Lexington Eye Associates seeks to provide the best possible contact lenses and related services to our patients. The LEA Contact Lens Department offers all contact-lens services at competitive prices. We fit all soft and gas-permeable lenses, including tinted, toric, multifocal, aphakic, keratoconic, and therapeutic lenses. We also provide custom lenses to correct glare from deformed pupils or to mask cosmetically unacceptable eye deformities.
With the current advances in contact lens technology, we have better lenses (both soft and rigid gas permeable) to correct astigmatism. We specialize in difficult contact lens fits for irregular astigmatism, such as keratoconus and corneal scarring.
Scleral Contact Lenses
Scleral contact lenses are now available for patients with keratoconus who cannot tolerate rigid gas permeable lenses. In addition, scleral contact lenses can be used for treatment of severe dry eye syndrome when other treatments are not successful.
Progressive Contact Lenses
Now there are new progressive contact lenses that can give patients reasonable vision for distance, intermediate distance, and reading.
Daily Disposable Contact Lenses
We recommend daily disposable contacts for occasional use (weekend skiing, etc.), for many young people, for those who do not want to spend the necessary time to maintain and clean ordinary lenses, and for allergy sufferers.
Contact Lens FAQ
No. You would need to schedule an eye examination and a separate contact lens evaluation with one of our ophthalmologists or optometrists in order to purchase lenses from us.
If you are coming for the first time for a contact lens evaluation and already wear contact lenses, you should bring any information you have from your previous doctor.
A first fit takes about an hour and is not part of a regular eye exam.
If you are a contact lens wearer, we require a comprehensive eye exam and a separate contact lens evaluation once a year.
Yes. We charge a $6 mailing fee to ship regular mail.
We would need to see you for the initial fit and follow-up visit. We recommend getting at least the initial lenses from us in case there is a problem. However, we can give you a prescription as long as we have seen you for a follow-up after the initial fitting while wearing the lenses. Contact lens prescriptions are valid for one year, so you would need to be seen every year by a contact lens eye care professional to update your prescription.
Contact lens fittings are not covered by most insurance plans. There are a few vision-specific plans that will cover some of the visit and a few that discount the lenses themselves. Coverage for medically necessary contact lenses varies widely among insurance plans. Check with your insurance company to see what kind of coverage you have.
We charge one fee that includes the initial fitting and follow-up visits. If you come in for only one visit and then decide not to purchase lenses, we may reimburse you for part of the fitting fee.
With disposable lenses, we are given trial lenses with which to fit you, so you won’t have to buy a supply until we are sure the prescription is correct. For most other lenses, there is a 60-day period in which we can return lenses if they are defective. If, for some reason, you need to exchange a disposable lens box, we can do that as long as the box is unopened.
We accept cash, debit card, check, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express.
Contact Lens Care
Do
Wash your hands and dry them before handling your contact lenses.
Clean and disinfect your lenses each time you remove them. Have a back-up pair of current glasses in case of any problems with the contacts.
Rinse your lens case daily with fresh solution and let air dry.
Replace your lens case every eight to 10 weeks.
Take off your contacts and wear your glasses if your eyes are red or painful, or there is any discharge, and call our office.
Keep all your eye appointments as recommended by your eye doctor.
Follow your doctor’s instructions to clean the lids if you have eyelid inflammation. This is important for increased comfort of your contact lenses.
Apply makeup only after you have put in your contact lenses.
Remove contact lenses before removing eye makeup.
Completely remove eye makeup at night. Consider SteriLid (TheraTears) or Lid Scrub (OCuSOFT) for makeup removal.
Do Not
Sleep in your contacts.
Put contact lenses in a red, irritated, or light-sensitive eye.
Swim or shower in your contacts.
Wear your contacts longer than the prescribed time—even if they feel comfortable.
Allow the tip of cleaning solutions to touch any surfaces (such as fingers, case, lenses).
Reuse any lens care solution.
Use eye drops or solutions not recommended by your doctor. Solutions are not interchangeable.
Wear your contact lenses in the presence of harmful or irritating vapors or fumes.
Use expired contact lenses or solutions.
Put contact lenses in your mouth or use saliva to wet the lens.
Rinse contact lenses or the contact lens case with tap water or other non-sterile liquid.
