What are Bifocal Contact Lenses?
If as you age you notice you have to hold your reading materials farther from your face in order to read them, you may be developing presbyopia and need bifocals. In the past, bifocals were only available in small glasses, however there are now bifocal contact lenses that allow lifetime contact lens wearers the benefit of wearing the lenses even as they age and need bifocals. If you need bifocals and are not interested in the glasses form, then talk to your optometrist about bifocal contact lenses. Regardless of your past contact lens preferences, whether it be soft or RGP, disposable or extended wear, you will have these options in your bifocal contact lenses as well.
Also, bifocal lenses work because they contain two vision corrections in one lens. That is, if you need two. If you only need the bifocal correction that will be all that is included. There are also different designs when it comes to bifocal contact lenses. The traditional design is very similar to the bifocal glasses and ahs two distinct vision corrections, one on top and one on bottom. However, new technology has created the progressive bifocal contact lens and the two different powers are used on the lens in a progressive way. In these types of lenses the eye has to learn which power to use for the distance of the object you are viewing. Some people have problems getting used to this type of lens, while others simply love them and are happy not to have to wear glasses. The only way to find out is to simply talk to your optometrist and give the bifocal contact lenses a shot.
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