Contact Lens Eye Exam

Prior to getting a pair of contact lenses, you’ll need to have your eyes examined and fitted by an optometrist and get your prescription. Normally, fittings for contact lenses will take longer than the standard eye exam. If you are looking to be fitted for contact lenses, you should let your optometrist know up front that you are interested in getting contact lenses.

Checking of Eyes By Optometrist for Contact Lenses

Your optometrist will first inspect the health of your eyes, when you first begin with your eye exam. Your eye doctor will also want to know why you want contact lenses, if you have any known problems with your eyes, and what you hope to get from your visit. Overall, your contact lens fitting and exam will be relied upon the information that you have provided.

During your exam, you’ll endure several tests that will let the optometrist know the health and vision of your eyes. Once the exam is finished and your optometrist has the information he desires, you will be a given the prescription to get your contact lenses. It have not possible to get the Contact Lenses without prescription.

Fitting of Contact Lenses

When it comes to fitting your contact lenses, your optometrist will measure the curvature of your eyes and other factors that will affect how your lenses will fit in your eyes. Some people are more prone to dryness in their eyes than others, meaning that the contact lenses you are prescribed shouldn’t make worse the dryness. In order for your optician to give you a prescription for contact lenses, your cornea will need to be free of any type of problems that can prevent you from wearing them.

Contact Lenses Trial Pair

Normally, your optician will give you a contact lenses trial pair to try out, and then check them for fit, once they have settled in your eyes. Sometimes, you may require trying out several different pairs before you find the ideal fit. The lens you choose should give you better vision, fit comfortably in your eye, and not do any damage to the cornea.

It’s very important that your lens not be torn, scratched, or damaged in any way. Before you try the contact lens out, you should always inspect it to ensure that there are no defects. Your optician will show you how to examine the contact lenses before you put them in your eyes, starting with your trial pairs. The optician or associates working there will need to verify that your test contact lenses meet your standards and the requirements for your eyes, according to what the optician recommends.

Go For Best Brands of Contact Lenses

At your fitting exam, your eye doctor will also go offer with you what brands of contact lenses you should and shouldn’t use. When you test your test contact lenses you’ll use certain types of solution as well, to see if affects your eyes. Some solutions will work well for some, while they may cause irritation for others. Normally, your optometrist will try you out with one of the latest and greatest brands of contact lenses, to see whether they work for you.

Attend for Your Follow Up Visits

After you have been fitted for your contact lenses and found the suitable pair, you should ensure that you always attend your follow up visits. Your first follow up will be in a few short weeks, after which your optician will check your eyes and contacts again, to make sure that everything is still going good. After that, you should always attend any follow ups that you have - to make sure that your contacts are working well - and your eyes are still in good health.