Bifocal and Multifocal Contact Lenses

Bifocal contact lenses are designed to provide good vision to people who have a condition called presbyopia.

The main sign that you're developing presbyopia is that you need to hold menus, newspapers and other reading material farther from your eyes in order to see it clearly.

Bifocal contact lenses come in both soft materials and rigid gas permeable (GP) materials. Some can be worn on a disposable basis. That means you have the convenience of throwing the lenses out at specified intervals (even daily, in some cases) and replacing them with fresh, new lenses.

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Bifocal contacts lenses have two prescriptions in the same lens. Multifocal contact lenses have a range of powers (similar to progressive spectacle lenses) in each lens.

"Multifocal contacts" also is used as a catch-all term for all contact lenses with more than one power, including bifocal contacts.

Bifocal and multifocal contact lenses work in several different ways, depending on the design of the lens.

Multifocal contact lens designs work more like progressive eyeglass lenses, where the different prescriptive powers are blended across the lens. This is the only type of multifocal contact lens that can be described as "progressive."

Are you one of the many Americans who skip getting routine eye exams each year? Having a comprehensive eye examination on an annual basis is crucial to maintaining proper eye health and can find eye conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma etc. Routine eye exams also can also detect other underlying conditions.

If you haven’t had an eye exam in the last year, make sure you drop into one of our convenient locations to make an appointment or you can contact us online.  We look forward to seeing you soon!

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1270 Saxon Blvd,
Orange City, FL 32763
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