In the past, if you woretoric soft contacts for astigmatism, you had to make a decision sometime after age 40, when you also began to have trouble reading due topresbyopia: Either start wearing reading glasses over your contacts or switch to bifocal rigid gas permeable contact lenses. For m...
Mono Vision Contacts:These type of contacts for reading have a prescription for near vision in one eye and far vision in the other. While it takes some time to adjust, eventually the brain will signal which eye needs to take over as you alternate between distance and near viewing. ...
Bifocal contacts correct both near vision and far vision, so you can see things in the distance and perform up-close tasks without glasses.
amblyopia. Patients with an astigmatism less than 1.5 D may further be identified. The treated patients may be pre-presbyopic, typically patients under 40 years of age, to prevent having patient that previously used reading glasses or bifocals for standard reasons relating to age. It will be ...
Types of bifocal contacts Segmented bifocal contacts(also referred to as an alternating or translating bifocals). This mimics bifocal eyeglasses closely, with a separate section for each prescription. Usually, the near vision prescription is in the lower part of the lens, and the normal, distance...
Progressive lenses can correct any mild residual astigmatism or other refractive error not fully corrected by your contacts. For this reason, eyeglasses with progressive lenses may give you sharper vision for specific activities like night driving. ...