You are not my ophthalmologist. I'll see my doc again in a couple of months. I am asking (pretty please) for experiences/advice with wearing multifocal disposable contact lenses. Did they work for you? This might seem like a dumb question, but I am trying to figure out if I need a different Rx, or if these kinds of contacts just won't work for me. The threads I found on multifocal contacts are a few years old, and perhaps technology has changed, so here goes (super-sensitive-skin snowflakes follow): I am 46 years old and have myopia (-8.00). That's no typo. Like many contact lens wearers with myopia, I read much better with my plain monofocal eye glasses (I keep the Rx updated each year). But even with high index lenses, my glasses leave marks on my nose and start to hurt and bother me after a few hours. I like my glasses, but I do not want to wear them everyday, all day, and so I need/want to have contact lenses too.
(Let me get this out of the way: I am NOT looking for advice on getting new glasses - featherweight or titanium or otherwise. I have very fair skin that "dents" and marks easily, and even the smallest, lightest reading glasses or high-end sunglasses make red marks on my nose. I have my glasses adjusted regularly, and they still dent my nose. And I cannot wear the kind of glasses with those clear adjustable pads - even worse. Even wearing a hat for a few minutes will leave a red line on my forehead - and I am likely not dehydrated as a well intended friend has suggested, as I drink 3-4 liters of water a day. Just to say, I would like to focus here only on multifocal contact lenses and not eyeglasses.)
So...My ophthalmologist (MD) prescribed multifocal ACUVUE OASYS Brand Contact Lenses for Presbyopia, which I have been wearing for the last couple of months. (The Rx reads "add +1.75," which I assume is the magnifying power equivalent to reading glasses.) My distance vision with the contacts is great. Reading close up or small text, while better than before, is not great. After experimenting, I found that I read better when wearing reading glasses (+1.25 or +1.50) with the multifocal contacts.
I guess it might sound obvious that the contact lens Rx for the "+" part simply needs to be increased, but maybe not, as there are complaints all over the internet that the multifocal contacts just don't work for many people. Might that relate to people with high myopia in any way? Any ideas? Does anyone successfully wear multifocal contacts plus reading glasses? Or is that a bad idea? Thanks much for reading this huge wall!!
(Let me get this out of the way: I am NOT looking for advice on getting new glasses - featherweight or titanium or otherwise. I have very fair skin that "dents" and marks easily, and even the smallest, lightest reading glasses or high-end sunglasses make red marks on my nose. I have my glasses adjusted regularly, and they still dent my nose. And I cannot wear the kind of glasses with those clear adjustable pads - even worse. Even wearing a hat for a few minutes will leave a red line on my forehead - and I am likely not dehydrated as a well intended friend has suggested, as I drink 3-4 liters of water a day. Just to say, I would like to focus here only on multifocal contact lenses and not eyeglasses.)
So...My ophthalmologist (MD) prescribed multifocal ACUVUE OASYS Brand Contact Lenses for Presbyopia, which I have been wearing for the last couple of months. (The Rx reads "add +1.75," which I assume is the magnifying power equivalent to reading glasses.) My distance vision with the contacts is great. Reading close up or small text, while better than before, is not great. After experimenting, I found that I read better when wearing reading glasses (+1.25 or +1.50) with the multifocal contacts.
I guess it might sound obvious that the contact lens Rx for the "+" part simply needs to be increased, but maybe not, as there are complaints all over the internet that the multifocal contacts just don't work for many people. Might that relate to people with high myopia in any way? Any ideas? Does anyone successfully wear multifocal contacts plus reading glasses? Or is that a bad idea? Thanks much for reading this huge wall!!