Lenses for Astigmatism

What is Astigmatism - sounds dreadful but actually all it means is that the shape of your eye is such that it bends the light coming into the eye more in one direction and therfore gives you a more distorted and out of focus image. Astigmatism can also be resposible for fatigue and eye strain especially when using a VDU or doing lots of closework.

Give up your glasses without sacrificing sharp, clear vision. Think you can't wear soft contact lenses because you have astigmatism? That's the way it used to be, but not any more. Designed especially for correcting astigmatism, toric soft contact lenses can give you the same vision clarity you enjoyed while wearing glasses. Topics include:

How Astigmatism Affects Your Vision

Astigmatism is a common vision problem. The good news is that it can be corrected with toric soft contacts instead of glasses.

In the normal eye, the cornea (the clear lens in the front of the eye) is round, like a football, allowing light rays to focus evenly on the retina at the back of the eye.

In the astigmatic eye, the cornea is oval, like an egg or rugby ball, preventing light from correctly focusing on the retina.