Re: What type of contact lense provides the best resolution?

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:52:09 -0700 (PDT), p.clarkii@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

The aspheric design of O2 Optix is meant to correct spherical
aberration, not chromatic aberration.
Theoretically, correcting higher order aberrations like spherical
aberration should produce increased acuity but in practice most
patients don't really notice any improvement in acuity with aspheric
versus spherical lens designs. It strikes me as an academic argument
used to market certain lens brands rather than a real-life benefit to
improved vision.

IMHO, if you don't mind carrying around reading glasses, and if good
acuity is your primary goal, then I would recommend a comfortable
contact that fully corrects you for distance rather than using
monovision or multifocal lenses. If you find RGPs to be
satisfactory, they work quite well.

Thanks for the reply and for the reference to the "fact or fiction"
article. Since you mention RGPs first, I presume you believe that
this type of lens is the best option to optimize my vision. Is this
correct?

As I mentioned in my original post, I wore Fluoroperm 151s for over a
decade without problems. Now that I am considering switching back to
RGPs, can you tell me if there are any specific lenses that you prefer
to the Fluoroperms?

Thanks!

Bob Simon


In the realm of disposable soft
contacts I would recommend using a silicon hydrogel-type lens and I am
pretty keen on Coopervision's new Avaris brand lens that is a silicon
hydrogel plastic that is further modified to also possess a high water
content. I have been wearing these lenses myself for the last week
and have fit a couple of patients in them too. So far they seem quite
promising (and not too expensive either). Another good lens is Acuvue
Oasys. O2 Optix are OK but a significant number of my patients
complain that they are not as comfortable as they would prefer.

Here's a reference on aspheric lens designs:
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=12770

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On Jun 11, 7:54 pm, Bob Simon <nob...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm 57 years old. I wore Fluroperm 151 lenses 24x7 without problem
from 1995 until last year. About 12 months ago, an optometrist
recommended that I switch to O2Optix because they are an aspheric
lense. He said that I would see better with aspherics because (if I
remember his spiel correctly) they focus all the wavelengths of light
onto a single point better than the lenses I was wearing. Is this
generally considered to be true or not?

Although I noticed an immediate improvement in my vision with the
lenses he fitted me with, I believe that may have been entirely due to
the updated diopter. Now, I only have one more pair of O2Optix lenses
left and I probably need a new prescription too. (I now need stronger
reading glasses than the ones I've been using.)

I am looking for advice on what type of contact lenses offer many
people my age the best vision. I've had good results from both RGPs
and high water content soft lenses, but I prefer to add reading
glasses as needed rather than monovision and I'm not keen on
multifocals.

.

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