Toric Lens

Toric Lens – Designed For Astigmatism

Until recently you were told that you couldn’t wear soft contact lenses if you have astigmatism, Astigmatism is when you have irregularly curved corneas. 

Well guess what, now you can with the new toric lens,the acuvue toric contacts actually correct astigmatism. 

Toric contact lenses are made from the same materials as regular lenses and therefore can be soft or RGP.

Toric lenses come in many brands such as colored lenses, disposable lenses and multifocal toric choices, your eye care practitioner will choose the best brand for you. 

Toric contacts are available as frequent replacement, disposable and even daily disposable lenses. 

They also come in a wide variety of colors that will either change or enhance your natural eye colour, most coloured torics are non-disposable.

Now You Can Live Life To The Full

The Frequency 55 Toric lenses combine astigmatism correction with the convenience and comfort of frequent replacement.

You wear them for a month, and then you throw them away, which will mean less cleaning hassle and healthier eyes.

Toric contacts can be used to treat 2 eye conditions astigmatism and either myopia or hyperopia depending on the curvatures and angles of the lens. 

These lenses will provide the wearer with crisp vision and toric contacts will not rotate on your eye.

Proper fitting of these lenses will require a lengthier visit to your eye care practitioner and requires more expertise than regular contacts. 

An appointment for a fitting for torics will be more expensive due to the longer amount of time required, the lenses themselves are also more expensive that spherical lenses.

So whatever type you choose be it ultraflex, proclear or coloured there is a toric contact to suit you. 

Don’t let astigmatism stop you from being in style.