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Bifocal and multifocal contact lenses are designed to restore vision at all distances for people over age 40 who have presbyopia and would otherwise need to wear reading glasses over their contacts.
Bifocal and multifocal contact lenses are available in both soft and rigid gas permeable (GP) materials.
Bifocal contacts lenses (like bifocal eyeglass lenses) have two powers – one for seeing distant objects clearly and one for seeing up close. Multifocal contact lenses, like progressive eyeglass lenses, have a range of powers for seeing far away, up close and everywhere in between. ("Multifocal" is also a catch-all term for all lenses with more than one power, including bifocals.)
There are two basic types of multifocal contact lenses, based on lens design:
Many people can wear multifocal contact lenses successfully, but you have to be willing to accept some compromises when wearing these lenses. For example, your distance vision with multifocal contact lenses may not seem as clear as it is with single vision (distance-only) contacts, or you may notice some glare at night or difficulty reading small print with bifocal or multifocal contact lenses.
In some cases, a better solution for presbyopia may be a monovision or modified monovision fitting of single vision contact lenses.
In monovision, you are prescribed a contact lens for one eye that has the best power for your distance vision and a contact lens for your other eye that has a prescription for your near vision. In modified monovision, you wear a single vision “distance lens” on one eye and a multifocal contact lens on the other eye to help you see better up close.
During your contact lens fitting, your eye care practitioner can help you choose the best contact lens solution for your presbyopic vision needs.
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