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GENERAL EYE CARE

Contact Lenses

Providence Eye & Laser Specialists is committed to providing our patients with the most advanced and up-to-date contact lenses available. Providence Eye, located in Charlotte, NC, offers a full range of contact lens options to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.

Your Contact Lens Evaluation

First, we will complete a comprehensive eye exam to ensure your eyes are healthy. After that, there is a separate contact lens examination and fitting. A contact lens is a medical device. Just like one shoe size doesn’t fit all, one contact lens size does not fit all. Special testing is needed that is typically not performed during a routine eye exam for glasses.

Poorly Fitting Contacts

You may not be aware, but a poorly fitting lens or choosing a material not compatible with your eyes can result in discomfort, inflammation, allergy, abrasion, infection and in rare cases, permanent eye tissue damage. Just because your eyes feel good, and your contacts seem fine does not mean your eye health is okay. There could be microscopic problems that can only be detected with a slit lamp microscope used during your exam.

If contact lenses are not properly prescribed, you may not see well. As is the norm at all eye care providers, a contact lens exam and fit entails an additional fee.

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The Process of Fitting Contact Lenses Involves:

  • A mapping of your corneas using the Pentacam® corneal mapping system
  • The evaluation of the fit of the contacts on your cornea and assessment of corneal health
  • A trial pair of contact lenses and a starter cleaning kit
  • The determination and release of your contact lens prescription

Additionally, you will be instructed on the insertion and removal of the contacts if needed. Any related, necessary follow-up visits are included to ensure the correct contact fit and prescription. Your contact lens prescription will expire after one year, at which time you will be due for an annual eye exam and contact lens assessment.

For our patients typically over the age of 40, we offer multi-focal and monovision contacts to correct presbyopia, which offers another option to reduce the need for reading glasses.

Think you can’t wear contacts? We have been successful in fitting patients who, in the past, have been unable to wear contact lenses for the following reasons:

  • Detection and management of corneal and dry eye problems.
  • Our experience and expertise in fitting contact lenses.
  • Advances in both soft and rigid gas permeable contact lens design and materials.
  • Our willingness to listen to each patient and spend the time necessary to get it right.

Schedule a Consultation

To schedule an appointment, call 704-540-9595 or complete the short form below.

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