If you need glasses to see clearly, you probably shudder to think what life might have been like before they were easily available. Yet, sometimes eyeglasses are inconvenient—especially when they get broken!
At Cataract & Vision Center of Hawaii, we want you to enjoy clear vision, and we want it to be as convenient as possible, which is why we offer a variety of services. Depending on your situation, our providers may suggest a surgical procedure to correct your vision, glasses, or contact lenses. If contact lenses are the best option, we provide a professional fitting to make sure that your contacts are comfortable for you.
In most cases, a contact lens professional fitting is part of a comprehensive eye exam. We check the overall health of your eyes, your vision, how well your eyes work together, and examine both the inside and outside of your eyes.
Once we determine your prescription and discuss your options with you, we need to take some measurements to make sure your contacts fit properly. We measure the curve of your cornea, which varies from person to person. We also measure the size of your pupil and your iris.
Contact lenses and dry eyes are a bad combination. In fact, if you have dry eye syndrome, wearing contacts can be both uncomfortable and even dangerous.
As part of your professional fitting, we make sure that your eyes produce enough tears and check to make sure that your tears are of a good quality. A “good quality” tear stays on your eye without evaporating too quickly.
Once we have performed a thorough exam, taken measurements, and made sure you have enough and high-quality tears, we test an actual lens. We make sure that it sits in the proper spot over your cornea and how much it moves when you blink.
We ask you questions about how it feels, and we check to make sure it corrects your vision as it should. Then, we make any necessary changes to the base curve (the curve of your cornea) or to the diameter of the lens.
Once we make sure the lenses we recommend fit you correctly and comfortably, we help you learn how to put them in and remove them yourself, and how to clean them and take good care of them. You leave our office with trial lenses and come back later to confirm they work well for you.
If you had a bad experience with contacts in the past, it could have been because you didn’t have a professional fitting. We encourage you to schedule an appointment at Cataract & Vision Center of Hawaii and find out if a professional contact lens fitting could be a good solution for correcting your vision.
