Contact lenses

Contact lenses are another option for the reading glasses wearer.

Have you noticed that as you get older you don’t get solutions, you get options.

This is code for “ we can’t give you back what you once had but this isn’t a bad compromise”.

There is a good ebook by Steve Cogger that gives you lots of great advice on wearing contact lenses. Its the kind of information that your Optometrist should tell you if only they had the time.

I recommend this book to my contact lens clients click here to check it out.

Occasional use Contact Lenses

Lenses are a great option for occasional use when you really don’t want to wear glasses. Weddings, nights out and socialising are ideal with lenses.

They work best when you don’t have to see super crisply or pour over details for hours.

Challenges

Hazy Vision

Contact lenses for the maturing eye will be a visual compromise. You need to adjust your expectations before you test drive them with your optometrist.

There are two main ways to be corrected with contact lenses: monovision and bifocal contact lenses. Both can work, but the vision will never be like it was 10 years ago.

Dry Eyes

30% of people over 40 have dry eyes. If your eyes are dry this will reduce the amount of time you can wear your lenses comfortably. You might only be able to wear the lenses for 6 hrs rather than all day. This may be fine if you are only going to wear the lenses for the evening.

There are some simple steps you can take at home to improve your tears and reduce the symptoms of dryness when you wear lenses.

Handling difficulties

You take your readers off in order to insert the lens, and it is pretty hard to see what you are doing. Once you get one lens in that makes it a bit easier. Usually women are better than men because they are used to manipulating their lids and lashes in the name of beauty.

Despite the challenges contact lenses are worth considering as there will be times in your life when you do not want to wear glasses.

Are your suitable for contact lenses?

I have created a quiz that will let you know if you are suitable for lenses.

Cost of contact lenses

In order to wear lenses you will need to be fitted by an optometrist. This will involve taking measurements of your eye and checking for suitability.

Generally the optometrist will trial you with contact lenses to see how you can tolerate them and also get a sense of the kind of vision that you can achieve. You will be charged a fitting fee which will be in the order of $100 and then you need to buy the lenses on top of that.

Information about the cost of lenses is widely available on line and you will find that the cost of lenses on line is about 2/3rds of what you might pay at a standard practice.

Where is the best place to buy contact lenses online?

It's 1800 Contact lenses. They are the 800lb market leading gorilla in the contact lens business. They are reputable, they have been around for a long time, and they are competively enough priced to have a large chunk of the market.

I have included a link for discount code.

Save $10 off your $100 purchase today at 1800CONTACTS.com! - Use Code Save331.

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