Multifocal contact lenses

If you normally wear multifocal glasses, you can also wear contact lenses suited to your vision needs. Multifocal contact lenses can help you easily switch between prescriptions, from near, to far, and in‑between – without the need for additional glasses.

They provide ‘real world’ vision, which is great for days when you don’t want to wear glasses, or they can be worn every day.

How do multifocal contact lenses work?

There are two main designs of multifocal contact lenses that work in different ways:

Simultaneous vision contact lenses

Probably the most common type, these lenses have specific zones for close or far vision. These zones can be distinct or more blended to allow for a gradual change in prescriptions. Essentially, your eye will look through both prescriptions at the same time, but will use the section of the lens that you need, depending on what you’re looking at.

Segmented or alternating vision contact lenses

This design works in a similar way to bifocal glasses ‑ the middle and top segments of the lens contain your prescription for distance, and the lower segment has your prescription for close vision.