Contact Lenses for Dry Eye
Do your contact lenses make your dry eye symptoms worse?
Eye Care Center LTD offers moisture-retaining lenses and custom fits to improve comfort, clarity, and eye health for dry eye patients.
Best Contacts for Dry Eye Patients
Dry eye can make standard contacts uncomfortable or even intolerable. Our team matches you with lenses specifically designed to retain moisture and protect the eye surface.
Dry eye syndrome is a frustrating condition that many people experience. Whether your dry eyes come from your eyes not producing enough tears or because of tears draining too quickly, you need relief fast. Fortunately, your optometrist near you at Eye Care Center LTD in Addison, Burbank, or Willowbrook, IL, offers multiple solutions for dry eye syndrome that help you regain visual clarity and comfort. Learn more about dry eye syndrome and how scleral contact lenses can alleviate it below.
What Is Dry Eye Syndrome?
Our tears are crucial for our eye health. They help lubricate the eyes, wash away debris or dust, and fight infections. Unfortunately for dry eye sufferers, their eyes do not produce enough tears or have tears that evaporate too quickly. Because of this, people with dry eye syndrome experience stinging, burning, scratchiness, redness, and blurry vision. People can develop this condition due to age, hormonal changes, certain medications, excessive computer screen use, and environmental factors like wind or dust.
Thankfully, most people diagnosed with dry eye syndrome successfully treat the issue with over-the-counter eye drops and increased eye washing. Others receive relief from prescription ointments, nasal sprays, or eye drops. However, scleral contact lenses are often used when other treatments are insufficient.
Benefits of Contact Lenses for Dry Eye
At Eye Care Center LTD, we evaluate the severity and cause of your dry eye before recommending contact lens options. Many patients benefit from daily disposable lenses that reduce deposit buildup, or scleral lenses that vault the cornea and bathe it in fluid. We use advanced diagnostics to ensure the lenses you wear enhance—not harm—your eye health, especially across dry climates or screen-heavy lifestyles.
- Hydration-enhanced lens materials
- Scleral and daily disposable options
- Custom-fit lenses for improved comfort
- Reduces irritation and blurred vision
- Expert fitting and follow-up care
How Scleral Contact Lenses Can Help
Most contact lenses can exacerbate dry eye symptoms since they absorb moisture from your eyes and tears. Contact lenses often reduce oxygen flow to the cornea, resulting in further dryness and irritation. Fortunately, our eye doctors provide contacts specialized for people with dry eye syndrome.
Scleral lenses are stiffer and larger than standard contacts, extending beyond the cornea to rest on the white of your eyes. The solution and shape of scleral lenses help retain moisture throughout the day, alleviating most dry eye symptoms. People also experience sharper vision thanks to scleral contacts.
Scleral lenses are custom-designed and fitted based on the size and shape of each eye. The fitting process often requires several appointments with our eye doctors to ensure your lenses fit comfortably. Once in use, most users find them very comfortable and appreciate that a pair can last up to three years when handled correctly.
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If you have dry eye syndrome and need effective treatment from an “optometrist near you,” look no further than Eye Care Center LTD in Addison, Burbank, or Willowbrook, IL. Our eye doctors can prescribe scleral lenses to help you see comfortably again, so call us and schedule an appointment today.
- Addison office: (630) 326-4174
- Burbank office at (708) 782-6933
- Willowbrook office at (630) 969-2807.