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Victek - 14 Jan 2008 00:21 GMT

I have a question about bifocal contacts. Do they (as the name implies)
provide only two points of focus like bifocal glasses? I currently wear
progressives because I need the gradual transition between near and far
corrections - I could not adjust to regular bifocal glasses. Are there
contact lenses that are similar to progressives in this regard?

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The Real Bev - 14 Jan 2008 15:57 GMT

> I have a question about bifocal contacts. Do they (as the name implies)
> provide only two points of focus like bifocal glasses? I currently wear
> progressives because I need the gradual transition between near and far
> corrections - I could not adjust to regular bifocal glasses. Are there
> contact lenses that are similar to progressives in this regard?

I couldn't wear RGP multifocal lenses because they kept slipping out of
alignment, but during those few brief seconds that they worked out of
every minute it was like having real eyes. Stuff was in focus at any
distance between a few feet and infinity. If your astigmatism isn't bad
enough to make them impossible to use, go for it!

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Charles - 14 Jan 2008 20:56 GMT

I am wearing Purevision Multifocals. They are not like bifocal glasses.
You can see distant and near. I don't notice any transitions. It is
very like my vision was before I needed glasses to read.

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Victek - 15 Jan 2008 16:24 GMT

>> I have a question about bifocal contacts. Do they (as the name implies)
>> provide only two points of focus like bifocal glasses? I currently wear
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> You can see distant and near. I don't notice any transitions. It is
> very like my vision was before I needed glasses to read.

Thanks for the reply. How about computer use? Can you see the screen OK
wearing the contacts?

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p.clarkii@gmail.com - 15 Jan 2008 19:12 GMT

> >> I have a question about bifocal contacts. Do they (as the name implies)
> >> provide only two points of focus like bifocal glasses? I currently wear
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> Thanks for the reply. How about computer use? Can you see the screen OK
> wearing the contacts?

multifocal contacts can quite easily give good computer-range vision.

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Charles - 15 Jan 2008 23:36 GMT

> Thanks for the reply. How about computer use? Can you see the screen OK
> wearing the contacts?

I can see the screen fine wearing the contacts.

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Victek - 16 Jan 2008 00:20 GMT

>> Thanks for the reply. How about computer use? Can you see the screen OK
>> wearing the contacts?
>
> I can see the screen fine wearing the contacts.

Thanks - that was one of my main concerns. I currently take off my glasses
for computer work (my progressives don't provide a large enough area of the
right correction), but it wouldn't be practical to remove contacts.

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