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Contact lenses are serious business. They are medical devices that
can provide many people with improved self image, confidence, sport
performance and convenience. Millions of people now wear them successfully,
however they can cause eye damage if not correctly fit or correctly
worn.
- Glasses provide good correction for
most types of vision problems. They are fairly easy to get used to,
but can restrict peripheral vision, fog up, and just get in the way
at times. Contact lenses offer superior correction for some vision
problems, but may not be suitable for others. They provide excellent
peripheral
 vision
and a more natural vision, but they require a gradual buildup of
wearing time.
- The type of contact lens that is best for you is determined by
several factors such as your vision problem, your eye health, and
your lifestyle. Hard lenses have been around for fifty years, but
no one fits them anymore due to the eye health problems they can
cause.
- Gas permeable lenses are rigid, but
made of materials that allow the eye to breathe. They are one way
of correcting for significant amounts of astigmatism. They offer
superior vision but are not as comfortable as soft lenses.
- Soft lenses offer comfort and good
vision for most people. If a person has much astigmatism, they need
either special soft lenses called toric lenses or gas permeable lenses.
- Disposable lenses are the newest type
of contact lens. Many eye health problems that develop while wearing
contacts are due to a buildup of deposits from your tears. With disposable
contacts you don't keep the lenses long enough for that buildup to
occur. Disposable lenses are also much more convenient because you
always have a spare pair. It's not a problem if you lose or tear
a lens.
- There are several different modes of disposable contact lens wear: Daily
wear with the lenses replaced after two weeks. The lenses
are removed and cleaned each night. This is the most common mode. Extended
wear with the lenses replaced after one week. The lenses
are not removed or cleaned at night. This is the simplest mode
but does have a much greater chance of health problems. One
day daily wear with the lenses replaced every day. There
is no cleaning required. This is the ultimate in simplicity.
- Social occasional wear for those times
you just don't want to wear your glasses. Sport
occasional wear for those activities in which glasses just
don't work well like basketball, golfing, and swimming. Monovision
occasional wear is a technique used to give people over 40
both near and far vision without wearing bifocals or reading glasses.
Disposable contacts are available in clear or in colors that can
change your eye color to blue, green, hazel or violet.
Where is the best place to get contact lenses? 
We will help you to determine if contacts are a good option for you
and will be happy to answer any questions you may have..
Price should not be the primary factor when determining where to be fit
with or purchase contact lenses. Confidence in the skills and integrity
of the person fitting the lenses should be the greatest concern. These
days there are several places to purchase contact lenses.
- Some Discount stores and Drug stores are
now carrying contact lenses. They sell lenses! They cannot tell you
if a lens fits correctly or what is wrong if you have a problem.
Several Department stores and Chain optical's fit contact lenses.
Some have doctors and some use technicians
- Some Independent optical's fit contact
lenses, but they do not have an optometrist, so they may not detect
some problems that might occur. The independent optometrist (That's
us) is the only one who has extensively studied contact lenses and
has the freedom to use all types of lenses.
- We want to do what is right for you, not just make a quick sale.
Dr. Steensma has provided eyecare in this practice for 24 years.
What's best for you is our primary concern. We think that this is
the best place to be fit with contact lenses.
Free trial program:
If you are a candidate for disposable contact lenses we will be happy
to give you a pair for a free trial wearing period. If you want to
see how you look with a different eye color we will be happy to show
you.
Guaranteed fit:
If we fit you with contact lenses, we guarantee your success. If
you are unable to wear the lenses successfully, we will credit the
material cost of the lenses to a different type of contact lens or
towards glasses
Lens cost:
To request more information:
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