Who Else Wants To Know About Toric Contact Lenses?
The facts that you need to know about toric contact lenses
Toric contact lenses have given astigmatism sufferers a sight for sore eyes. Not only are toric contact lenses shaped with these patients in mind, but they’re also giving them a chance to live life without glasses. While toric contact lenses continue to improve, their place in vision wear is undisputable.
What they are
Because astigmatism is a condition in which the eye is shaped differently, causing the sufferer to see blurry images, toric contact lenses were made to help restore the image quality.
Just like regular soft contact lenses, toric contact lenses are made of a soft and flexible material.
But unlike their regular counterparts, toric contact lenses have two different numbers associated with them. One number relates to the curve that will be needed to correct the astigmatism, while the other is related to either nearsightedness or farsightedness.
Regular contact lenses only have one ‘power,’ as the numbers are called.
What they do
The difference of toric contact lenses is that they are designed to sit in a particular place on the eye.
This helps to improve the overall vision.
And this feature also keeps toric contact lenses from moving around with each blink or rub of the eye, keeping your vision consistently clear and crisp. That’s the point, isn’t it?
Do they cost more?
Because toric contact lenses have more technology behind them, they frequently cost more.
It can take more time to properly fit and adjust toric contact lenses and that time costs more. But the results are well worth the added benefit of a proper fit for the patient.
And the toric contact lenses themselves will also cost more.
Some astigmatism patients are able to use a RGP contact lens instead of toric contact lenses, but you’ll have to check with a doctor to see if that’s the case.
Each case will be different.
Toric contact lenses might cost more time and money, but the benefits far outweigh their downsides.