Experience Unmatched Clarity with Vancouver Vision Clinic Scleral Lenses
Discover the ultimate freedom and clarity that contact lenses can offer with our advanced scleral lenses in Camas and Vancouver. They are for people with hard-to-fit eyes who cannot get the clear vision they desire from traditional soft contact lenses.
Our eye doctors can help you achieve optimal vision and comfort with customized specialty lenses tailored to your vision needs.
What Are Scleral Contact Lenses?
Scleral lenses provide superior comfort and vision correction beyond the limitations of regular contact lenses. Unlike common soft contacts that sit directly on the cornea, these arch over the cornea, creating a pocket of saline solution between the lens and the eye.
This innovative design keeps the eyes continuously hydrated, reducing dryness and irritation. This makes them ideal for those with sensitive eyes, dry eyes, and other challenging eye conditions.
The Benefits of Scleral Lenses
Perfect Fit for Ultimate Comfort: Our optometrists will perform a detailed eye exam to customize your lenses, ensuring an ideal fit that minimizes discomfort and prevents lens displacement.
Superior Oxygen Flow: Made from high-quality, gas-permeable materials, sclerals allow sufficient oxygen to reach the cornea, promoting eye health and preventing hypoxia while keeping corneal tissues healthy.
UV Protection: Some scleral lenses come with built-in UV protection, protecting your eyes from harmful UV rays and reducing the risk of cataracts and macular degeneration in the long term.
Ideal for Complex Conditions: Scleral lenses are designed to accommodate hard-to-fit conditions, offering a custom fit and a smooth optical surface even on irregular corneas.
Scleral Lenses for Keratoconus
Keratoconus is a progressive condition where the cornea thins and bulges, causing distorted vision. Traditional eyeglasses and contact lenses often fail to improve vision, making scleral lenses a necessary correction tool for the cornea's irregular shape.
Other Eye Conditions
Severe Dry Eye Syndrome: Scleral lenses create a moisture-rich environment for the eye, alleviating dryness and providing continuous hydration, making them perfect for those with severe dry eye syndrome.
Post-Corneal Transplant: After a corneal transplant, patients often experience irregularities in the corneal surface. Scleral lenses can help smooth these irregularities and provide clear, comfortable vision.
Ocular Surface Disease: For patients with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and other health conditions, scleral lenses protect the eye’s surface and promote healing.
Pellucid Marginal Degeneration: Similar to keratoconus, this condition involves thinning of the cornea. Scleral lenses can help correct the associated vision problems and provide stability to the cornea.
