Most people consider contact lenses a convenient alternative to glasses. However, specialty contact lenses offer solutions to complex eye conditions and persistent vision problems. This blog explores how specialty lenses can improve your quality of life and the types of lenses available at Weston Contact Lens Institute.
What Are Specialty Contact Lenses?
Specialty contact lenses are custom-designed devices custom-made to address unique vision challenges. Unlike conventional soft lenses, specialty lenses use advanced materials and designs to correct complex conditions such as myopia, corneal irregularity, severe dry eye, high astigmatism, and keratoconus. Specialty lenses are designed to fit the exact shape of each eye, providing sharper vision, enhanced comfort, and durability.
Unexpected Quality of Life Benefits
Improved vision is the most apparent benefit of custom-made contact lenses. However, specialty lenses can enhance your life in several other surprising ways. Constant discomfort and blurry vision can eventually become emotionally and physically draining. Specialty lenses offer a way to enhance your vision and overall quality of life.
Improved Comfort
Specialty lenses are made using precise measurements, 3D scans, and ocular topography mapping to fit the unique shape of your eyes. By designing lenses to suit the specific needs of each patient, we address everyone’s unique issue. For example, scleral lenses are designed to avoid contact with the cornea, which can provide relief and clear vision for patients with corneal irregularities.
Restored Confidence
Clear, comfortable vision can dramatically improve one’s confidence. Moving through the world with diminished visual clarity can be challenging and frustrating. Specialty contact lenses can help patients regain the freedom to participate in activities without visual interference.
Relief From Problematic Conditions
Patients with challenging conditions like keratoconus, severe dry eye, corneal scarring, and post-surgical complications often experience persistent, painful symptoms. Itching, burning, light sensitivity, and a constant feeling of something in the eye are common symptoms. Specialty lenses offer relief where other treatments have failed. For example, EyePrintPRO lenses can restore vision and reduce discomfort, allowing patients to enjoy once-impossible activities.
Freedom to Live an Active Lifestyle
Many of our patients struggle to maintain active lifestyles due to visual disturbances, painful symptoms, or reliance on traditional vision correction methods. Our specialty lenses are designed to stay in place and provide clear vision even during strenuous physical activity. Orthokeratology lenses are an alternative option for patients who cannot participate in contact sports or swim safely due to the need for either glasses or contact lenses.
Increased Opportunities
Our specialty contact lens patients often discover new opportunities with sharp vision, comfortable eyes, increased confidence, and greater freedom. New hobbies, job excellence, and enjoying life without limitations can give patients a new perspective on life, transforming how they approach everyday situations and challenges.
Specialty Contact Lenses Offered at Weston Contact Lens Institute
At Weston Contact Lens Institute, our eyecare practitioners are dedicated to providing the best care for each patient, utilizing specialty contact lenses.
Orthokeratology Lenses
Orthokeratology (Ortho-K) lenses are rigid contact lenses designed for overnight wear. Ortho-K lenses gently reshape the cornea while the wearer sleeps, temporarily correcting myopia. These specialty lenses enable you to enjoy clear vision during the day without the need for glasses or contact lenses. This is a non-surgical solution for slowing the progression of Myopia in children. Ortho-K lenses are particularly well-suited to children and young adults.
Scleral Lenses
Scleral lenses are large-diameter gas-permeable lenses that rest on the white part of the eye (the sclera) and vault over the cornea. The unique design of these lenses creates a fluid reservoir between the eye surface and the lens, which provides continuous hydration. Scleral lenses are ideal for patients with corneal irregularities and severe dry eye. The stable, clear vision provided by scleral lenses can be life-changing for patients with complex eye conditions.
EyePrintPRO
EyePrintPRO lenses are custom-made prosthetic scleral lenses designed from a precise impression of the surface of your eyes. EyePrintPRO technology enables an exact fit, providing vision stability for patients with highly complex or irregular corneas. Patients with ocular trauma damage, severe astigmatism, and post-surgical complications can enjoy unparalleled comfort and restored vision.
Rigid Gas Permeable Lenses
Rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lenses are hard contact lenses that rest on the cornea. RGP lenses provide excellent visual clarity for patients with a range of conditions, including high astigmatism and irregular corneas. RGP lenses are durable and can last for several years with careful maintenance, making them more cost-effective in the long run.
SynergEyes Lenses
SynergEyes hybrid lenses combine the sharp vision of RGP lenses with the comfort of soft lenses. The center of a hybrid lens is rigid. At the same time, the outer skirt is soft, providing an ideal solution for patients who require the all-day comfort of soft lenses with clear vision offered by RGP lenses. SynergEyes lenses are highly effective for patients with astigmatism, keratoconus, or presbyopia.
Rose-K Lenses
Rose-K lenses are a specialized RGP lens type designed for patients with keratoconus and corneal irregularities. Rose-K lenses are custom-made to fit over irregularly shaped eyes, neutralizing the irregular vision associated with misshapen corneas. Rose-K lenses promote eye health and comfortable all-day wear.
Visit Our Clinic for Expert Eyecare
Specialty contact lenses do more than simply correct vision; they restore comfort, confidence, and the freedom to live life to the fullest. Whether you struggle with a complex eye condition or simply want to experience the sharpest vision possible, Weston Contact Lens Institute can help you find the solution that meets your needs. Contact us to schedule a consultation and discover the range of specialty lenses available.
