Vision Correction Options

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Corrective eyeglasses were first made in the 13th century, and were far less sophisticated and fashionable than they are now. Frames now come in a wide variety of styles and brands to fit both your visual needs and your fashion sense. 

Your prescription will determine whether you need single vision, bifocal, or progressive lenses. Most people who wear glasses will start off with single vision lenses, which correct for one distance only, and will begin to wear bifocals or progressives in their 40s or 50s when they start to develop presbyopia and need correction for reading.

Contact lenses have gone through many changes in process and material since then to become the comfortable, long-wearing, and popular vision correction option available today.

Similar to bifocal or progressive eyeglasses, multifocal contact lenses provide correction for multiple distances. These lenses are designed with different prescription zones that allow your eyes to focus clearly on objects that are near, intermediate, and far away.

The sclera is the protective outer layer of the eye which is commonly called the white of the eye. Scleral contact lenses get their name from the fact that they rest on the sclera as opposed to regular contact lenses that rest on the cornea. 

Decorative contact lenses do not necessarily provide refractive correction, but rather are used to alter the appearance of the eye. Some examples of decorative contact lenses are those that change eye colour, give the appearance of a cat eye, or circle contact lenses which enlarge the eyes to make them look like a doll's eyes.

Refractive surgery is done to correct a refractive error such as myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), presbyopia (age-related farsightedness), or astigmatism (irregularly shaped cornea). The refractive error is corrected by reshaping the cornea (the front part of the eye that covers the pupil and iris) or by implanting a lens in yoru eye.