A Brief Overview of the Monovision Daily Contact Lens

Like Bifocals, Monovision lenses are designed to help sufferers of the condition known as Presbyopia. It sounds scarier than it is. In fact, Presbyopia is a relatively common malady where the eyes lose elasticity and consequently their ability to properly focus on near objects; it is caused by none other than old age. Yup, it's yet another of those annoying afflictions that crop up as Old Man Time slows grinds away at our bodies.

How Monovision contact lenses work is really rather simple. Each lens is set for a different distance, in other words, the lens for one eye will be set for distant use and the other for near vision. Usually, it is the dominant eye that is fitted for distant viewing and the lesser one for near use. As with Bifocals, these lenses take some getting used to and require an initial 'training' period where the brain learns to adjust to this somewhat perplexing (at least at first) situation.

Monovision Dailies? It Sounds Like A TV Show

The drawbacks of monovision devices is that they do not offer as crisp an image as it were, than that provided by bifocal lenses, and in time some people may find their 'middle distance' viewing blurred slightly. Furthermore, Monovision lenses adversely affect depth perception.

It's not all quite as bad as it seems however, because corrective bifocal and monovision lenses now come in daily variants. That's right, folks. At last it's possible to obtain a monovision daily contact lens. Aside from the convenience this form of disposable lens offers with regards to care and maintenance, it is especially useful in the early phases where one must become accustomed to wearing the devices. For this reason, lenses of different powers can be worn for short periods and disposed of as the wearer and their eye
care specialist search for the perfect prescription.

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