FAQs Contacts
General | Glasses & Sunglasses | Eye Health | Contacts

Why do I need separate prescriptions for glasses and for contacts?
The prescription for contact lenses includes more information than what is available on the prescription for eyeglasses. Special measurements are taken of the curvature of the eye for the contact prescription.

Can I wear my contacts all night while I sleep?
Many patients are prescribed extended wear contacts. There are several contact manufacturers that have designed extended wear contacts. But not everyone can wear such lenses due to corneal health, prescription of contacts, astigmatism, etc.

My eyes got so dried out from my contacts. Are there contacts to help this?
Yes, there are new lenses that may be much better for this now — Dr. Parsons specializes in difficult, hard to fit contact lens patients. Sometimes dryness may be as simple as changing or reducing environmental irritants, changing cleaning solutions or adding rewetting drops. Some patients with chronic dryness may even have a chronic infection of the eyelids.