The different designs of Bifocal contacts are Mono Vision, Progressive Lenses and Concentric Sectors

Bifocal contacts are prescribed for people who suffer from presbyopia, a condition where the eye has no focusing power. Many people with this condition generally need two pair of glasses: one pair of glasses to view objects in the distance, and another pair to view objects that are near.

You can buy contacts to correct your distance vision and wear reading glasses, but this can be cumbersome and it is so easy to forget your reading glasses when you need them. Bifocal contacts work very much like bifocal glasses, where there are two prescriptions on one lens. One prescription is to correct distance vision and one is to correct close up vision.

Today's bifocal contacts are available both in soft and rigid gas permeable (RGP) in addition to disposable and frequent wear. Whether you are looking for Acuvue bifocal or any other major brand of bifocal contacts you will find a huge selection online and we have found some great discounted bifocal contact lens resources.

Some bifocal contacts use two separate and obvious prescriptions with the distance vision at top of the lens and the near vision at the bottom with a line separating the two (like traditional bifocal glasses). Other bifocal contacts are designed more like progressive bifocal lenses where the two prescriptions are blended on different parts of the lens. The three basic designs for bifocal contacts are concentric, simultaneous and alternating vision. Simultaneous vision contacts need to fit centered on your cornea with both the distance and near prescriptions within your pupil area. You own visual system learns to interpret and use the correct power. Concentric design bifocal contacts have the distance prescription in the center portion of the contact lens and the near prescription in the outside or periphery portion, or vice versa.

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