Contact Lenses

The Contact Lens Experts at Mid-Atlantic specialize in fitting contact lenses to suit your everyday needs.  We provide fitting services for:

• Soft contact lenses, including those for astigmatism and presbyopia
• Medical contact lenses for those with corneal irregularities including but not limited to keratoconus, corneal scars, and corneal transplants
  • Scleral lenses
  • Hybrid lenses
  • Rigid gas permeable lenses

We provide the latest in contact lens technology for conditions such as astigmatism and keratoconus.

Types of Lenses:

Scleral Contact Lenses

Rigid Gas Permeable Lenses

Synergeyes Ultrahealth Lenses

We also fit our contact lens wearers in Soft Contact Lenses.
Soft contacts are made of a type of plastic combined with water. Water lets oxygen pass through the contact lens to your cornea, which increases comfort, reduces dry eyes and helps keep your cornea healthy. Some soft lenses are disposable which means you can throw them away after a short period of time.

The type of lens you have determines how you care for it.
Below are some easy steps to help keep your eyes healthy and your lenses clean.

1. Before handling contact lenses, wash and rinse hands. Use a mild non-cosmetic soap. Soaps with perfumes, oils, or lotions leave a film on the hands, which you may transfer to your lenses and cause eye irritation or blurred vision.

2. Dry hands with a clean, lint-free towel.

3. If you use hair spray, use it before you put in your contacts. It’s also a good idea to keep your fingernails short and smooth to avoid damaging your lenses or scratching the eye.

4. After your contacts are in your eyes, put on makeup so you don’t get any on your lenses. Take out contact lenses before you remove makeup for the same reason.

5. Different types of contact lenses require special care and certain types of products. Always use the disinfecting solution, eye drops, and enzymatic cleaners your eye care professional recommended. Some eye products or eye drops are not safe for contact lens wearers.

6. Never use tap water directly on lenses, and never put contact lenses in your mouth to "rinse" them. Microorganisms can live in even distilled water, causing infection or sight damage.

7. Clean each contact by rubbing it gently with your index finger in the palm of your other hand. Most multipurpose solutions don’t have “No Rub” on their labels anymore. Lightly rubbing your contact removes surface buildup.

8. Clean your contact lens case every time you use it with either sterile solution or hot tap water. Let it air dry. Replace the contact lens storage case every three months.

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