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Find Your Perfect Contact Lenses

If you need vision correction but hate the thought of wearing glasses or getting refractive surgery, contact lenses may be the right option for you!

At The Optical Connection, we specialize in contact lenses. From contact lens fitting, to our wide offering of contact lenses, we’ll make sure you leave our office with that perfect pair. If you’re interested in what contacts can do for you, book an appointment today!

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Why Do You Need a Contact Lens Fitting?

Contact lenses are not a one-size-fits-all solution and require a proper fitting to safely correct vision issues. Your contact lens prescription will differ from your eyeglasses prescription, so it is essential to receive a contact lens fitting even if you already have a prescription.

If your contacts don’t fit properly, you could experience several problems leading to serious side effects. Some of the dangers associated with improper-fitting contact lenses include:

Advantages of Wearing Contacts

Although both glasses and contact lenses can help correct your vision issues, there are several reasons why people may choose to wear contact lenses over glasses:

Contact lenses don’t steam up or get water spots
They provide a wider field of vision
They don’t distort or reflect light
Contact lenses won’t slip or fall down
They don’t cause facial discomfort
They don’t restrict your movement
Contact lenses don’t alter your physical appearance
You can wear contacts with sunglasses

What Does a Doctor Look For in an Eye Exam?

At The Optical Connection, a typical contact lens fitting includes the following steps:

A consultation where we will ask about your medical history and lifestyle. Your optometrist will consider your general health, hobbies, and profession to decide which contacts are best for you.
A standard eye exam where we examine your overall vision and eye health, noting if any issues could make contacts uncomfortable for you.
A contact lens fitting where we will determine your prescription and measure your eyes to find the correct size, style, and shape of contact lens needed for your eyes.
Following a contact lens fitting, we will give you a pair of trial lenses to see if your new contact lenses are the right fit. Then, we’ll see if any adjustments are necessary during your follow-up appointment before ordering your contacts for long-term wear.

What are MiSight Contact Lenses?

At The Optical Connection, we offer specialty contact lenses to ensure that your needs are taken care of.

MiSight contact lenses are daily disposable prescription lenses that have been shown to slow myopia progression by 59% in children and adults.

MiSight contact lenses have 2 main components:

One part of the MiSight contact lens is responsible for correcting the refractive error that causes nearsighted vision.
The second part of the MiSight contact lens helps focus the light in front of the retina, which can slow the progression of Myopia.

Our Brands

ACUVUE

The options are nearly endless when it comes to ACUVUE® brand contact lenses – the #1 contact lens brand in the world. Long-lasting comfort and clear vision can be yours with a contact lens in the ACUVUE® brand family.

Alcon

Alcon has one mission: to provide innovative products that enhance quality of life by helping people see better. Alcon is uniquely poised to serve every contact lens wearer by addressing the full life cycle of their needs.

Bausch + Lomb

Bausch + Lomb is one of the best-known and most respected healthcare brands globally, offering the widest and finest range of eye health products including contact lenses and lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products.

Cooper Vision

We create and execute innovation that is unmatched in the contact lens industry. There's much more to our story than that, however. You'll find that what sets us apart is how we approach our business. We collaborate, we listen, and we enjoy what we do.