If soft multifocal contact lens are prescribed to you, then you already know how great the ease, comfort and vision can be. Have you stopped to wonder what makes this lens so great and why it is considered by many to lead the market in soft multifocals? The soft multifocal contact lens combines the all day comfort of the entire proclear line with the versatility and optics of the frequency 55 multifocal. By the time a person needs soft multifocal lenses; their eyes are generally drier than they might have been a few years earlier, so the merging of the two designs makes just the right sense.
Recent Developments in Soft Multifocal Lenses:
The soft multifocal contact lens material was made especially for people with dry eyes. All proclear lenses are made up of 62% water which makes a very high water content lens. The burst through in the material is not necessarily its water content; rather it is the ability of the lens to maintain its water content throughout the day. Most high water content lenses dehydrate rapidly and rely on the eyes tear film to replenish the lost water. For someone that already has dry eyes, this creates a very uncomfortable contact lens environment. Contact lens related dry eye can be very noticeable at the end of the day or during extended computer use.
Don’t fail to remember that this picky lens is also a soft multifocal, meaning it is designed to correct both your distance vision and near vision for reading. Every contact lens fitter knows that for best soft multifocal success, fit gas permeable lenses. On the other hand, there has always been a comfort stigma associated with straight gas perms.
