Reply to: Multi focus Contact lenses - Anyone using them?

[css_jay99]

Mine are not single vision lenses- they are multi focal lenses.

Thanks for the correction. Looks like My near sight suffered with focus


I went back to the opticians today and was given distance vision on one eye while the other was for near sight. I prefer this so will stick on the trial for this. Seems like voodoo to me how the brain works

[Andy123]

sounds similar to what andy123 had. I will book another appointment to try that out as well

Mine are not single vision lenses- they are multi focal lenses.

[Scruff]

I use single vision contact lenses with a mono vision prescription. Distance prescription in my dominant eye and near prescription in the other eye. You may need to specifically ask to try. Works a treat.

Ditto

[css_jay99]

I use single vision contact lenses with a mono vision prescription. Distance prescription in my dominant eye and near prescription in the other eye. You may need to specifically ask to try. Works a treat.

sounds similar to what andy123 had. I will book another appointment to try that out as well

[Grasser73]

Have you considered laser?

My better half has just had both eyes done and she now has excellent vision with no side effects. Amazing since she'd been pretty much blind as a bat for years.

Go to a decent specialist though, don't use the high street offering, the aftercare is not good enough. She used Optegra, proper eye hospitals. Very impressed with the quality and level of service.

Seconded. Best £3k I ever spent.

[Cirrus]

I normally wear varifocal specs. I tried varifocal contact lenses and they were really quite good, giving pretty good distance and reading capabilities, although not as good as spectacles, but still impressive. The ones I got I think worked by having a sort of patchwork of different strength areas, so your brain integrates the most acceptable image. I couldn't however proceed simply because I couldn't get the hang of putting things onto and off my eyeball, but most people seem to manage so I'd recommend having a go especially as trials are free at Specsavers.

[mudskipper]

On a (not really) similar note

Anyone tried the newish colour blindness correction lenses?

Seems to be an American thing https://enchroma.com/

No real UK equivalent.

[Old Greg]

I googled varifocal contact lenses last week and to my surprise they do exist and are called multi focus contact lenses

So wondering if any of the ageing population on here have tried them and what they are like

I use single vision contact lenses with a mono vision prescription. Distance prescription in my dominant eye and near prescription in the other eye. You may need to specifically ask to try. Works a treat.

[css_jay99]

Have you considered laser?

My better half has just had both eyes done and she now has excellent vision with no side effects. Amazing since she'd been pretty much blind as a bat for years.

Go to a decent specialist though, don't use the high street offering, the aftercare is not good enough. She used Optegra, proper eye hospitals. Very impressed with the quality and level of service.

I did enquire about laser surgery but was told that progressive lenses users will also need to wear correction glasses as well. I also have astigmatism so no chance of abandoning the use of glasses

[BR14]

i'll stick to specs, ta, - the thought of putting things in my eyes horrifies me.
as for surgery, - sod off!

[Dark Black]

Have you considered laser?

My better half has just had both eyes done and she now has excellent vision with no side effects. Amazing since she'd been pretty much blind as a bat for years.

Go to a decent specialist though, don't use the high street offering, the aftercare is not good enough. She used Optegra, proper eye hospitals. Very impressed with the quality and level of service.

[doconline]

You could always request to to see the contact lens optician. If you are going to a high street chain, most will have them, and as their title they just do contact lenses (they aren't qualified to give eye tests etc).

[Andy123]

Andy123, vwdan is your setup as I described above i.e. one eye for near and the other for distance?

Yes, it’s pretty much it although I also had issues with near so they added a +1 to that lens to compensate for reading and that worked.

It takes a bit of time and adjustment but worth it in my case as I don’t like wearing specs.

Also helps if they optician knows what they are doing. I had to change optician in the same practice to get it working right.

[GreyWolf]

I found them to be too much of a compromise - not particularly great distance vision and a bit of a struggle near to. In fact, I suspected the multi-focal thing was made-up and they're just a middling strength regular lens at twice the price.

I went back to regular contact lenses that properly correct my short-sightedness and use off-the-shelf reading glasses over them now that I'm getting old and creaky and in need.

The varifocal spectacles I also use are very good though. I adjusted to them with no problems.

[css_jay99]

Back from specsavers and I have been given some multi focus on trial.

My intermediate and distance vision seems ok but my near vision is not great. Trying to read text on my phone or using the laptop on my lap is just difficult. I tried putting one hand over each eye and neither gives me a good near vision.

I was told I could have one eye for near and the other for distance so might give that a try as well though sounds weird.

Andy123, vwdan is your setup as I described above i.e. one eye for near and the other for distance?