The best contact lenses are easy to use, comfortable, and give you great vision to fit your lifestyle. However, if you have dry eyes, wearing contacts can be very uncomfortable and make your routine especially stressful. If you gave up on your contact lenses because they didn’t work well for you, it’s possible that you didn’t have the right kind of lenses for your eyes.
When looking for best contacts for dry eyes, there are a few things to take into consideration: comfort, good oxygen permeability, water content of the lens, moisture, and lifestyle considerations. Also think about how often you’ll need to replace them, especially if price is a factor in your choice. Our optometrists at Real Eyes Optometry have assessed many different contact lenses and rated them on their type, material, hydration, extra features, comfort, and affordability.
The best contact lenses for you depend a lot on your lifestyle, what you do every day, and, of course, your own preferences. Ask yourself these things to get started:
The Best Contact Lenses for Allergies
Suffering from seasonal allergies may require you to use an allergy eye drop to relieve your symptoms. Now Acuvue has a new lens that slowly releases allergy medicine into the eyes to stop annoying allergy symptoms like redness, tears, and itching.
Talk to your eye doctor about the Theravision Acuvue contact lens to learn more about the best contact lenses for you.
Will You Wear Them Often?
There are options for daily, biweekly, or monthly disposable contact lenses, and depending on how often you wear contacts, can help determine which replacement modality you go into.
Daily disposable contact lenses can be more expensive compared to monthly disposable, so cost can factor into your decision-making as well.
Best Contact Lenses for Sensitive Eyes
More people than you might think have dry and sensitive eyes. If your eyes are dry or if you are sensitive to things near or on your eyes, it can be hard to wear contacts for a long time. Glasses are often easier and more comfortable for people who aren’t used to having contacts.
Best Contact Lenses for Dry Eyes
Monthly lenses are thicker and last longer than daily lenses but daily contact lenses are slimmer and more comfortable. If your eyes do get dry when you wear contact lenses, you should use a preservative free artificial tear routinely with and without contacts in your eyes.
Now that you’ve thought about how contact lenses need to work with your life (not against it) here are the optometrist recommended best contact lenses right now:
Best Contact Lenses Overall: Bausch & Lomb ULTRA
The Bausch & Lomb ULTRA lenses are the best total choice because they meet two important criteria. They are made of silicone hydrogel, which not only keeps eyes moist but also lets more air through than other materials. Since these lenses contain a lot of water, they are made to last all day and your eyes won’t get dry no matter how long your work day is.
On top of that, ULTRA lenses take into account the fact that our lives are involving more and more screen time. When staring at a digital screen, we tend to blink less, which dries out our eyes. With ULTRA lenses, however, you don’t have to worry about blinking less. Even if you spend the whole day on your laptop, phone, or tablet, your contacts will keep your eyes moist.
Best Contact Lenses for Transitional: Acuvue OASYS with Transitions
If your eyes hurt when the light changes, like when going from a darker to brighter environment or from off-screen to on-screen, don’t just ignore the signs. Acuvue OASYS with Transitions lenses are made to handle all the changes in light we experience everyday, like eye strain from blue light on screens, glare from the sun during the day, and common night time problems like halos and blurry vision.
These transition lenses adjust to changes in light and dark within 90 seconds and can block up to 15% of blue light when you’re looking at a screen or device. Just keep in mind that you still need to wear sunglasses outside, since these lenses only protect the parts of your eyes that are covered by the lenses.
Best Contact Lenses for Astigmatism: Acuvue OASYS for Astigmatism
Astigmatism, caused by an uneven curve in the cornea or lens of the eye, can make it harder for people to find comfortable contact lenses. But, thank goodness, it’s not impossible.
We like the Acuvue OASYS lenses for astigmatism because they have a solid 38% water content, Hydraclear Plus technology to make them feel comfortable, and stabilizing technology to keep your lenses from moving around too much on your eye when you move your eyes, which is a common reason regular contacts feel uncomfortable for people with an astigmatism. These lenses can be replaced daily, every two weeks, or once a month.
- Acuvue Oasys 1-Day Astigmatism – Daily
- Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism – Biweekly
- Acuvue Vita for Astigmatism – Monthly
Best Contact Lenses (Multifocal): Oasys 1 Day Max Multifocal
Oasys 1 day Max multifocal contacts are the ideal for several reasons. First, their revolutionary design smoothly blends multiple prescription powers into a single lens, ensuring clear vision at all distances.
This breakthrough technology lets users seamlessly switch between close, intermediate, and far distances without bifocal or progressive glasses. The lenses’ breathable material provides all-day comfort. The daily disposable feature makes cleaning and storing easy and hygienic.
Another standout option are the Dailies Total 1 multifocal lenses which provide clear, sharp vision at all distances with their precise profile design. They also feature a water gradient design which helps keep the eyes moisturized and comfortable all day.
Best Daily Contact Lenses: Acuvue Oasys 1-Day
The Acuvue Oasys 1-Day provides Class I UV blocking, comes in an astigmatism correction option that corrects the curvature of the eye (transforms the eyeball into a perfectly round ball), and possesses tear-like properties that seamlessly integrate with your natural tear film, preventing dryness and providing exceptional comfort, vision, and handling throughout the day.
Best Budget Friendly: Acuvue Vita Monthly & Acuvue Oasys 2-week
In the case of the Acuvue Vita Monthly and Acuvue Oasys 2-week, you get more than what you pay for! Acuvue’s next-gen technology is revolutionizing the way we address eye health concerns, taking inspiration from the tear film’s functionality to alleviate dry eyes. By emulating the tear film, these advanced contact lenses offer a solution for individuals experiencing discomfort due to dryness.
The tear-like properties of the lenses seamlessly integrate with the natural tear film, ensuring all-day performance, exceptional comfort, and excellent visual acuity.
Furthermore, these contact lenses boast the highest level of protection against harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. They effectively shield the eyes, blocking over 99% of UVB and more than 90% of UVA radiation (Class I).
Amazingly, they also provide great vision and comfort for astigmatism. These lenses work by reshaping the cornea, the front surface of the eye, correcting its curvature and resulting in clear and sharp vision.Similar to glasses, contact lenses are not one size fits all. The Acuvue line has a wide range of lenses catered to eyes of various shapes, sizes, and prescriptions increasing the likelihood of successful fits.
Final Verdict on the Best Contact Lenses
The Bausch & Lomb ULTRA contact lenses were chosen because they last longer, contain 46% water, and are well priced contact lenses for dry eyes. Even for those not formally diagnosed with dry eye symptoms, the Canadian average daily internet usage being over 6 hours means we could all use a little help preventing eye fatigue, light sensitivity, redness, and more!
How We Chose
We talked to optometrists and spent hours searching the web for the most effective and best contact lenses for dry eyes. After looking at all of our choices, we chose which ones to feature based on what optometrist say are the most important factors: fit, water content, material, and price.
Once we had cut down our choices, we looked at the pros and cons of each contact lens and how much it cost. Even though some of the options on our list may be more expensive than others, we wanted to give buyers a lot of choices that would fit their needs, budgets and also help dry eye symptoms.
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