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VISION PRODUCTS PROVIDED BY
ADVANCED FAMILY EYECARE INCLUDE:
SPECTACLE LENSES
Lens choices used to be simple - "Do you want single vision, bifocals or trifocals?" Today, with increased demand and available technology, there are literally hundreds of lens designs and thousands of combinations available. Choosing the correct lenses for your needs may seem like an easy decision but when faced with the huge array of possibilities, assistance is often required. Our office prides itself on being able to offer professional advice in this area at no obligation.
 Single Vision
Single refractive power prescribed for a specific distance
 Bifocal
- Bifocal lenses contain two refractive powers prescribed as a convenient way to see two different distances, most typically near and far, with the same device. A bifocal is most commonly indicated by a 28mm wide D-shaped segment located toward the bottom of the eyeglass lens. Other widths and shapes are available.
 Trifocal
- Like bifocals, trifocals typically contain a split, D-shaped segment toward the bottom of the lens. This lens has three prescribed refractive powers and can provide clear vision at near, intermediate and far distances.
 Progressive
- Progressive lenses contain a gradually changing "progression" from the top region of the lens (most commonly the distance power), through a narrow corridor into a region at the bottom of the lens used for close vision. Because of the gradual power change of the progressive corridor, patients are able to see at multiple distances simply by looking through different areas of the lens.
Occupational
- Patients who have very narrowly defined visual needs, such as in the case of a computer user, jeweler, hobbyist or pianist can ask their doctor for a prescription that will help them with their specific task(s) and then consult with our optician to determine the best lens design for that prescription. This lens also can reduce eye strain and increase productivity.
Additional Lens Options
 Non Glare
Use an anti-reflective (non glare) lens on your glasses to reduce the amount of glare produced as light passes through your lenses from your monitor as well as reduces the reflections of light sources within your office or home. Anti-reflection allows more light to pass through your lenses and is one of the few lens options that will provide a direct improvement of your vision. If you also use your glasses for driving, the anti-reflective coating will make a night commute home much more pleasant by reducing the glare produced by oncoming traffic and street lamps.
Transitions
Transitions lenses give you the benefits of clear lenses indoors and at night, plus the distinct advantages of sunglasses outdoors - all in the convenience of one lens. They provide visual comfort and quality at any and every moment, helping you to see better. And just like sundblock protects your skin, Transitions lenses help preserve the health and wellness of your eyes for the future by blocking 100% of harmful UV rays.
 Polarization
Tinted lenses can't protect you from glare off water surfaces and snow, or even sunlight glinting through a windshield. Only plarized lenses eliminate reflected light before it can reach your eyes.
So many of us have learned the benefit of having more than one pair of shoes in our closet. We certainly would not go jogging in a pair of leather wingtips, but likely would not appear at a black-tie affair in sneakers. There are eyeglass lenses available that are specifically manufactured to perform specific duties. You may benefit from having multiple pairs - at least one pair for general use and perhaps one or more pairs for specific needs. Regardless of your workstation arrangement, we likely have a lens combination that will enhance your comfort and maximize your productivity.
SPECTACLE FRAMES
At Advanced Family EyeCare we make it our mission to carry only high-quality eyewear that is both fashionable and comfortable. We make every attempt to keep our styles current so that each frame has both the most up-to-date style as well as the longest warranty possible. All of our frames have a 2 year defect warranty and a lifetime adjustment warranty. Even where it may seem all hope is lost, we can sometimes even adjust frames that have been sat or stepped on.
  
  
 
  
CONTACT LENSES
Types of Contact Lenses
Soft and Firm Contact lenses
Contact lenses can be divided into two main groups:
Firm Gas Permeable Contact Lenses (GP's)
Introduced first in the 1940s, they have evolved dramatically. Today's lenses are made of materials that allow more oxygen to reach the eye surface, or cornea. For this reason they are called rigid gas permeable contact lenses.
Characteristics:
- Individually designed and created for each patient based on their specific eye measurements
- Allow more oxygen to the eye than most soft contact lenses
- Provide crisper vision than many soft lenses due to the firmness of the materials
- Extreme durability. With proper lens care, they may last years (as long as a prescription change is not necessary)
- Sometimes easier to care for than soft lenses
- Easier to recognize what side should come in contact with the eye when inserting the lens
- More deposit resistant than soft contact lenses
- Fitting nearsighted children with GPs may slow the progression of their nearsightedness (please see orthokeratology)
- Most people can adapt to GPs within 2 weeks
- Must be worn on a regular basis to keep the lids adapted to the firm material
Soft Contact Lenses
Soft contact lenses are made of materials that hold water. They are available in a wide variety of designs. Innovations in lens manufacturing allow for almost any prescription to be made into a soft contact lens.
Characteristics:
- Easier to adapt to than GP's
- Available in many designs and almost any prescription
- Good vision for most prescriptions, however, some prescriptions (like high astigmatism) may give variable vision as the contact lenses move with the blink
- Good initial comfort
- May cause dryness in some patients since they absorb a portion of the tears to stay wet
- More likely to contain protein deposits from your tears and harbor bacteria
- Depending on the material and amount of time worn, soft contact lenses must be replaced on a regular basis. This may be daily, weekly, every 2 weeks, monthly, quarterly or yearly
Disposable contact lenses
Technically, disposable contact lenses are those that are worn only once and then thrown away. These type of contact lenses are called daily replacement contact lenses. However, this term has come to refer to any type of contact lens that is replaced on a regular basis. The most common replacement schedule is every two weeks but there are monthly and quarterly replacement contact lenses also available. Since a contact lens rests directly on the cornea, the surface of the lens must be free from deposits and clean. Otherwise, irritation, general discomfort, and infection may occur.
Disposable or frequent replacement contact lenses offer better eye health since they are replaced on a regular basis, decreasing the probability of deposits and bacterial attachment to the lens. These contact lenses are often very easy to clean and usually do not require any enzymatic remover like traditional yearly replacement soft contact lenses.
Disposable lenses are available in both nearsighted and farsighted corrections and newer toric disposable lenses can correct for astigmatism as well. Disposable lenses are also available in several color choices, from enhancer tints to opaque lenses, designed to completely change the color of the eye.
Also, for patients who have had difficulty adapting to soft contact lenses in the past and for those prone to eye irritation, disposables may offer a comfortable solution with their thinner profile and more flexible design.
Contact lens for astigmatisim
Contact lenses are not all made the same. Standard contact lenses correct for either nearsightedness (myopia) or farsightedness (hyperopia). These lenses are "spherical", containing one uniform power across the lens. But for those persons who have corneas with astigmatism, a condition causing light to focus on more than one point behind the cornea, specialized contact lenses are needed.
These lenses are often weighted to maintain proper alignment on the cornea. Toric lenses are available in soft and gas permeable (GP) contact lens designs, though many people prefer the crispness of vision they achieve through gas permeable lenses since they tend to give more stable vision than soft toric contact lenses.
Bifocal contact lens
To many people, bifocals symbolize a dramatic change in their adult lives as they move from a youthful "young adulthood" into the beginnings of "middle age". Probably one of the more difficult stages of visual maturity to endure, persons suffering from "presbyopia" (an inability to focus sharply for near vision due to changes in the lens of the eye) have for years been forced to wear bifocal glasses as the options for bifocal contact lenses were very limited. Much has changed.
Many designs of bifocal contact lenses are available today. The bifocal contact lens realm has expanded to include many different designs and is much better suited to fit a wider range of powers. Bifocal contact lenses are available in soft and firm materials.
The bifocal portion of a contact lens can be constructed in many ways. These styles of construction are: simultaneous, in which both the distance and near powers of the lens are near the pupil; concentric, where one power is at the center of the pupil (usually the near power) and the other is to the outside of the lens; and translating or alternating, in which a clear distinction is made between the distance correction in the top of the lens and the near correction in the bottom. The last design is most like a typical lined bifocal eyeglass lens, but all will require specific adaptation.
For patients who cannot adapt to a bifocal contact lens, or for patients who see clearly at distance with one or both eyes, monovision is an option. In a monovision fit, one eye is corrected to see well at distance and the other is used to see up close. There is an adaptation process as the brain gets used to "seeing" in this new way. Most people are able to adapt to monovision in a few days to a week. Some people may experience slightly diminished depth perception and may need to alternate between their contact lenses during the day and a pair of conventionally fitted contact lenses or eyeglasses for certain tasks. | 
