Hard To Fit Contacts vs Regular Contact Lenses 

There are lots of reasons to wear contact lenses. Contacts don't fog up when you have to wear a mask. Contacts give you a wider field of good vision uninterrupted by frames. Sometimes contact lenses can correct underlying problems with your eyesight. If you experience blurry vision, redness, dry eyes, or constant irritation, you may need "hard to fit contact lenses." Here are three things that your eye doctor in Colorado Springs, at Chapel Hills Vision Clinic, wants you to know about hard to fit contact lenses.

Addressing Eye Issues

Your optometrist has to address certain eye issues before you can get comfortable contact lenses. Some patients will need extra attention to get a prescription for comfortable contacts. If you have astigmatism, your cornea has an irregular shape. Regular contact lenses won't fit on an irregular cornea. The same principle applies to patients who have keratoconus. a pyramid-like configuration of the cornea. Contacts won't be comfortable if you have untreated dry eye syndrome making your eyes feel like they have grit in them constantly. Also, if you have giant papillary conjunctivitis, a condition that makes them feel sticky. If you are over the age of 40, you may need bifocal, trifocal, or progressive contact lenses to correct for farsightedness.

Fitting Hard to Fit Contact Lenses

Some patients have dry eye syndrome who only need a prescription for eye drops to enjoy their contact lenses. If you have one of the other eye conditions that cause contact lenses to be hard to fit, your optometrist can usually find a modification in contact lens design that works for you. Maybe you need a gas permeable lens to keep debris from accumulating on your eye. Perhaps you need toric contact lenses, which don't rotate on your eyes, to correct for astigmatism. Bifocal, trifocal, multifocal, and progressive lenses can be just what the doctor orders for farsightedness after forty years old.

Finding the Right Fit

It can take more than one attempt to get your contact lens prescription just right. You may even need to take a "test drive" of new contact lenses to make sure your eye doctor has addressed all of your vision needs. Once you get the right prescription, contact lenses can help you see better than you have ever seen before.

Hard to Fit Contact Lenses in Colorado Springs, CO

Call Chapel Hills Vision Clinic today at (719) 599-5083 to schedule an appointment with one of our eye doctors in Colorado Springs. We will examine your eyes and determine if hard to fit contacts are a good option for your vision correction.