Contact Lenses FAQ

 People with many different vision needs can wear contact lenses. New contact lens wearers and people thinking about switching to contacts often have questions about the safety and availability of contact lenses. This is especially true for people who have more than one vision-related issue to contend with.

Toric lenses are designed for people who have astigmatism, or irregularly shaped corneas. They work by reconfiguring the light rays that are unevenly refracted and by correcting the spherical refracting error. These lenses are available as either gas-permeable or soft contacts.
Presbyopia is when you already wear corrective lenses but you have to hold material away from your eyes to be able to see it clearly, according to All About Vision. People with presbyopia can wear bifocal contacts, which are lenses with different prescriptions in the same lens, or multi-focal lenses that have a series of powers in each lens.
According to All About Vision, contact lenses are safe for kids. However, the parent needs to evaluate whether the child is responsible enough to handle the responsibilities of cleaning and caring for contact lenses. The website states that sometimes even infants are fitted with contacts to correct certain conditions.