The Fitting Procedure An initial inquiry by a potential contact lens wearer will be answered with a careful ‘history and symptoms’ to establish the best type of contact lens for the particular person in question. This decision will be based on the requirements of the patient – likely duration of contact lens wear and the types of activity the patient will be engaged in whilst wearing the lenses. Most patients will be offered a ‘trial’ with either RGP or soft contact lenses. This consists of an appointment during which contact lenses are inserted and the patient can then wear the lenses for a short period to establish levels of tolerance. The tolerance to any particular type of lens, together with information gleaned at the history taking will help to establish what type of lens will best suit a particular patient.

Bifocal & Varifocal Contact Lenses It is now possible to supply several types of bifocal and Varifocal contact lens, in both soft and RGP designs. These are obviously new developments, but already at Gamble & Creswell, we have quite a few patients wearing these types of lenses with great success. Whilst they will not suit everyone they can replace a pair of reading over spectacles – the usual means of correcting near vision for a patient (usually over 45) who requires different optical corrections for both distance and near. Other ‘presbyopes’ manage well with ‘monovision’ where one eye is corrected for distance and the other for near. The image in the fellow eye being ‘suppressed’ when not required.