5 Types of Contact Lenses (Knowing the Important Differences)

Types of Contact Lenses: Soft Contacts

Contact lenses are a great alternative to spectacles for correcting your vision. Contact lenses are small plastic lenses that are worn on the front of your eye, known as the cornea, and lenses that help temporarily fix our vision overnight. With the latest advancements in technology, these lenses are now designed to offer great clarity in vision along with increased comfort.

There are a variety of types of contact lenses including disposable soft contacts, toric soft lenses, colored and multifocal lenses. This is great news for patients who were previously unable to wear soft contact lenses due to discomfort or dry eye disease.

Types of Contact Lenses: Toric Soft Lenses

Toric lenses are designed to correct astigmatism. Astigmatism is a vision condition caused by an irregularly shaped cornea. Toric lenses also come in daily, two-week or monthly modalities.

Types of Contact Lenses: Multifocal Soft Contacts

Multifocal contact lenses are designed to give good vision to patients reaching their 40s and onwards. Designed like a bifocal or progressive spectacle lens, they correct your vision at all ranges, from distance to near. They come in multiple design types therefore a contact lens exam with an Optometrist can help determine which design is best for you. With multifocal contact lenses, some compromise (mild blur) may be noticed in your distance or near vision, but this is a small trade-off for the ease and convenience of wearing contact lenses versus spectacles.