Contact Lens
Contact Lenses
Eyes of the Southwest is dedicated to fitting you with the type of lens that is best suited to your ophthalmic needs and lifestyle.
In addition to helping to correct normal nearsightedness and farsightedness, contact lenses can also help improve vision for people with certain eye conditions, including corneal ectasia, irregular or scarred corneas, and those who have corneal transplantations
and corneal scarring.
Knowing which type of contact lens is right for you is more challenging than ever before given the wide range of options available. We offer the following types of contact lens:
Soft contact lenses are thin, pliable lenses, that are typically easy to adjust to and comfortable to wear. Soft contact lenses are further available as daily wear lenses (which are removed at the end of the day, cleaned, and disinfected); extended wear lenses (which are worn around the clock but must be removed and cleaned weekly or monthly); and daily disposable lenses (which are discarded after a single use).
Toric soft contact lenses are made for people with astigmatism, an irregularly shaped cornea, which results in blurred vision. Toric lenses correct this condition and allow the wearer to usually see better than they could with standard soft contact lenses. Toric lenses are made of gas-permeable materials or silicone hydrogel.
Multifocal contacts comprise multiple prescription strengths in a single contact lens to correct vision at multiple distances (e.g., near, intermediate, and far). In other words, you might think of multifocal contacts as all-in-one contacts for reading and distance (and everything in between). If you’re a contact wearer with presbyopia, multifocal contacts will make it possible to do your reading and other close-up work without the glasses.
Eyes of the Southwest contact lens professionals are prepared to sit down with you to discuss which one of the above lens types is best tailored to your needs—as well as your budget.