Contact Lens Exams, Fittings, & Brands in Belgrade, MT

Two things that can make a person ineligible for contact lenses are unmanaged dry eye disease and an irregularly shaped cornea. Scleral lenses are wider than a standard lens and sit on the white sclera of your eye. They also have a pocket of solution that helps hydrate your eye throughout the day. Between their unique size and extra-hydrating design, these could be the answer for someone with dry eyes or irregularly shaped corneas.

If a child develops myopia (nearsightedness) as their eyes grow, your eye doctor may recommend myopia control. Ortho-K lenses are worn overnight and gently reshape the cornea to minimize or eliminate the need for glasses during the day.

Because different refractive errors affect different parts of the eye’s shape, sometimes the shape of the lens needs to change. An aspheric lens may be an option that can help to reshape the lens and correct refractive errors.

Toric lenses are another option for correcting astigmatism. Like aspheric, a toric lenses effectiveness comes with their unique shape. They also feature miniature weighted edges that cause the lens to rotate to the correct orientation.

You’ve probably seen glasses with subtle dividers in them. Multifocal lenses use similar technology that gives a person corrected vision at multiple distances. The specific type of multifocal lens used determines exactly how the variable prescription is accomplished.