Eye & Contact Lens Factsheets

AIR TRAVEL

A few wearers may experience difficulties in the dry environment of an aircraft. We strongly recommend that, if you intend to travel wearing lenses, you keep your Contact Lens case and spare glasses with your hand baggage, just in case they become uncomfortable. Having said this we have many patients who are Air Line pilots and flight assistants who wear Contact Lenses on duty every day of the week!

SAUNAS AND SUNBEDS

On sunbeds normal protective goggles should be worn and the lens performance should not significantly change.. In a sauna tenses may tend to dry up a little but, assuming they are permeable to oxygen, they are unlikely to cause any problem. We recommend that, if when wearing lenses in a sauna they tend to tighten or dry on your eyes you have some wetting drops, obtainable from us to moisten the lenses and soothe the eyes.

SPARE PAIRS OF GLASSES AND CONTACT LENSES

WE CANNOT EMPHASISE ENOUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A GOOD SPARE PAIR OF GLASSES FOR EMERGENCIES - imagine trying to continue your normal routine without good vision!

We offer a discount off spare pairs of glasses and Contact Lenses if supplied within the first 6 months. It is reassuring to know that at all times you have something to fall back on.

YOUR CHILDREN'S EYES

Frequently children inherit their parents error of vision so with our Computerised Auto Refractor, we will always try to screen your children's eyes if you bring them with you for your Annual Check-ups. 'The Screening Test' carried out by the School Nurse, is only very basic and can easily miss significant errors which corrected early enough, could make the difference between a child enjoying perfect, rather than impaired vision, for the rest of their lives.

Any child who needs spectacles full time is a suitable candidate for Contact Lenses you should not be misled into thinking there is any age limit for Contact Lenses - either young or old. Many children only months old who have progressive short sight are fitted in Eye Hospitals. Patients of over 80 are regularly fitted with Contact Lenses, especially following cataract operations.