Vertex Toric (Encore Toric) Contact Lenses – $ 33.95
This lens provides crisp clear vision, excellent comfort, and easy handling and durability. Frequent replacement means cleaner lenses and more convenience. This is a good choice for first time contact lens wearers who have astigmatism.

Contemporary contact lenses are comfortable, long-lasting (unless by design, as in disposables) and very safe. However, there are some risks and limitations in wearing them and knowing what those are can help you – in consultation with your eye care professional, of course – choose the best type for you.
Since they became available in approximately 1986, many contact lens wearers have opted for Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) contact lenses. Modern designs allow for up to five times more oxygen diffusion through the contact lens material than those of …

Contact lens maintenance is an important part of wearing contact lenses that often goes overlooked. When you consider that contact lenses are actually foreign objects that you are sticking in your eye you’d think that most people would want to make sure they are cleaned and disinfected but a lot of times people cut corners when it comes to this important part of lens care.
If you’re the kind of person that can be bothered to maintain your contact lenses properly then you might consider disposable contact lenses which require no …

Aside from the birth of the soft contact lens one of the most popular advancements in lens technology has been the development of extended wear contact lenses. These lenses can be left in your eye 24 hours a day and at least seven days a week or longer before you even need to take them out. This is a huge convenience over daily wear lenses which had to be removed and cleaned each night.
The key behind this advanced technology is oxygen flow. Previously, air couldn’t permeate the lens to get …

When it comes to contact lenses most people think they’re only for adults but, in fact, there are contact lenses for kids and even very young children can wear them. Kids can wear contact lenses for a variety of reasons but you need to think carefully about the advantages and disadvantages before you get them for your child.
If your child has vision problems then contact lenses can help enhance vision and can also be comfortable for them to wear. Fitting a child for contact lenses is the same process as …

The first thing you usually notice about someone as their eyes but what you may not notice is that sometimes those eyes are covered with prosthetic contact lenses. When we think of a prosthesis we usually think of a prosthetic limb or maybe even a heart or organ but prosthetics can be made for any part of a body even the eyes.
Now this is not the same as a glass eye, it is just a lens replacement that fits right over the eye just like any type of contact lens. …

An astigmatism is when your eyes cornea is curved in an egg shaped instead of symmetrical like a ball. With this condition the light comes in at two different places which results in vision that is blurred or distorted. Up until recently people with an astigmatism could not wear contact lenses but toric contact lenses allow even people with an astigmatism to be able to see without glasses.
The toric lens is actually made from the same material that traditional contact lenses are made from but the lens is designed differently …

As you age, your vision starts to diminish because your eyes actually become less flexible. This condition called presbyopia happens to pretty much everyone once they start to hit 40 and it causes you to not be able to see objects close up as well as you used to. Luckily, bifocal contact lenses can help you get back your eyesight the way it used to be.
But until very recently, contacts couldn’t work this way and your only choice was either not to be able to see up close or to …

Colored contact lenses can be a fun and easy way to get a different look. While these lenses can be made to help with your vision they are also great fashion accessory and can be worn by people who don’t even need vision correction. These lenses come in a huge assortment of colors to match with any outfit or mood.
Many people don’t realize that there is a wide availability of colors in contact lenses and almost any prescription can be made using a color option. And even people that do …

Gas permeable contact lenses are very comfortable choice and quite popular with contact lens wearers today. These lenses are more rigid than traditional soft lenses and therefore, have some advantages with vision correction. The oxygen permeable polymers used to make the lenses are better at holding the shape of the lens and this means that the vision correction can be clearer.
Your typical soft contact lenses contain a lot of water but the gas permeable lens is less watery and therefore less susceptible to protein deposits that can accumulate on the …