The Fitting
Contact Lenses
A contact lens prescription is not your glasses prescription with a different label. It needs a fitting of its own.
Why the fitting is a separate visit
Contacts sit directly on the eye, so they need measurements a glasses prescription never asks for: base curve and diameter, on top of a look at how your cornea is actually curved. This isn't a formality. A lens that doesn't fit well cuts down the oxygen your cornea gets, which shows up first as chronic redness and, left alone, can end in lens intolerance, the point where your eyes stop putting up with contacts at all. A full comprehensive eye exam, corneal curvature measurements, and lens selection matched to your eye shape and how you actually live all come before anyone hands you a box.
Before you leave with a prescription
First-time wearers get real insertion and removal training, not a rushed minute at the counter. You leave with free trial lenses and come back for a follow-up before anything is finalized, so the prescription reflects how the lenses behave on your eyes over a few days rather than how they looked on the chart.
Free trial lenses and a follow-up visit come with every fitting here. Call (508) 238-8460.
What we fit
Five lens families, chosen for your eyes and your week.
Daily disposable
A fresh pair every day, nothing to clean. Usually the easiest choice if you deal with allergies or dry eyes.
Bi-weekly and monthly
Cost-effective for full-time wear, and a good fit for higher prescriptions.
Toric, for astigmatism
The idea that astigmatism rules out contacts is often outdated. The fitting is what makes it work.
Multifocal, for presbyopia
For eyes over 40 that are losing near focus. Can cut down how often you reach for reading glasses, though it takes a precise fitting to get right.
Specialty rigid and scleral
For irregular corneas: keratoconus, eyes that have had surgery, or severe dry eye that soft lenses can't handle.
Told somewhere else that contacts weren't an option for you?
It's worth one conversation before you accept that. Call the office, tell us what you were told, and we'll talk through whether a fitting makes sense.