When it is time to choose new contact lenses, you may be interested in gas permeable contact lenses. These lenses have both advantages and disadvantages when compared to soft contacts. This guide is to help you to make the best choice between the two for you.
In many gas permeable contacts will give you the optimal correction for your vision. There are certain conditions, including astigmatism that gas permeable contacts do a better job in correcting than soft contact lenses are able to do.
Gas permeable lenses are found to be much more durable lenses. Since they are more durable, you will not have to replace them as often as you do soft contacts. Some persons are able to use the same set of gas permeable lenses for two to three years.
Since oxygen can freely pass through the gas permeable contacts, it can provide the what is needed for your best eye health. Soft lenses cannot match this quality.
Adjustment times are more difficult for gas permeable lenses that it is for the soft lenses. It can take a few days to adjust to your lenses and if you stop using them for a few weeks, you may have to start the training of your eyes all over again to adjust to the use of these contact lenses.
Since it is easier for gas permeable contact lenses to slip off of the center of the eye, you may find that they are less comfortable and that you sometimes have blurred vision.
Most people find that soft contacts are more comfortable in the eye. This is due to their greater flexibility. The greater comfort lends to a shorter adjustment period for the wearer of soft contacts.
There are also more choices with soft lenses. For example, you may want to choose extended wear lenses or disposable ones.
The flexibility of soft contacts keeps them in place better than the gas permeable contacts. This makes them much better for persons that are involved in sports and other vigorous activities.
Soft contacts are less durable than gas permeable lenses and require replacement more frequently.
Soft lenses do not do as an effective a job of correcting vision problems such as severe astigmatism, so they may not be the correct choice for every person.
If you have unanswered questions about the correct type of contact lenses for your vision and your lifestyle, speak with your optometrist. This person will be able to give you the most up to date information about what is available in either gas permeable contact lenses or soft contacts.
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