Contact Lenses
Contact Lenses
Sharpe and Fowler offers a full range of contact lens services and supplies including
- disposable contact lenses including high oxygen lenses
- single use daily disposable contact lenses
- cosmetic/ tinted contact lenses
- 'bifocal' contact lens options for people needing reading glasses
- contact lenses for overnight wear
- rigid gas permeable and specialty contact lenses
Contact lenses are an excellent option for either full-time or part-time wear - for sports and hobbies.
The options available to us in contact lenses keep widening, and so there's hope for people who previously have had difficulty with contact lenses or been told that contact lenses are not for them.
We specialise in the more complex fitting needed for people with
- dry eyes
- ocular allergy
- keratoconus and other corneal disorders
- corneal graft recipients
- previously unsuccessful contact lens wearers.
Eye Health Facts
Is that a cataract I can see growing over my eye?
Probably not. Cataract refers to cloudiness or opacitiy in the lens of the eye. The lens of the eye sits in behind the pupil, well inside the eye. Most of the time cataracts are not visible looking at the eye. In very advanced cases you might notice the pupil is greyish rather than black, but that's all you'd see.
If you're look at your eye and seeing something growing over it, chances are you're looking at a pterygium. Connective tissue growths, they are typically seen in people who spend lots of time outdoors, appearing white, but easily become inflamed in dry or dusty conditions. They can be removed surgically if they encroach too far across the eye.
If you're watching anything growing across your eye, it's best to get it checked out.