Contact Lenses
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Around 45 million Americans wear contact lenses to see clearly. If you’re interested in contact lenses or need a new prescription, contact the team at West Broward Eyecare Associates in Tamarac, Florida. We offer comprehensive contact lens exams and a variety of different types of lenses to correct a wide range of prescriptions.
West Broward Eyecare Associates provides a wide variety of contact lens types and brands. Most Americans wear disposable soft contact lenses, but you have many other options to consider.
Soft
Soft contact lenses are made from flexible plastic and are designed to rest on your cornea and provide clear vision with great comfort. Depending on your vision needs, your optometrist can recommend a variety of soft contact lens options including:
- Daily wear lenses that you take out at night and replace every day, week or month.
- Extended wear contact lenses that you can wear while you sleep
- Toric lenses that are slightly weighted to stay in the proper position to correct astigmatism
- Monovision or Multifocal lenses to correct your distance prescription and reading prescription
Specialty Contact Lenses
All of the doctors at West Broward Eyecare Associates fit specialty contact lenses to correct vision for a wide range of prescriptions and ocular conditions. These lenses are custom ordered
- Gas Permeable Contact Lenses: small lenses made from a rigid plastic that rest on the cornea and provide excellent optical quality
- Scleral Contact Lenses: large lenses made from a rigid plastic that rest on the sclera and vault over the cornea to provide excellent optical quality
- Hybrid Contact Lenses: lenses made with a rigid center and soft contact lens surrounding to improve vision and comfort.
Contact Lens Q&As
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF CONTACT LENSES?
Some patients prefer contact lenses because they don’t like the look of glasses, or feel like they get in the way. Contact lenses rest directly on your eyes, so they don’t interfere when you’re physically active. Contacts also provide a full field of vision without gaps like glasses. Also, they’re not affected by temperature or weather changes.
HOW DO I KNOW IF CONTACT LENSES ARE RIGHT FOR ME?
The team at West Broward Eyecare Associates provides comprehensive eye exams and can answer any questions you have about contact lenses. Today, contacts are available to correct almost all refractive errors.