Do your current toric contact lenses for astigmatism keep you rubbing your itchy eyes and pulling your hair out in frustration? Some people have unusually sensitive eyes and can’t handle eye contacts easily wearable by others. If this describes you, you should consider trying Proclear Toric contact lenses from CooperVision, a brand intended for daily wear and replaced once per month. So confident is CooperVision about the brand’s comfort capabilities that it says it is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to say that the lenses “may provide improved comfort for contact lens wearers who experience mild discomfort or symptoms relating to dryness during lens wear.”
It’s important to understand that you are not alone in your suffering of dryness and itchiness with other contact lens brands. CooperVision estimates that about 50% of all contact lens users experience some level of discomfort. That’s due in part to the challenging work conditions of modern life, which include spending many hours staring at a computer monitor while sitting in an office full of dry, artificially cooled air.
So how does CooperVision get away with making its FDA-approved claim? It all goes back to the lab, and the way that the lenses are constructed. CooperVision looked to nature for a solution, and found one in human cell membranes. There is a substance there called phosphorylcholine (PC) that loves to absorb water. So CooperVision adopted PC for use on the surface of contact lenses in a process it calls “PC Technology.” As a result of this breakthrough, these lenses can boast an incredibly high 62% water content, which is higher than you will find on most other brands. This lets you wear the lenses for 12 hours a day in total comfort, free of the dry itchiness you may currently be experiencing.
Astigmatism means that the eye is shaped oddly, causing light to scatter diffusely in different directions instead of focusing on the retina. This scattering of light leads to blurry vision. Proclear Toric lenses are custom-made to reverse astigmatism by providing a more even surface over the cornea to balance the astigmatic eye’s shape. Their design also holds the lenses firmly in their correct position. The more even surface and position stability permits the lenses to act as a prism that helps re-focus light rays on the retina, which clears up the astigmatism and produces sharp vision.
Before trying these lenses please be sure you check with your vision care provider. These lenses are usually prescribed for monthly replacement, but that assumes average medical needs and your eyes may have issues unique to you. Your doctor may therefore prescribe something different. He or she will also undoubtedly tell you that these lenses are not intended for extended wear, but that you should remove them every day for cleaning.
You don’t have to suffer through the dryness and itchiness you may have been experiencing with your current lenses. Why put yourself through that? Proclear Toric contact lenses offer you a much better option, featuring an extremely high water content that will keep your lenses feeling as great in the evening as they do when you put them on in the morning. Try their silky smooth feeling for yourself and see what you think!