SPECIALTY CONTACT LENS FITTING: RGP / HYBRID / SCLERAL:
Specialty contact lenses are primarily designed to correct vision for special cases such as keratoconus, post-surgery complications, corneal transplants, high myopia and dry eye to name a few.
These lenses are not “one size fits all” as many soft contact lenses are, and therefore, require more consideration and knowledge when deciding which lens to use. They also can require extra time fitting.
Once the correct lens is selected, and the fit is completed, the result can be life changing!
Specialty contact lenses are primarily designed to correct vision for special cases such as keratoconus, post-surgery complications, corneal transplants, high myopia and dry eye to name a few.
These lenses are not “one size fits all” as many soft contact lenses are, and therefore, require more consideration and knowledge when deciding which lens to use. They also can require extra time fitting.
Once the correct lens is selected, and the fit is completed, the result can be life changing!
- RGP: Rigid Gas Permeable contact lenses have a few advantages over soft lenses. Because they are made of firm plastic, they retain their shape perfectly every time you blink and can provide sharper and more stable vision. They are also more durable than soft contact lens. These lenses may take time to get used to and may move when you blink.
- Hybrid: Hybrid contact lenses are useful for people with irregular corneas or for those who believe their contact lenses are moving when wearing regular soft contact lenses. The hybrid contact lens have the rigid gas permeable lens to correct corneal irregularity but is also surrounded by a skirt of a soft lens for comfortable wear. This is the perfect combination.
- Scleral: These are large-diameter hard contact lenses that are designed to fit comfortably on the white part of the eye (the sclera). Since these lenses vault over the clear part of the eye (the cornea), it creates a more standardized curvature of the front surface of the eye, correcting any abnormalities and thus correcting the vision.