Contact lenses are a great alternative to glasses. However, certain eye health conditions make it difficult to wear traditional contacts. Some conditions require specialty contact lenses. At Vision Solutions, serving La Mesa and San Diego, CA, we provide specialty contact lenses for patients with eye issues. We will work with you to find the best lenses for your eyes.

Hard to Fit Conditions

Fitting a patient for contact lenses can be challenging if they have any vision or eye health conditions, including:

• Astigmatism
• Dry eye
• Keratoconus
• Presbyopia
• Giant papillary conjunctivitis

At Vision Solutions, we will perform a contact lens exam to determine if you can wear traditional soft contacts. If not, we will perform several other tests to diagnose your eye condition. Our optometrist will measure your eyes to fit you for specialty contact lenses and perform vision tests to determine your prescription. We will guide you on how to wear and care for your new lenses.

Specialty Contacts

When you have keratoconus, your eye bulges into a cone shape instead a round shape. This requires contacts that are designed for an irregular cornea. These contacts help improve vision by replacing the shape of the cornea with a smoother surface. This will help allow light to focus better on your retina, which leads to clearer vision. Toric contact lenses are the most comfortable contact lens option for astigmatism patients. This contact lens is made of both soft and rigid gas permeable lenses. For dry eye, our optometrist recommends gas permeable lenses, as they don’t absorb moisture from the eyes.

Benefits of Choosing Specialty Contact Lenses

Finding contacts that work with your eye health needs ensures that they are the safest and most comfortable option available to you. These contact lenses not only correct your vision, but can help correct certain eye conditions, including astigmatism. For those that are hard to fit for contacts, specialty lenses are more comfortable and functional than regular contacts. Specialty lenses will not aggravate symptoms of eye health conditions, as well.

Visit Our Optometry Team in San Diego, CA for Specialty Contact Lenses

If you have an eye health condition, you don’t have to give up on wearing contacts. At Vision Solutions, serving La Mesa and San Diego, CA, our optometrists provide specialty contact lenses for patients with eye and vision problems. We will work with you to find the best option for correcting your vision. Call us today to schedule an appointment or to learn more.