Soft Contacts for Greater Vision and Look

Soft contacts or soft lenses offer both crisp vision and younger look. Today, there are many soft lens choices that cater your vision correction needs and lifestyle. You'll find daily wear lenses that need to be removed every night or extended wear lenses that you can wear up to 6 consecutive days and night.

If you don't like the hassle of lenses care, there are disposable types. These types can be used up to certain period of time, such as daily, weekly, and monthly and then discarded.

There are also designs for specific refractive errors, such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and some degree of astigmatism. If you have presbyopia, you'll also find bifocal contact lenses that can correct both distance and near vision problems.

One popular design is colored contact lens that you can wear to match your fashion's color. This design is also available for specific applications, such as: custom, special effects and theatrical contact lenses.
 

What are Soft Lenses?

blue soft contacts

Soft lenses are made of soft plastics that absorb water and have varying water content between 25 percent and 70 percent. When the plastics soak up water, they become supple and soft to fit the eyeballs.

As other eye wears, many soft contact lens types are also provide UV protection.

Depending on the type of contact lens prescribed, soft lenses are usually worn for a short period of time before thrown away. If you're after a comfort, less-caring and infection-free lenses then disposable types are the answers.

A discomfort feeling when you first start wearing contact lenses is normal. However, if the lenses cause pain in your eyes, visit your doctor immediately.
 

Advantages and Disadvantages

Compared to gas permeable contacts, soft lenses have the following advantages:

• more comfortable
• shorter adjustment period
• less dirt and other particles under the lenses
• rarely fall out
• easier to insert

And below are some disadvantages of soft lenses

• easily absorb pollutants that can irritate the eye
• less durable, easily rip or tear
• need special cleaning and storing solutions

How to Get Soft Contacts

First, visit your eye doctor for a thorough eye exam. The doctor will then

• determine whether contact lenses are suitable for you,
• recommend you with the right type of contacts, if you're qualified,
• fitting the right contact lenses, and
• writing a contact lens prescription.

Once you get the prescription you may buy contact lenses direct from your eye doctor, through optical chains, or via online contact lens retailers.