
At Desert Eye Clinic in St. George, UT, we offer a selection of specialty contact lenses. These range from medically necessary lenses like scleral contacts to cosmetic lenses like color contacts. No matter what type of specialty contact lens you are interested in, our optometrist can help you find the right pair. Read on to learn more about the specialty contact lenses that we offer
Scleral Contact Lenses
Perhaps the most important type of specialty contact lenses that we offer is scleral contact lenses. These are rigid gas-permeable contact lenses. This means that they allow your eyes to breathe appropriately while sharpening the vision often times more than eyeglasses can. What makes scleral contact lenses different is that they rest on the sclera (the white part of your eye). Most contact lenses instead rest on the cornea. This can irritate, especially people with dry eyes. This is why scleral contact lenses are often prescribed to people with dry eye syndrome. Scleral contact lenses are also commonly prescribed to people with keratoconus