CONTACT LENSES

FRESH, CLEAR VISION

Every year thousands of people who prefer not to wear glasses full-time choose contact lenses. In addition to the cosmetic advantages you can enjoy better all-round vision and with increased freedom.

We will give you the best advice to ensure that you are happy with your lenses. Regular aftercare is an essential part of the service from eye PAD Opticians, to help maintain the good health of your eyes enabling you to enjoy contact lenses for many years to come.

TYPES OF LENSES

There are many different types of lenses on the market to choose from. Our Opticians are experts in selecting the most appropriate lens for you. You may be fitted with monthly lenses or daily disposable lenses that do not require cleaning. The Optician will discuss all these options with you to get the best suited lens.

HOW TO START

Firstly it is sensible to find out the date of your last eye examination to make sure any lenses you try are of an up to date prescription. Give the practice a ring and our receptionists can check this and book you in for the appropriate appointments.

GETTING USED TO LENSES

You will be taught how to handle, insert, remove and care for your lenses by a member of staff. Take this time to ask plenty of questions and make sure you are happy will all the procedures. To start with you may only wear your lenses for a few hours a day and gently increase the wearing over a period of time. This will allow your eyes to get used to the lens.

WHY IS AFTERCARE IMPORTANT?

Once you have become a contact lens wearer it is important to have regular contact lens check appointments with the Optician. These appointments give our Optician a chance to monitor the health of your eyes and the fit of the lenses. It is important to remember that buying lenses from internet sites and supermarkets may not be as safe as buying from an Optician, as they cannot offer the aftercare which is essential for the safe use of lenses and the continued health of your vision.

LOOKING AFTER LENSES

Depending on the type of lenses you have been fitted with you may have to buy solutions to clean and disinfect.Keeping your lenses clean is a very important part of using monthly or annual replacement lenses. Your eyes are precious, so every effort to keep them healthy is worthwhile. It is possible for infections to breed on lenses if they are not correctly cleaned which could cause sight loss.

Our Patients are important to us, if you have any questions on any aspect of contact lens wearing or our scheme we would be happy to help you.

We regret that all our offers are not open to patients who do not buy their contact lenses from this practice and we do not take any responsibility for their aftercare.

Please ring us on 0161 478 0908 and book a Contact Lens fitting appointment. Our Contact Lens Trial costs £20.00 and includes a set of trail contact lenses.