NEW TO CONTACT LENSES?

Patients who would like to have contact lenses for the first time or those who failed with contact lenses in the past will need an initial appointment, which includes a full eye examination and a contact lens suitability assessment. During these examinations Doctor Levit will establish your spectacle prescription, check the health of your eyes and assess suitability for contact lens wear.

Special additional measurements such as mapping the shape of your cornea with high precision digital topography and an assessment of the quantity and quality of your tears may be required.

Once all of this is done we will want to discuss with you both your suitability and the most appropriate type of lenses for your individual visual requirements and lifestyle. Please review the various contact lens handling and care instructions at your leisure.

Contact Lens Fitting

If you are suitable for contact lenses and you wish to proceed further you will need further appointment time for the contact lens fitting. This procedure can sometimes commence at the same time as your contact lens assessment or it may be that a further appointment is required.

The fitting process may entail a number of appointments over a period of time. This is to ensure that we dedicate as much time as is necessary in order to fit you with the best lenses for you. To this end, the contact lens fitting fee covers an unlimited number of appointments and lenses over the next three months.

An aftercare appointment will be arranged once the extended tolerance trial is over to make sure that you are totally satisfied and that your eyes exhibit no adverse reaction to the contact lenses or solutions.

Existing Contact Lens Wearers

If you are a current contact lens wearer, Doctor Levit will examine your existing lenses, lens wear history and your eyes. Please allow plenty of time especially if you are not entirely satisfied with your current lenses, as wearers who have developed problems are often more complicated to manage than non contact lens wearers.

A full general eye examination and spectacle prescription may need to be established to obtain the essential information required in order to provide the best possible advice.