting process to determine the best options for you. During the fitting, your doctor will place a trial contact lens with your initial prescription on and check your vision and how the lens performs on your eye. You will be provided insertion and removal training along with contact lens care instructions by a technician. You will have the opportunity to “test drive” the lenses for a 1-2 week period, then return for a follow up visit with the doctor. At that time, you can report on your satisfaction with comfort, vision, and overall function with the lenses. Once your doctor has determined the best lens for you, the prescription will be finalized so you may purchase a supply of lenses for the year. The cost of the contact lens fitting fee varies based on the complexity of your prescription, and the number of follow up visits necessary also varies with each patient. The cost of contact lenses also varies based on prescription and type of lens.

Daily disposable contact lenses are the preferred choice for doctors and patients. Single use contact lenses are the healthiest option for your eyes, as the risk for infection is the lowest compared to any other type of contact lens. Patient also report the highest satisfaction for comfort and convenience with daily disposable wear. With newer breathable silicon hydrogel daily disposables, your eye can stay hydrated all day long without the hassle of contact lens solutions and cleaning!

Specialty Contact Lenses

If you have ever been told you can’t wear contact lenses due to:

corneal disease, damage or scarring
keratoconus
high prescription including astigmatism or presbyopia
poor vision with other contacts you have tried in the past
severe dry eye

then a specialty contact lens design such as a “scleral contact lenses” might be an option for you. A scleral contact lens vaults the cornea to allow a thin pocket of comfortable moisturizing solution to bathe the surface of your eye the entire time while wearing the lens. The design of the lens not only can provide better comfort but significantly improved vision over other types of contacts as well.

Other specialty lenses include: custom toric (astigmatism) soft or rigid gas permeable lenses and multifocal designed lenses for patients who wear bifocal or progressive glasses. If you are over 40 years old and are struggling with your “up close” vision, there are a few specific options for successful contact lens wear based on your goals for vision correction.

An exciting new FDA approved option for children who are at risk of developing rapidly increasing myopia (nearsightedness) is the myopia treatment program with MiSight 1 day contact lenses. This program has shown to slow myopia progression in children by over 50%.

Myopia Management

Patients who develop moderate-severe myopia over the course of childhood into adolescence are at a higher risk for multiple long-term eye health related problems over the course of their lifetime. Some of these can even lead to permanent blindness:

Retinal Tears/Detachment
Glaucoma
Myopic Maculopathy
Cataracts
Anxiety Systemic Inflammation

Treatment options for slowing myopic progression in children & adolescents include:

Stellest, the only FDA authorized spectacle lens option by Essilor. This lens uses HALT technology (a series of 9 lenslets) to bend light differently in the periphery, which reduces the stimulus for the eye to elongate. Typically, the longer the eyeball, the higher the myopia.

MiSight, the only FDA approved contact lens option by Cooper Vision. This contact lens uses ActivControl Technology which bends peripheral light rays more than those rays coming from in front of the eye. This change in focus of those peripheral light rays reduces the stimulus for the eye to elongate. Typically, the longer the eyeball, the higher the myopia.

Other treatment options include the use of long acting dilating eye drops, reshaping of the cornea with special contact lenses worn at night called Ortho-Keratology (Ortho-K). It is also advisable for children to spend at least 2 hours daily outdoors, limit screen time, use blue light protection during screen time, and keep a reasonable distance between their eyes and their reading material. Finally, following the 20-20-20 Rule : after 20 minutes of reading, focus on an object at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds, may also be a way to help slow myopic progression.