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Specialty Contact Lenses
When standard solutions don't meet your vision needs, we offer advanced specialty lenses designed for complex eye conditions and unique lifestyles.
Scleral Lenses
For the patient that cannot achieve clear vision with glasses or soft contacts, we offer a life-changing solution: scleral contact lenses. These lenses can bring about truly astounding improvements in sight by eliminating visual distortions that cannot normally be corrected.
Orthokeratology
For the patient that doesn't want to wear glasses or soft contacts, but hesitates to have refractive surgery, we offer an appealing solution: ortho-k lenses. These work like a retainer- -but for your eyes! Worn only at night, they correct the shape of your cornea while you sleep. When removed, you get to enjoy clear, crisp vision all day, without wearing anything!
The Fitting Process
Specialty contact lenses are fit differently than soft contact lenses.
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Taking Measurements
At the first appointment, our goal is to get measurements that allow us to order a "first draft" lens for you. This is achieved in a similar way to buying a suit. First, we get size/shape measurements of the front of your eye. This gives us a predicted lens size to start with. Then, we test how that predicted size fits by "trying on" a fitting lens. We make notes about small measurements to tweak. Finally, we test your vision while wearing the fitting lens to tell us what power to order.
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We then send these measurements to a contact lens lab, and after around a week (typically) we receive your lenses.
02
Fit/Vision Check
At the second appointment, we check the fit of your new lenses and how well you see with them. Sometimes, this is the last step, because the fit and vision are perfect. However, it's normal for there to be some small additional adjustments that need to be made. At that point, we order another set of lenses with the changes and check everything again once they've arrived. We rinse and repeat this step until vision and fit are where they need to be.
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On average, a patient can expect a total of 2-3 visits to fit their specialty contact lenses.