Multifocal Contact Lenses
As you age, the lenses of your eyes become less flexible. That’s called presbyopia, and it makes it more difficult to focus on things up close, like reading a menu or texting. Multifocal contact lenses can help.
Multifocal contact lenses and presbyopia
Multifocal contact lenses are for people with presbyopia—a condition that makes it more difficult for the eyes to focus. But who gets presbyopia in the first place? Even if you’ve never had a vision problem before, most people will start to see the effects of aging eyes around age 40.
Is presbyopia the same as farsightedness?
No. Presbyopia is what happens when the eye's lens loses flexibility. Farsightedness is what happens when the eyeball is too short. The symptoms are similar, but unlike presbyopia, farsightedness is due to the size and shape of your eye.
Do you have presbyopia? Ask yourself these three simple questions.§
- Are you wearing reading glasses while taking this quiz? (or do you usually wear readers?)
- Does larger than normal font size make reading more comfortable?
- Do you hold your phone very close while reading it? Or feel like you have a “trombone” arm?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may have presbyopia.§
§Always talk to your health professional regarding your eye health or medical conditions/diagnoses.
Multifocal Contact Lenses
TOTAL1™ MULTIFOCAL
The first and only daily contact lenses for presbyopia to have Water Gradient material, so nothing touches the eye but a gentle cushion of moisture.
DAILIES™ AQUACOMFORT™ PLUS MULTIFOCAL
Get all-day-comfort with clear vision up close, far-away and everywhere in between.
TOTAL30™ MULTIFOCAL
TOTAL30™ Multifocal contact lenses offer seamless vision in a lens that Feels Like Nothing, even at day 30.^
Frequently asked questions
As you age, the lenses of your eyes become less flexible. That’s called presbyopia, and it makes it more difficult to focus on things up close, like reading a menu or texting.
Alcon’s multifocal contact lenses are aspheric. That means the near power is in the centre of the lens, and gradually transitions to the intermediate and distance powers as it moves outward.
This depends upon the modality you are wearing.
Daily disposable contact lenses are developed to last from application in the morning until removal in the mid to late evening.
Monthly contact lenses should be worn for a maximum of 1 month. In all cases, we advise wearers to carefully follow the recommendations as advised by your eye care professional.
Multifocal lenses help you see clearly near, far and in-between, so typically there’s no need for glasses or readers while you’re wearing them. However you might want to keep a pair, just in case.
^Based on more than 70% of wearers agreed with the statements ‘These lenses were so comfortable I didn’t feel anything’ and ‘I did not have to think about my contact lenses today’, n=66
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