Soflens Multifocal Lenses Offer Hope to Presbyopia Sufferers.

The soft contact lens was originally developed to provide extra comfort for wearers. Rigid, gas permeable lenses were doing a good job in actually correcting defective vision, but users often complained of soreness in the eyes and many, particularly older patients, abandoned them and returned to eyeglasses.

Now, Softlens Multifocal lenses are drawing these people back to wearing contacts. These soft contact lens have been put to clinical trials. These trials have shown that it is preferred to other bifocal lenses by two thirds of those surveyed. The objectives of the trials were to evaluate both visual clarity and comfort for the patient, and the results were similar for both criteria.

Initially, multifocals were only recommended for presbyopia, but today, there is a range of products for almost all eyesight disorders. Sufferers of such afflictions as astigmatism also have the option to wear contacts, and they are able to help with almost all vision defects. The Softlens line includes Toric Contact Lenses, which correct astigmatism when it occurs with myopia (shortsightedness) or hyperopia (longsightedness). Obviously, lenses are available for simpler applications, and colored lenses in most styles can be purchased by those who have had a proper exam and fitting from a qualified eye doctor.

Bifocal lenses are generally used for a two-week period and then replaced. The choice of products means that almost anybody can use them, whatever their occupation or life-style. And, now that the multifocal lenses have been developed, Soflens is seeing a high influx of older customers coming back to contacts after find them inadequate for their needs years before.