Contact Lenses, Soft, disposable, coloured or clear?

Contact lenses have become a more and more popular option to glasses for correcting eyesight problems. When properly prescribed, contact lenses provide outstanding vision correction and comfort. For some people contact lenses can provide superior vision correction than glasses. There are obvious advantages for people with active lifestyles, but contact lenses can also provide a complete cosmetic change to the colour of the wearer’s eyes.

There are two main types of contact lenses, soft and rigid.

Soft contact lenses are made from soft, flexible plastics, known as hydrogels, which contain water. The water allows oxygen to pass through the lens to the eye. This is important, as the cornea (the clear front surface of the eye) obtains its oxygen supply directly from the air. Soft contact lenses are particularly suitable for the active lifestyle, as they are difficult to accidentally dislodge.

Rigid contact lenses are made from plastics that are less flexible than those used for soft lenses. Rigid contact lenses provide better vision than soft contact lenses, as the optics can be better controlled. Typically they are less comfortable than soft contact lenses for the first week or two of wear, but after that they do not cause any discomfort.

On the links to the left we have included a selection of the contact lenses we recommend including:-

Johnson & Johnson - Acuvue contact lenses
CIBA Vision - Focus contact lenses
PBH - Actifresh contact lenses
Ultravision - Advantage 55 contact lenses
Bausch & Lomb - Purevision contact lenses