Can you get custom design contact lenses?

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Though most custom contact lenses currently are made of rigid gas permeable lens materials, custom lenses also are available in soft lens materials, including new highly oxygen-permeable silicone hydrogel polymers. A number of contact lens manufacturers offer special design soft contacts for hard-to-fit eyes.

What are specialized contact lenses?

Specialty contacts are lenses that are designed for patients who have corneal conditions or other eye issues for which conventional contacts aren’t suitable. Since regular contact lenses sit directly on the surface of the eyes covering the cornea, it is imperative that they fit correctly and comfortably.

Do they make contacts for light sensitivity?

Scleral contact lenses, however, are a great alternative for these patients with hard-to-fit eyes. They provide several benefits, such as reducing sensitivity to light (photophobia).

Are astigmatism contacts specialty?

There are many types of specialty contact lenses for astigmatism, presbyopia, myopia, hyperopia, keratoconus and other eye conditions.

Which type of contact lens is best?

ACUVUE OASYS contact lenses have been known as the best contact lenses for many contact wearers! The FDA has approved these contacts for extended wear of six consecutive nights. An extended wear lens provides patients with contacts to fit their specific type of wear schedule.

Do contacts work for lazy eye?

Corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses This causes a difference in vision sharpness between each eye. This is called refractive amblyopia. Astigmatism, or an irregular curve in the cornea, in one eye can also cause lazy eye. These causes of lazy eye can often be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses.

What are special-effect contact lenses?

Special-effect contact lenses have a non-transparent tint that covers eye’s color. The center of the lens lies over your pupil and lets you see clearly.

What are custom contact lenses made of?

What are special effect scleral contacts?

Special-Effect Scleral Contacts. Sometimes the term “scleral lenses” (or “sclera lenses”) also is used to describe special-effect contact lenses that dramatically alter the appearance of the wearer’s eyes.

What are scleral novelty contact lenses?

The white part of your eye is called the sclera. Scleral Novelty contact lenses cover the white (sclera) part of the eye as well as the pupil. This can create some very scary effects. Scleral lenses create the all black effect of zombies and the all blue effect of the Fremen from the movie Dune.