Contact lenses require a little more personalization than simply translating your glasses prescription into a lens. Dr. Ame Cline evaluates your vision, eye health, lens fit, and everyday needs to find an option that works well for your eyes. Whether you’re new to contacts, updating your prescription, or haven’t found the right fit, we’ll help make the process simple.
Contact Lens Exams & Fittings in Delaware
Contact Lens Exam vs. An Eye Exam
A comprehensive eye exam evaluates your vision, prescription for glasses, and overall eye health. A contact lens exam goes a step further by determining how a lens fits and performs directly on your eyes.
Because contact lenses sit on the surface of the eye, they require their own prescription and evaluation. Our Delaware eye doctor considers the lens design, fit, and comfort while also making sure your eyes remain healthy with contact lens wear.
What Happens During a Contact Lens Fitting?
Finding the right contact lenses starts with understanding your eyes and how you want your lenses to fit into your life. Dr. Cline considers your prescription, eye health, previous contact lens experience, lifestyle, and visual needs before recommending an option. Your contact lens evaluation may include:
- Reviewing your vision, prescription, eye health, and contact lens history.
- Discussing your lifestyle and how you plan to wear your contacts.
- Evaluating the front surface of your eyes.
- Selecting an appropriate lens type and prescription.
- Assessing the fit, vision, and comfort of trial lenses.
- Teaching new wearers how to insert, remove, and care for their contacts.
- Scheduling follow-up care as needed to ensure your lenses are working well.
Contact Lens Fittings for Different Vision Needs
A more complex prescription doesn’t necessarily rule out contact lenses. Dr. Cline works with a range of soft-lens needs and can explore available designs based on your prescription, vision goals, and eye health.
Toric contact lenses are designed to correct astigmatism while maintaining the proper orientation on the eye. For patients with higher levels of astigmatism, finding stable, clear vision requires careful lens selection and fitting.
If you need help seeing both near and distance, multifocal contact lenses may offer an alternative to reading glasses. Dr. Cline can evaluate different options and fine-tune your prescription based on the visual demands of your everyday life.
When astigmatism and changing near vision occur together, toric multifocal lenses can address both needs in one lens. These more complex designs benefit from careful fitting and adjustment to find the right balance of vision and comfort.
New to Contact Lenses?
Putting something on your eye can feel a little intimidating the first time. You’re not expected to arrive knowing how to do it.
When appropriate, we’ll teach you how to insert and remove your lenses, review safe handling and care, and answer your questions before you head home. The goal is for you to feel comfortable with both your contacts and the routine that comes with wearing them.
Eye Health for Proper Contact Lens Wear
Contact lenses interact directly with the surface of your eyes, so healthy contact lens wear depends on more than getting the prescription right. Dr. Cline evaluates the front of your eyes as part of the fitting process and addresses concerns that could affect comfort or lens wear.
If dryness or ocular surface concerns are making contacts difficult to wear, we can also evaluate whether dry eye may be contributing to the problem.
Schedule a Contact Lens Exam in Delaware
Whether you’re trying contacts for the first time, renewing your prescription, or looking for a better experience than you’ve had in the past, we’re ready to help. Schedule your contact lens exam and fitting with Dr. Ame Cline at The Eye Care Studio.