What are the best contacts for me?

The most optimal contact lenses for you is contingent upon numerous factors, such as your visual requirements and your particular and unique reasons for wanting to use contact lenses:

• If you desire to have the sharpest eyesight possible, gas permeable contact lenses (also known as RGP or GP lenses) are typically your best option. Due to the fact that GP contacts have a hard, polished surface, they usually have superior optical qualities than soft contact lenses.
• If you happen to suffer from astigmatism, GP lenses or distinct soft lenses known as toric contact lenses are typically the best option for you. These special contacts have distinctive features to rectify blurred eyesight caused by unequal corneal curvature (the most typical form of astigmatism).
• If comfort is a priority for you when choosing contacts for yourself, conventional soft contact lenses typically are the optimal choice for you. Most individuals find soft lenses are comfortable straight away, while GP lenses normally require some time to adapt (that may be a few weeks) prior to the lenses being perfectly comfortable.
• If you do not wish to bother with caring for your lens and contact lens solutions, daily disposable contact lenses are most likely the best choice for you. With these particular soft lenses, you put them on only once and thereafter you throw them away. It can’t get any easier than that, right?
• If you are above 40 years of age and have presbyopia, the optimal contacts for you may be bifocal contact lenses or multifocal contact lenses. These types of contacts often can reinstate a complete range of vision and lessen or even get rid of your need for reading glasses.
• If you feel comfortable using glasses and wish to wear contact lenses only on occasion like for sports or social events, soft lenses tend to be the best choice. The majority of people can wear soft contact lenses comfortably on an occasional basis, while GP contacts normally have to be used on a daily basis to keep comfort.

There are other factors that come into play when deciding which type of contacts are the most optimal for you. For instance:

• You may wish for prolonged wear contact lenses in order for you to use the lenses continuously and not be required to remove them before going to bed. However, your eyes may not have the ability to tolerate prolonged wear, so daily disposable lenses may be a better alternative for you.
• You may require bifocal or multifocal contact lenses if you have presbyopia, however you may find that your eyesight with these contacts is not as great as you hoped it would be. If that is the case, perhaps monovision, whereby your optometrist uses regular (monofocal) soft lenses to fit one of your eyes for distance vision and the other for near vision, is a more optimal option for you.
  Or maybe a modification of monovision, whereby one eye is fitted with a monofocal lens and the other eye is fitted with a multifocal lens, is the optimal solution.
• If you desire the sharpest vision but you find that you are unable to use gas permeable lenses comfortably, maybe hybrid contact lenses will cater to your needs. Hybrid lenses possess a GP center for clarity, surrounded by a “skirt” of soft lens material for more comfort.

The primary step in deciding which contact lenses are the best for you is to schedule an eye examination and talk about available options with your eye doctor.
Bear in mind that initial plans may be altered during your contact lens fitting. Depending on your comfort, your eyesight and how much your eyes are able to tolerate the initial lens choice, alterations may need to be made.

If you are interested in getting the perfect contact lenses for your special vision needs, do take the time to visit us at www.eyelookgood.com to see our various selection of Acuvue contact lenses as well as lenses from other brands.

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