With Monovision Contact Lenses, an eye-care specialist fits a near vision lens in one eye, and in the other eye a distance vision lens

Monovision contact lenses is a term associated with a special type of contact that is an alternative to the usual bifocal lens. With a monovision lens, the eye-care specialist fits a near vision lens, used for reading and short-sighted activities, in one eye, and in the other eye the eye-care specialist will insert a distance vision lens. The combined effect of these two lenses, used in conjunction with each other, provides certain users with benefits, such as clear and sharper vision, that cannot be obtained from using the more standard bifocal type.

However, while there are most certainly benefits of monovision contact lenses over bifocal lenses, care should be taken as it takes time to adapt to the lens - and one of the tricks you'll need to learn here is to use the eye for its purpose, so if you have the shortsighted lens in your left eye and distance lens in your right, you'll need to learn to read the newspaper using your left eye and road-signs using your right. But with the right attitude, and forewarning, adapting to this process should not be too burdensome. Thus, adopting monovision contacts is an adaptive process that will take some time to become use to. This period of time varies from user to user, and can be as little as a couple of days to as long as a couple of months.

Notwithstanding any problems that may or may not be associated with monovision lenses, and if you drive a vehicle at night it is suggested that you use an alternative visual aid, monovision contact lenses are the preferred choice of contact lens - at a ration of 4:1 - among those who are required to wear bifocal lenses.

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