Contact Lenses
Contact Lens wear is becoming more popular as the convenience and comfort of them continues to improve.
With new lens materials and manufacturing techniques there is now a Contact Lens suitable for virtually everybody. Whether you want to wear the lenses full time or occasionally, just for fun to change your eye colour or instead of Varifocal or bifocal glasses there is almost always a lens available.
Contact lenses give you the freedom to see clearly and sharply with the ultimate in all round vision. For sport and many leisure activities they are ideal, and with the latest disposable lenses they offer excellent convenience.
As an independent group we are able to deal with all manufacturers to provide you with the best lens choices. We are acknowledged as contact Lens specialists and our practices are accredited Acuvue Centres of Excellence.
Different Types of Contact Lenses
There is a huge choice of different Contact Lenses available which is potentially confusing. We can advise you as to which is most appropriate for your needs, but essentially they can be divided into four main groups:
- Disposable Soft Lenses
- Conventional Soft Lenses
- Gas Permeable Lenses
- Extended Wear Lenses.
Disposable Soft Lenses
These are the most popular type of lenses worn as they offer the greatest convenience and comfort. Combined with the latest soft silicon hydrogel materials these lenses provide the perfect combination of comfort and health.
As the name, disposable, suggests the lenses are thrown away after a number of wears - typically monthly, fortnightly, weekly or even daily. This means that you are always using a clean fresh lens improving the comfort and the hygiene of contact lens wear. Daily disposable lenses are the most popular type of lens. They offer the ultimate in convenience and the health of your eyes with a fresh new sterile lens being used each day. Comfortable to wear and, as they require no cleaning - you just throw the lens away at the end of the day - life couldn’t be any easier.
Also available are extended wear lenses. These lenses are made of the soft Silicon Hydrogel material and are designed to be worn both during the day and night for up to 30 days at a time before being thrown away. Offering the convenience of clear vision 24 hours a day they are ideal for people with demanding lifestyles such as health workers and new parents!
Conventional Soft Lenses.
Made of similar types of materials as the disposable soft lenses these tend to be for more specialist prescriptions.
Gas Permeable Lenses
Gas Permeable lenses are made of a rigid material which allows the eye to breathe. Whilst not quite as comfortable as soft lenses they soon settle down to give excellent comfort. These lenses are often used for correcting high levels of astigmatism.
Extended Wear Lenses
Extended wear lenses can be slept in and are ideal for those whose jobs mean that they lack a standard working routine. They offer the benefit of being able to see clearly as soon as you wake up. They are not suitable for all contact lens wearers.
Time to try?
If you have never worn or have little previous experience of contact lenses we will need to see you for a sight test and full free Contact Lens trial over a couple of appointments.
During these we will discuss your optical needs and how frequently you would like to wear contact lenses. We can then fit the most appropriate contact lens, check your level of vision and the comfort of the lenses and fully teach you how to put in and remove the contact lenses.
Once you've worn them for a couple of weeks we'll ask to see you again to check that everything is going well and that you are fully confident with the contact lenses.
Convenient delivery and payment
For those using disposable lenses many lenses can be posted directly to you at home or work or you can collect direct from the practice. On collection of your first batch of lenses and solutions you will pay for the first three months supply, subsequent batches will then be paid for via monthly Direct debit.
Frequent replacement club
Most people who wear contact lenses choose to pay by monthly direct debit due to it's simplicity. Once you've collected and paid for your first three months batch of lenses you just pay on a monthly basis and can then collect each subsequent batch of contact lenses without having to worry about paying anything more. If you prefer, many contact lenses can even be posted to your home or work address for your convenienece.
All disposable contact lens wearers paying by Direct debit are automatically members of our Frequent Replacement Club. The benefits include:
- Free replacement of lost/damaged lenses *
- Free aftercare visits
- 20% discount off complete spectacles **
- 20% discount off sunglasses
- Free postage to home ***
- Easy payment by direct debit.
* Maximum number dependent on lens type
** Applicable after 6 months only
*** Only available on certain lenses.