Gain Clarity with Contact Lenses

There’s nothing quite like clear, comfortable vision. For most, it’s essential for performing everyday tasks and enjoying all the beauty the world has to offer.

But not all of us are lucky enough to have perfect vision. For those with refractive errors, like nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism, glasses are an everyday reality. But if you’re tired of foggy lenses, the weight of them on your face, or distorted vision, you may prefer contact lenses!

Contacts have made remarkable strides over the years, and even if you were once told you couldn’t wear contacts, you might be able to find your perfect fit now. While contacts won’t work for everyone, 90% of patients who want to wear contacts can!If you’re interested in learning more about contact lenses, please call us at Total Vision today. We offer comprehensive contact lens exams and fittings in Rancho Bernardo to find you the perfect style.

Contact Lens Exams Are a Little Different

The Exam

Whether you’ve been wearing contacts for years or you’re new to these little discs, you’ll need a contact lens exam. A contact lens exam involves many of the same tests as a routine eye exam but includes a few additional tests to assess your eye health for long-term contact lens use.

Ultimately, your optometrist is looking for signs that may inhibit your ability to wear contacts. You may not be able to wear contacts comfortably if you:

Have frequent eye infections
Suffer from eye allergies
Have dry eye disease
Work or live in a dry, dusty, or smoky environment

The Fitting

A fitting is designed to determine the lens size and style that will best support your eye health. Your optometrist will take measurements of your cornea, pupils, and iris, assess the quality of your tear film (which is essential for keeping your eyes comfortable), and evaluate the surface of your eye to ensure contacts won’t cause you discomfort.

The Trial

Once we’ve determined if your eyes will support long-term contact lens use, we’ll talk about your lifestyle, habits, and preferences in contact lens styles. With the sheer number of contact lens options available, this discussion will help us narrow down your choices.

Our ultimate goal is to find you a pair of lenses that will provide you with long-term clear, comfortable vision. To do this, we’ll send you home with a trial pair of lenses and bring you back for regular check-ups to see how your lenses are sitting on your eyes and how your eyes are responding to the lenses.

Sometimes, it takes a bit of trial and error to find the right lens. But we’re positive there’s something out there for nearly everyone!

Contact Lens Care

Success with contact lenses depends greatly on your commitment to following care and handling instructions. Your optometrist will teach you how to handle, insert, and remove your lenses and go over how to properly clean and store them during your fitting.

Every lens type requires different handling and storing methods, but carefully following your optometrist’s and the manufacturer’s instructions will improve your chances of successful contact lens use.

If you have questions or concerns about your contacts, don’t hesitate to bring these up during your appointment! We’re here to help ensure you remain happy and healthy. Please call us soon to book your contact lens exam and fitting! We’re excited to show you the benefits of contacts!

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ACUVUE

The options are nearly endless when it comes to ACUVUE® brand contact lenses – the #1 contact lens brand in the world. Long-lasting comfort and clear vision can be yours with a contact lens in the ACUVUE® brand family.

Air Optix

Utilizing silicon hydrogel technology, Air Optix contact lenses are well known for comfort and oxygen permeability. They are available in a variety of prescriptions and varieties, including toric lenses.

Bausch + Lomb

Bausch + Lomb is one of the best-known and most respected healthcare brands globally, offering the widest and finest range of eye health products including contact lenses and lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products.

Biofinity

Unlike many other silicone hydrogel lenses, Biofinity contact lenses incorporate a naturally wettable material that maintains a hydrophilic (water-loving) property throughout the lens. This means no surface treatments, additives, coatings, or wetting agents are needed.

Clariti 1-Day

All Clariti 1-Day lenses feature high water content — a key feature for comfort. AquaGen™ technology makes it possible. The AquaGen™ process creates a lens that naturally attracts and binds water molecules to the lens surface, so your eyes can stay moist and comfortable throughout your day.

Cooper Vision

We create and execute innovation that is unmatched in the contact lens industry. There's much more to our story than that, however. You'll find that what sets us apart is how we approach our business. We collaborate, we listen, and we enjoy what we do.

CooperVision Proclear

Proclear by CooperVision are a line of daily-disposable contact lenses with options available for nearly every corrective lens prescription need, including options for astigmatism. Designed in USA, they feature Phosphorylcholine, a material that attracts water and encourages healthy eye hydration.

Dailies Total 1

Excellent comfort until the end of the day with breathable construction. This lens is designed to provide a surface that’s over 80% water, mimicking the same as the surface of your eye. Dailies Total 1 provide a new era in daily disposables.

MyDay

CooperVision® MyDay® lenses feature everything you need for an exceptional overall daily disposable experience: all-day comfort, easy lens insertion and removal, and a highly breathable lens that helps provides a healthier lens-wearing experience.