Contact Lenses

The Different Types OF Contact Lenses Soft Contact Lenses These are the most common type of contact lenses and are widely considered the most comfortable. Soft contact lenses are ideal for the majority of Canadians and for people withou

4 Ways To Protect Your Contact Lenses In Summer 1. Wear UV Blocking Sunglasses These will help protect you twofold: the glasses themselves will keep wind, sand, and other elements away from your contact lenses and the UV blocking will p

How To Ensure Comfortable Contact Lenses Don’t Sleep With Contact Lenses In. Sleeping while wearing contact lenses limits the amount of oxygen and hydration your eyes are exposed to at night, leading to ideal conditions for bacteri

The Different Kinds Of Refractive Errors Your vision can be impacted differently depending on the shape of your eye. Here are 7 ways that refractive errors can impact your vision and why. 1. Hyperopia (farsightedness) In hyperopic ey

Astigmatism Can Be Seen by Your Optometrist. Through a thorough eye exam, your eye doctor will be able to measure the curvature of your eye and if it is not uniformly round, you will be diagnosed with Astigmatism. In the more severe cases o

Contact Lenses: The Early Days Approximately 150 years after da Vinci’s initial experiments with correcting vision through refractive lenses, came a French philosopher named Rene Descartes. Descartes realized that a lens could be p

The Benefits Of Contact Lenses Advances in contact lens technology allow most people to wear contacts successfully without any disruption to their lifestyle. A contact lens fitting with your eye doctor will ensure that appropriate lenses

Most parents think the only vision correction option for their child is glasses because their kid is too young for contacts. But that's just one of the many myths surrounding kids and contacts. Read on to find out the rest.  I

Curious about what happens during a contact lens fitting exam? Our Calgary optometrist breaks down everything that happens during this exam which is used to determine what type and size of contact lenses will best suit your needs.