Bifocal Contact Lenses

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Have you ever wonder why there are people from the age of 40s and above that hold their newspaper away from them while reading it? This situation is caused by the eye condition known as presbyopia.

The presbyopia eye condition is apparent during old age. Take notice that people from 40s and above are already having difficulty in reading and looking at things in a near distance but have strong focus on objects from afar.

During old age, the eyes are becoming less elastic and hence losing the power and ability to adjust on things being seen. The focus is starting to drift away. But nothing to worry about because even if presbyopia is an eye condition that gradually occurs, it does not cause blindness. It just makes seeing things difficult but can likewise be corrected using eye glasses.

People suffering from presbyopia need to have special reading glasses. As this can make their eyes adjust to reading materials from a near distance. But the problem is that the eye glasses need to be removed and worn from time to time which is kind of irritating at times.

What if you have forgotten your eye glasses? How can you read if you have presbyopia? What if there is an immediate document that you need to sign right away and you seem to have forgotten where you put your eye glasses? You will just have to bear with so many things including your eye glasses.

This is where bifocal contact lenses become handy. This custom contact lens is designed to treat presbyopia. It is a two-in-one contact lens that gives comfort to people who have eye problem condition.

This bifocal lens has two parts. One is enabling the eyes to focus on closer objects while the second gives strength to focus on far objects. Hence, it plays the role of reading glasses but need not be removed from time to time since it aids the eyes to focus on far objects as well.

However, it must be reminded that bifocals are hard to wear especially for first timers. One has to be familiarized on the sides of the contacts and to which side of the eyes it has to be placed. For first time wearers, a feeling of discomfort can be expected.

The following information is the “odd” feelings of discomfort for the first wearers of bifocal contact lenses.

  1. Things and objects appear closer than they really are. Since bifocals are designed to treat and correct presbyopia, it makes things closer than they really are. So if you are wearing these bifocal contacts and you are going down the stairs, extra caution must be made.
  2. Bifocals pose a slightly different position of object than they really are. If you try to look at objects using the lower portion of the lenses, it somewhat gives an impression of different location than the actual position of the object.

These are minor discomforts. But bifocals wearers can easily adjust to it. Now be free of your reading glasses with Acuvue bifocal contact lenses.

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