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Summary: Learn about bifocal contact lenses when trying to find comfortable contact lenses in this free healthcare video.
Elton Hall has been an Optician for over 13 years. He is currently a manager at Texas State Optical in Austin Texas and in charge of the contact lens department.read more
"Hi, my name is Elton Hall. I'm here at Texas Ed Optical in Austin, Texas, on behalf of Expert Village, and we are going to be talking about how to find the most comfortable contact lenses. Now, there are different types of contact lenses for people who need a bifocal. If you are having problems reading, this is just a couple of them. This is a pure vision multifocal made by Bausch and Lomb, this is also a soft lens multi focal made by Bausch and Lomb. They have quite a few different types of contact lenses. But, this is where they have the correction in here for distance and for reading. Now, depending on what the doctor says, you'll want to consult a doctor. But, depending on the doctor, they also have other contact lenses that you can use that are called mono-vision contact lenses that you would use one for distance and one for near. Your brain has to kind of get used to it a little bit and everything like that, but that also can work for bifocal wearers. So, if you didn't think you could wear it, you can. But, these are just a couple of them that they have and they are multi-vision contact lenses for bifocal wearers."