Contact Lens Exams

Would you like to experience the freedom and convenience of wearing contact lenses? If so, our office offers a specialized contact lens exam that is the first step in the fitting process.

During the exam, Dr. Johnson will perform multiple diagnostic steps to determine the best type of contact lens for your individual needs. The contact lens evaluation process is both a science and an art, and requires a high level of expertise and experience on the part of the optometrist. The fitting process includes additional steps and tests, along with setting you up in diagnostic lenses and all follow-up care.

Before your appointment, consider your vision goals and lifestyle. Do you want your contacts to help with a specific vision problem or for specific tasks like sports? Do you have difficulty touching your eyes? Do you want to change the color of your eyes? Dr. Johnson may ask these questions and more to determine the best modality of contact lens for you.

Our office stocks diagnostic lenses for fitting purposes, so you will be able to try on a pair of lenses during the initial contact lens exam. If you are a new contact lens wearer, you will also receive training on insertion, removal, and cleaning of contact lenses.

After trying on the diagnostic lenses, Dr. Johnson will perform additional testing. You will be able to take the diagnostic lenses home with you to wear for a week before returning for a follow-up contact lens evaluation appointment. This follow-up appointment is an important step in finalizing your contact lens prescription, as it allows Dr. Johnson to evaluate how the lenses interact with your eye chemistry. In some cases, additional follow-up appointments may be necessary to ensure the most accurate and comfortable vision.

Please inform our office that you’re interested in contact lenses when you schedule your exam to allow extra time for the fitting process and any necessary follow-up appointments. An additional fee for the contact lens evaluation may apply, depending on the level of difficulty.

Contact Lens Brands

Alcon

Alcon is helping people see the world better through advanced surgical, pharmaceutical and vision care products. Alcon serves eye care professionals and their patients in more than 180 countries, reaching 90% of the globe, to help millions of people see the world better with clarity, color and beauty. Alcon enhances sight to enhance life. Alcon has a nearly 70-year heritage built on trust. Founded in 1945, Alcon has grown from a small ophthalmic shop to the second-largest division of Novartis, one of the most successful and respected healthcare companies in the world.

The Alcon line of contact lenses includes brand names such as:  

Air Optix · Air Optix Colors · Air Optix Night & Day · Dailies Total One · Total 30 · Precision 1

Johnson and Johnson

Acuvue, under the umbrella of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. is committed to creating life-long solutions to vision care needs. Since the Acuvue brand made its debut in 1987 as the world’s first disposable soft contact lens, the company has repeatedly brought innovative, quality, and scientific advancements to the industry. Today, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. is one of the world’s leading innovator and manufacturer of disposable contact lenses.

The Acuvue line of contact lenses includes brand names such as:

Acuvue Oasys · 1-Day Acuvue Oasys with Hydraluxe · 1-Day Acuvue Oasys MAX · Acuvue Vita

Bausch and Lomb

For the last 150 years, Bausch + Lomb has become a global hallmark for innovation and quality. Bausch + Lomb is solely dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world – from the moment of birth through every phase of life. Their mission is simple yet powerful: Helping you see better to live better. The company is one of the best-known and most respected healthcare brands in the world, offering one the widest and finest range of eye health products including contact lenses and lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses and other eye surgery products.

The Bausch and Lomb line of contact lenses includes brand names such as:

Bausch + Lomb Ultra · Infuse · BioTrue

Cooper Vision

Since 1980, Cooper Vision has been providing contact lenses to people all over the globe. In fact, Cooper conducts business in over 100 countries throughout the world, from China to Europe, from Africa to the Americas, Cooper is there improving the way people see. Cooper Vision appreciates that no two eyes, no two patients, and no two days are ever the same. They realize that people look to them to provide contact lenses that are best in class. That’s what they do and they do it extremely well.

The Cooper Vision line of contact lenses includes brand names such as:

MyDay · Clariti · Biofinity · Energys · Avaira Vitality