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Discount Contact Lenses are Cheap Contacts in Price Only
When you get discount contact lenses you don't give up quality for price. Your selection includes all the popular brands from Acuvue to Versaflex at sharply reduced prices. A discounted contact lens is the exact same you'd buy from an optometrist or retail store, just at a cheaper price. Your eye care is important and rest assured that getting discount contact lenses will do nothing to risk your health.
Deciding to buy discount contact lenses is probably the easiest part of getting contacts. But the different types and brands of lenses can seem endless and make your selection difficult. So before you check prices on cheap contacts, it helps to understand the different ways that discount contact lenses may be categorized:
How long the contact lens is to be worn
- Daily wear - lens is worn during the day and taken out at night.
- Extended wear - lens may be worn continuously for more than 24 hours. Usual limits are up to one week or one month.
When the contact lens is to be replaced
- Disposable contact lenses - after one use.
- Frequent or planned replacement - from two weeks to several months.
- Regular replacement - as needed; usually one to several years.
What type of vision correction is required
- Bifocal Contacts - give correction for presbyopia.
- Multifocal contact lenses - provide vision correction for several ranges of distance.
- Plano contact lenses - have no vision correction and are for cosmetic purposes.
- Spherical contacts lenses - are for any type of vision correction with non-astigmatic corneas.
- Toric contact lenses - correct for astigmatism.
By the type of tinting the lens has
- Clear - no tint.
- Visibility tint - light tint to help see the lens when handling it.
- Enhancement tint - adds some color to light colored eyes but not enough to change to a different color.
- Opaque tint - ring of non-transparent color that's used to change eye color or appearance. Both enhancement tints and opaque tints are colored contacts.
- Filter tint - special purpose uses such as blocking UV radiation.
What type of lens material the contacts use
- RGP contact lenses - rigid gas permeable lenses are fairly inflexible but are good at passing oxygen to the cornea. These lenses are also referred to as "gas permeable" or GP.
- Soft contact lenses - absorb water easily and are soft and flexible when wet.
Of course, before buying any discount contact lenses, you'll need to consult with a doctor about what's most suitable for you. Even contacts without vision correction require a prescription in order to buy them. But after you know the type of lens you want you can get cheap contact lenses online.
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