[NSRCA-discussion] Bifocal Contact Lenses

[JEREMY CHINN]

One of my first jobs out of college was as the marketing manager for a contact lens distributor and manufacturer. That was a pretty fair number of years ago now.....

 

I'm also a bifocal wearer since I was a pre-teen. 

 

If memory serves me right, translating contact lenses are made in much the same fashion as progressive eyeglasses lens. Gravity causes the contact to stay oriented on your eye, and the lens locates itself through the curve of your eye and the location of your lower eyelid... They are definitely a neat little piece of technology.

 

This link is a pretty good description of them -

 

http://www.allaboutvision.com/contacts/bifocals.htm

 

It may be worth a try for you. They don't work well for everyone. 

 

Surgical procedures do have a lot of horror stories with them, but I've not seen the data that would indicate that such issues are common. I'd think the FDA would pull the procedure if it was heavily failure prone. I do know that the company I worked for made the 'stabilizing lenses' that Anthony mentioned below, and we sold them pretty regularly. 

 

You mention your wife wants you to do this. I'm all for keeping the wife happy, but at the end of the day, they are your eyes. Do you want to do this?

 


 


Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 11:25:47 -0700
From: aabdu at sbcglobal.net
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Bifocal Contact Lenses






Whatever you do, do NOT even consider laser if you are not a good candidate. I was told at first that I wasn't a good candidate, then the doc took another measurement (I guess that happens when your check clears) and I was told that I would be OK. Everything was lovely for a year then went TERRIBLY wrong  Now, due to a permanent destabilization of my eye I am barely functional with glasses as my perscription changes monthly and can only see well enough to fly in special hard contacts that help maintain the integrity of my eyeball. 
 
They are much less comfortable than they sound and are prone to pop out or irritate me if the slightest bit of water or breeze gets in my eyes (no way there would be rain or wind at a contest)! I was told that I would have had much better vision with soft comfortable contacts if I had not done the laser procedure. My only other option is a non FDA approved procedure called collagen cross linking! Not effing likely!!!
 
My advice, see a good eye doctor (not a mall optometrist) and have them fit you for some good soft contacts. You will be surprised at how well they work.
 
Anthony 

--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Vicente "Vince" Bortone <vicenterc at comcast.net> wrote:


From: Vicente "Vince" Bortone <vicenterc at comcast.net>
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Bifocal Contact Lenses
To: "NSRCA, NSRCA" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 8:16 PM






Well, we need some discussion.  Probably this has been discussed before and I forgot details.  My wife wants me to use contact lenses or try laser.  I remember that I check laser and the doc. told me that I was not good candidate for laser.  Therefore, I am considering contact lenses (bifocals).  Any experience using this type of contact lenses is welcome.
 
Thanks,
 
Vicente "Vince" Bortone

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