If you are considering contacts, the first step is figuring out what type of contact lens is right for you. One of the most popular contact lens options are daily disposable lenses. These are often confused with daily wear contacts, which are taken out at nighttime and can last weeks or even months. Daily disposable contacts are like paper plates; you use them once, them toss them out at the end of the day.
Why dailies?
Daily disposables have a few key advantages over daily wear, extended wear, or hard contacts. First, they can save you money if you only need to wear your contacts a couple of days a week. There is no need to take on the price of daily or extended wear contacts, if you don’t need to wear contacts everyday.
Daily disposables are also super convenient. You can stash them in your workout bag, at you desk at work, or anywhere else you might need to switch out to contacts.
Comfort and health are another advantage of daily disposables contacts. Using a fresh lens each time will feel more comfortable for your eyes as they won’t have any protein build up, which is common for extended wear contacts.
What to do next
Think you might be a good candidate for daily disposable contact lenses? The one catch is that your vision prescription needs to be within the range in which daily disposable lenses are made. Specialized or unusual prescriptions are not often made into daily disposables. Only an optometrist can tell you for sure, and we’d be glad to help. Simply give the office a call or schedule an appointment quickly online.