HARD TO FIT CONTACT LENSES

An eyeball with irregular dimensions can make it difficult to use standard contacts comfortably, if at all. If you fit into this group, you may be told by some eye care practices that you are simply not a candidate for contact lenses. At Golden Vision, we strive to ensure that you are given options, even when the dimensions of your eyes don’t allow standard contacts to be fit.

The California eye doctors at Golden Vision are experienced in fitting tough prescriptions, using custom and specialized contacts.

There are plenty of unusual vision problems that can’t easily be corrected by standard lenses. In these cases, we offer specialized lenses to fit your needs:

Contacts for Dry Eyes

New materials have increased the ability for more patients to wear standard contact lenses, because these materials don’t dry out your eyes as much. We can fit you with gas permeable (GP) lenses that are smaller than soft lenses and don’t absorb moisture from the eye as much.

Contacts for Astigmatism

If you have astigmatism, your eye is flattened into an oval shape, making it difficult to fit standard contact lenses. Standard lenses get don’t stay upright in your eye, making it difficult to see clearly always. Toric lenses are a specialized variety that automatically orient themselves to solve this.

Contacts for Keratoconus

Keratoconus is a condition in which a thinning cornea causes the eye to bulge. In this case, the cornea is may be too sensitive to use rigid lenses designed to correct associated vision issues. Solutions include GP lenses for comfort, piggybacking a harder lens on a softer one, and scleral lenses that avoid the cornea entirely.

Post-LASIK Lenses

LASIK is usually effective, but if your refractive issue was too severe before LASIK, you may still need corrective eyewear. This is most frequent in cases of high astigmatism and can be solved by using a low prescription-grade toric lens that stays upright in your eye.

Bifocal Lenses

Bifocal and multifocal lenses are solutions for vision problems that people tend to develop as they age. Older adults often struggle with the ability to see things up close, a condition called presbyopia, which is corrected by bifocal or multifocal lenses, contacts that use different prescriptions at different sight lines.