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Eye Care (Expert Forum)
Contacts
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Cabarrus Eye Center
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Contacts
by buffy538, Oct 26, 2009 12:08PM
I just recently got multifocal contacts.
I got the extended wear kind that you can wear for a month.
Anyway, the right contact feels just fine but the left contact feels too big for that eye.
Is this possabile?
I got the extended wear kind that you can wear for a month.
Anyway, the right contact feels just fine but the left contact feels too big for that eye.
Is this possabile?
Doctor's Answer
by Sandra M Brown, MD, Oct 26, 2009 02:44PM
, Oct 26, 2009 02:44PM
It depends on what you mean by "feels too big".
Contact lenses have a shape which is described by the base curve number. On the contact lens packets, you will see BC followed by a 2 digit number, almost always starting with 8. This number controls the tightness of the fit on the cornea. Possibly your eye doctor changed this number, because not all contact lenses come in the full range of base curves. You may be noticing this difference. I would call the person who fitted these contact with your concern.
Also, no matter what it says on the box, you should never sleep in your contact lenses.
Contact lenses have a shape which is described by the base curve number. On the contact lens packets, you will see BC followed by a 2 digit number, almost always starting with 8. This number controls the tightness of the fit on the cornea. Possibly your eye doctor changed this number, because not all contact lenses come in the full range of base curves. You may be noticing this difference. I would call the person who fitted these contact with your concern.
Also, no matter what it says on the box, you should never sleep in your contact lenses.
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