Contact Lens Fitting

Why contact lenses?

Below are some of the reasons why people choose to wear contacts:

- Don’t want to wear glasses
- For sport
- To gain a wider field of view than spectacles provide
- To obtain better vision for some prescriptions, for example severe shortsightedness
- To change eye colour

Today, most people can wear contacts. Your optometrist will recommend which type is best for you, dependent on your prescription and lifestyle.

Soft disposable lenses are available for daily, two-weekly or monthly wear and suit most people. Continuous wear lenses are worn up to a month without being removed. Rigid gas permeables are often used for high degrees of astigmatism or for keratoconus. Multifocal contacts are available for those who would normally wear bifocal or progressive spectacle lenses.

After an intitial contact lens consultation with your optometrist, there will be follow-up appointments. The first of these is to teach you how to insert and remove your lenses along with how to care for them. Subsequent appointments allow your optometrist to check your progress, to discuss lens comfort and wearing times, and to ensure the continuing good health of your eyes.