CONTACTS LENSES 

On top of all the regular prescription lens procedures we also offer several specialty contact lens services.

Specialty Soft Contact Lenses

     There are perhaps a hundred different types of contacts for specific purposes. Because we are not locked into a chain store, we can, and do prescribe virtually every contact lens manufactured.
Some of the specialty types are:

---Extended wear...example: Focus Night and Day
---High Water Retaining...e.x.: Extreme -H20. com
---High Toric...e.x.: Preference
---Monthly Disposable
---Aberration Blocking...e.x. Choise AB
---Colors...e.x.: Focus, Wild Eyes, Opaques, Accents
---Bifocal...e.x.: Additions
---Protein Resistant...e.x.: C.S.I.
---Aphakic
---Therapeutic...e.x.: bandage contacts

Orthokeratology

      Dr. Knutson has many years experience reshaping the front surface of the eye using specialty super permeable firm lenses. As the front window of the corner of the eye is gently flattened, the vision gets better. Usually a few pairs of gas permeable lenses are used in succession, as the eye changes. This procedure can be done, either at night or day. The usual fee for the procedure and materials is approximately $600.

Keratoconus

     This condition often requires highly specialized contacts such as Rose K (Karatecomus) gas permeable on the large draping lenses. These lenses arch over the irregular cone-shaped cornea, creating a new surface and better vision.
     For mild cases, a regular gas-permeable can be used. Also, there are soft lenses made to have a gas perm. sit over to increase comfort.When the cornea is more misshaped, a steeper contact with more advanced curves is prescribed to ride properly on the cornea.