Contact Lenses

Treatment Overview

Contact lenses are small plastic or silicone discs shaped to correct refractive errors.

After your doctor tests your vision, you will get a prescription for the lens you need. Your prescription may change over time.

Contacts are placed directly on the eye, where they float on a film of tears in front of the cornea. Correct design and fitting of the lenses are essential for comfort, safety, and accurate correction.

Improvements in contact lenses have made them more comfortable and easier to wear. Millions of people wear contact lenses, and most wear soft lenses. For these people, contact lenses offer a relatively safe and effective way of correcting vision problems.

Several types of hard and soft contact lenses are available.