Specialty Contact Lenses
We Offer Specialty Contacts for a Variety of Needs
St. Johns Eye Associates is proud to support our community with eye care that goes above and beyond. Our eye doctors have a vast amount of experience with specialty contact lenses and are able to recommend the best kind for your needs.
What Are Specialty Lenses?
Have you ever been told that your eyes are “hard-to-fit” for contact lenses? If so, this simply means to us that you need a different solution to vision correction, and we can help! We have specialty lenses for different kinds of conditions, such as astigmatism, age-related farsightedness (presbyopia), or eye diseases like keratoconus and dry eye. Our staff will cater to your unique vision and eye health by matching you with the right solution.
Scleral Lenses
Scleral contact lenses are larger than traditional contact lenses and have a unique design where they vault over the front of the eye — the cornea — and rest on the whites of the eyes, or the sclera. This structure means the contact does not touch the front of your eye and instead creates a reservoir that locks in tears. Scleral lenses are ideal for patients with dry eye disease, sensitive or irregular corneas, keratoconus, Sjogren’s syndrome, Stevens Johnson Syndrome, and those recovering from a corneal transplant.
toric lenses
For patients with moderate astigmatism, we offer toric lenses. Astigmatism occurs when your cornea isn’t perfectly round and is instead shaped more like an oval, meaning traditional contact lenses often won’t fit. Toric lenses are made specifically to sit on astigmatic corneas to provide a perfect fit and superior vision correction! These lenses offer different focusing powers in the vertical and horizontal planes of the lens, and they even have a weighted bottom that keeps the lens in the right place when you blink!
Hybrid Lenses
If you want both the outstandingly crisp vision of rigid gas permeable (RGP) lenses and the seamless wear of a soft contact lens, then hybrid lenses may be a great choice for you. These lenses have a hard center that allows oxygen to pass through for breathability, and a soft skirt around the core that helps the lens position itself automatically on your eye. Hybrid lenses are beneficial if you have a vision condition like presbyopia or astigmatism, or an eye health condition such as keratoconus, irregular corneas, or a corneal transplant.
Ortho-K Lenses
For children as young as seven with myopia (nearsightedness), we can manage their condition and slow its progression with ortho-k specialty contacts. Ortho-K lenses are custom-fit and worn while your child sleeps to gently reshape their eyes’ surface. When your child wakes up, they’ll enjoy visual clarity throughout the day without the need for eyewear, making this an ideal option for kids with highly active lifestyles.
Multifocal Lenses
For comfortable daytime vision correction, our myopia experts offer various types of soft multifocal contact lenses, including NaturalVue® multifocals, MiSight® 1 day lenses for children, and multifocals from the trusted eyewear maker, Bausch + Lomb. Multifocal contacts have several powers of vision correction in one single lens to help you see clearly at any distance, reducing the need for multiple pairs of glasses. By providing multiple focal strengths, these specialized soft lenses effectively ease eye strain and lower the likelihood of your myopia getting worse.
Don’t See the Specialty Lenses You Need? We Can Help!
If you don’t see the specialty lenses you think may work for you, let us know! Our eye doctors will examine your eyes with cutting-edge tech and get to know your needs personally. If after our comprehensive contact lens exam we don’t think one of the above options would suit you best, we’ll suggest another kind that can do the trick. We won’t settle until you leave with a solution that allows you to see the world with vivid clarity.
Dr. Kapadia originally hails from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brock University. He then went on to graduate with honors from the Michigan College of Optometry in 1998, where he specialized in contact lenses. After he graduated, Dr. Kapadia completed a one-year residency at the renowned Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida, where he focused on ocular diseases.
Dr. Kapadia graduated with honors from the Michigan College of Optometry in 1999, where she received the Wesley-Jessen award for Outstanding Work in Contact Lenses. During her studies, she also served as President of Student Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (SVOSH), which works to improve the sight of millions of people in developing countries.
After growing up in Minersville, Pennsylvania, Dr. Price graduated from Susquehanna University in 2012 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. Dr. Price continued her education at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry and completed her training in 2016. After graduation, Dr. Price spent her career studying advanced eye diseases and specialized Low Vision services and devices.
Dr. Morgan Kickliter grew up in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Dr. Phillips earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at the University of Georgia before achieving his Doctor of Optometry from the Southern College of Optometry. There, he served as Vice President of the Georgia Optometric Student Association and provided free and cost-reduced optometric care to underserved patients in Mexico and Belize with the Student Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity. He served his residency at Gainesville Eye Associates, focusing on ocular diseases.