Multifocal Contact Lenses
Trick your friends into thinking you don’t need reading glasses
Multifocal contact lenses can work great for presbyopes, regardless if you needed contacts before or not. Contact lenses are designed to correct any vision deficiency by resting directly on the eye.
Contacts come in two main families of lenses; soft and gas permeable (hard) contact lenses. In general, soft lenses are extremely comfortable and can be worn on varying schedules. Gas permeable lenses provide the ultimate in vision correction. About 99% of the time, a gas permeable contact lens will provide more clarity than a soft lens. So what’s the drawback? Gas permeable lenses take a little more time to get used to.
Gas permeable multifocals and GP bifocals are often overlooked as a way to improve near vision. When in fact, they may very well provide the best vision overall for most any presbyopic eye.
A new player in the arena of multifocal contact lens is the hybrid lens. This unique design promises the comfort of a soft lens combined with the optics of a gas permeable lens. The results just may be the answer to your prayers. The lens is manufactured by Synergeyes and truly is an optical breakthrough product.
Soft lenses may still do the trick for a lot of people. Soft lenses will give you comfortable vision all around, you just may be compromising a bit more distance vision than you would with a pair of gas perms. However, given the comfort factor, many people do opt for soft multifocal contact lenses. And with optical technology improving every day, the latest soft lenses are causing many eye care providers to take a second look.
Remember, even with the best fit contact lenses, a low power pair of reading glasses may still alleviate eye strain in certain situations. Multifocal contact lenses take a bit more time and expertise to be fit properly, so be sure your contact lens fitter has plenty of experience and enjoy the new vision.