If you have astigmatism, Acuvue toric contact lenses are made to give you comfortable, clear vision. It takes a lot of experience and the use of precision equipment to make a toric lens that provides good optical performance. And after making over two billion lenses, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care have acquired the knowhow. They've put that experience into making Acuvue toric contact lenses provide consistently clear sight with a comfortable fit.

Acuvue toric contact lenses are made for the correction of astigmatism. And to understand their design, it helps to know a little bit about this condition. A contact lens sits on the clear part of your eye called the cornea. The surface of a normal cornea is rounded evenly like the surface of a ball or sphere. And regular contacts are also referred to as spherical lenses.

A cornea with astigmatism isn't evenly rounded. It's shape is more like a ball that's been squeezed on opposite sides. The astigmatic cornea curves more sharply in some directions than others. This uneven curvature is what causes the visual distortion for a person with astigmatism. And Acuvue toric contact lenses are designed to create the exact opposite curvature to counterbalance the irregularity.

A second challenge for Acuvue toric contact lenses is to maintain position when worn. A regular contact lens can rotate or move slightly to one side without affecting its vision-correcting ability. But a toric lens has to stay in one position to be effective. And to do this, the Acuvue lens has a shape which resists moving out of position whenever you blink.

As an added safety benefit, Acuvue toric contact lenses come with UV protection. The lenses block most ultraviolet light from your cornea and interior of your eye. Since long-term exposure to UV radiation is a risk factor for cataracts, this is a particular benefit for anyone who's out in the sun a lot.