How do you wear toric lenses??
Question: I know it sounds funny but I went to the doctor yesterday and apparently i have a significant astigmatism, so much so that she couldnt believe it has never been noticed until now. So she put me in toric lenses and told me that there would be two lines telling me where to put the lenses. That's fine and all but no one ever told me what those lines mean, do they go horizontally, vertically? i have been wearing them horizontally but my right eye seems to be a little upset with the whole situation.
Just wondering if anyone knew before I had to call the doctor and admit that I am a moron for not asking while I was there lol
Answers: Those lines on the lens on the lens are the weights that cause the lens to rotate and sit at a certain axis on your eye. All the toric lenses I have ever worked with have the lines on just one side of the lens and you *can* put the lenses in so they are toward the bottom. If you have the lens on your finger and you are looking down at it, you want the markings pointing towards you. I say you *can* do this, because you don't *have* to. If you put them in the right way, it means the lenses won't have to rotate on their own. But if you don't put them in this way, the lenses are designed to rotate to their correct axis and position themselves. The problem with torics and what makes them trickier to fit for, is when the lens won't position itself. Its supposed to rotate to its correct postion and then stop and sometimes the lens will keep turning and your vision will fade in and out as the lens keeps rotating. These kinds of lenses are sometimes very tricky to fit, and can require a lot of tweeking by the OD to make sure they are fitting well, which is sometimes why doctors charge MORE for a toric contact lens fitting, than they do for just a standard fitting.
Just wondering if anyone knew before I had to call the doctor and admit that I am a moron for not asking while I was there lol
Answers: Those lines on the lens on the lens are the weights that cause the lens to rotate and sit at a certain axis on your eye. All the toric lenses I have ever worked with have the lines on just one side of the lens and you *can* put the lenses in so they are toward the bottom. If you have the lens on your finger and you are looking down at it, you want the markings pointing towards you. I say you *can* do this, because you don't *have* to. If you put them in the right way, it means the lenses won't have to rotate on their own. But if you don't put them in this way, the lenses are designed to rotate to their correct axis and position themselves. The problem with torics and what makes them trickier to fit for, is when the lens won't position itself. Its supposed to rotate to its correct postion and then stop and sometimes the lens will keep turning and your vision will fade in and out as the lens keeps rotating. These kinds of lenses are sometimes very tricky to fit, and can require a lot of tweeking by the OD to make sure they are fitting well, which is sometimes why doctors charge MORE for a toric contact lens fitting, than they do for just a standard fitting.
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