Multifocal
contact lenses are simply lenses that have more than one power of vision
aid. Simultaneous vision and alternating vision are the two categories of
lenses these fall under. Alternating lenses work like bifocal lenses, while
simultaneous vision lenses are a bit more complicated as the person needs
to learn how to select the correct power of the lens since they combine
both the near and far sight correction in one lens.
Bausch and Lomb's Pure Vision multifocal lenses are the number one design
for people with presbyopia. This is the technical term for when people start
to see blurred vision when reading or doing some other activity, such as
working on the computer, that requires being able to see something at a
close distance. There are many companies that produce these kinds of lenses,
and discount contact lenses can be found online for just about any kind
of contact lens you may be interested in. Like Pure Vision, Acuvue also
makes contacts that are specially made for people with presbyopia. Other
popular brands of multifocal contact lenses include Focus Dailies,Soflens,
BioMedics and Avaira. Aqualens is also one of the top lense makers, but
they are actually just a private label name for BioMedics.
Multifocal Contact Lenses - Key Brands
Durasoft, Freshlook, and Expressions contact lenses are the prime makers
of colored contact lenses. These contacts are mostly used as theatrical
contact lenses to change the eye color of a person for a role. A good example
of these are the gothic contact lenses worn by the Edward character in "Twilight"
to make his eyes look gold. While these are fun contact lenses to wear,
finding them with multifocal lens capabilities will be more expensive then
your normal lense producers, and depending on the corrective abilities may
be hard to find at all. Freshlook contact lenses as well as these other
brands can be found online at discounted prices if you just look around.
Whether your interested in Acuvue contact lenses for your multifocal lens
needs, or any one of a number of other producers of these lenses, just by
doing a little research you can find some great deals online. The older
you get, the more likely you will be to need these kind of lenses to help
you read and see things easier, so it's nice to know that there are choices
and an easy way to get them.