But toric lenses are cleverly designed with this in mind, and they are weighted slightly at the bottom, which helps them stay in place. Toric lenses come as soft disposable contact lenses, daily disposable lenses, and frequent replacement lenses.
If you like to wear colored or multifocal lenses, there are toric lenses made to suit your needs too. Hard contact lenses, also called rigid gas permeable lenses, are made from a material that gives them a firmer shape which helps them stay in place, but they aren't always as comfortable as soft lenses.
Toric lens fittings are usually longer than regular lens fittings. If you try one brand and it does not situate properly in your eye, another brand is likely to suit your needs. A study published in examined three groups of people subjects with astigmatism who had not worn contact lenses before. Over a one-month trial involving daily wear soft contact lenses, 88 percent of toric lenses fit on the first attempt.
While there were reports of discomfort and visual problems leading to some participants quitting the use of the contacts, most reported that their overall vision was as good as with glasses. When you have low to moderate astigmatism, simple soft or RGP lenses can neutralize it with relative ease.
Doctors prefer toric lenses to correct severe amounts of astigmatism. Toric contacts are designed to align with the 6 to 12 o'clock axis. After inserting them into your eyes, blinking makes the lenses rotate and adjust while the weight makes it position itself to its proper alignment. This can sometimes be irritating to users. Of course, traditional glasses do not have this problem.
Generally, many people prefer hard lenses to soft options. But technological advancements and newer designs have greatly improved the comfort and vision that soft lenses can achieve. Large amounts of progressive astigmatism may also indicate other underlying conditions like keratoconus. These astigmatisms can be treated by using specially designed GPC contacts.
Although toric soft contact lenses work very well for many people with mild or moderate astigmatism, they are still not a perfect solution. For example, although toric lenses are weighted in certain places, they can still slip out of alignment fairly often.
Anyone who wears contact lenses will shift these devices in their eyes when they blink. Standard soft contacts are designed to shift without changing your ability to see, but this does not work for people with astigmatism. Even with weighted sides to return them to their original position, your vision can still be uncomfortable or blurry for a few moments.
Since you need to blink so frequently throughout the day, this may be too disruptive to your daily life. Toric contact lenses also only work for people with corneal astigmatism. Those who have lenticular astigmatism need glasses to treat this condition. The lens is inside the eye, behind the pupil, so it cannot be directly reshaped with a contact lens.
As opposed to regular lenses, which have one power throughout the lens, toric lenses have two different powers; one which addresses astigmatism, and one which addresses trouble with distance vision. Since they feature two different strengths, these lenses need to remain in place on your eye in order to correct your vision, unlike normal contact lenses, which have no effect if they rotate on your eye when you blink.
Contact lenses for astigmatism are actually ballasted on the bottom, to prevent them from moving around on your eye. Just like regular lenses, toric lenses are available as soft disposable contact lenses , daily disposable lenses, and frequent replacement lenses.
And people with astigmatism need not worry about options; toric lenses also come in color, or as multifocals. Rigid gas permeable lenses RGP, or hard contact lenses are made from a harder material that keeps their shape even when you rub your eyes or blink, and sometimes provide even better vision than other lenses.
But the disadvantage is that they are usually not as comfortable to wear. They can also be worn as extended wear lenses for up to seven days and nights if approved by your optician. A reliable choice, these lenses are both hygienic and comfortable. Air Optix lenses are another popular choice of monthlies as they can be used to correct long sight and short sightedness. Their silicon hydrogel material makes them highly breathable too.
These lenses offer the best of both worlds. Like monthlies they require cleansing and storing at night. However they can be disposed of every two weeks and replaced with fresh lenses. Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism are a great two weekly option for astigmatism. Yearly contact lenses are stored in the exact same way as monthlies and equally provide the same level of comfort.
Our Proclear Tailor Made Toric lenses are ideal for astigmatism and feature detailed parameters for an accurate fit. Hybrid lenses also work extremely well for astigmatism. These lenses consist of a rigid gas permeable lens combined with a soft lens skirt. This combination provides optimal comfortable and an effective form of correction. However, whilst hybrid lenses are great for correcting corneal astigmatism, they won't work for lenticular astigmatism.
Some also report difficulty in inserting hybrid lenses. Wearing lenses for astigmatism is no different from wearing any other lens. The lens may be shaped for a different shaped eye, but the process for inserting and removing toric lenses is no different. Browse our full guide on how to put in and take out contact lenses.
Toric lenses that correct astigmatism are slightly more expensive than normal lenses that simply correct short-sightedness myopia. This is due to the wide power inventory required and the difference in how the lenses are cut.
A small selection of contact lens manufacturers produces colour contact lenses for astigmatism. For most contact lens manufacturers coloured contact lenses are too much hassle to consider.
This is due to the number of parameters required. We do not currently stock colour contact lenses for astigmatism on Feel Good Contacts. Blurry vision when looking at close up objects can be caused by dry eyes. Dry eyes can cause toric soft contact lenses to rotate out of alignment, therefore causing blurry vision and problems focusing.
If this happens to you, it is recommended that you see an eye doctor who can adjust the lens for you. Acuvue moist for astigmatism is a great choice if you suffer from dry eyes.
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