" Toric lenses ," " multifocal lenses ," so many complicated terms to describe vision problems. Have you heard about toric lenses or multifocal lenses from your ophthalmologist or optician and are wondering the difference between these two types of contact lenses ? Our optician Sarah Marlien tells you all about them in this post.

Toric lenses for people with astigmatism

Human eyes are generally round, but in some people they can be oval and look more like a rugby ball than a football. This is called astigmatism. If you are with astigmatism , your vision is elliptical instead of point-shaped. toric contact lens corresponds to the best system to compensate for this visual defect.

There are different types of toric lenses depending on the brands of contact lenses . Stabilization systems to allow the best lens to be precisely fitted to your eye may then differ.

An astigmatic correction is written on your prescription by a first number, followed by a second in parentheses and a number with a degree. For example: -2.00 (-0.50) 10°.

Toric colored lenses for astigmatics

People with astigmatism will be pleased to learn that there are more than just toric contact lenses . In fact, colored lens manufacturers are also interested in people with astigmatism and offer them toric colored lenses. for astigmatism . This is the case of the Italian brand Soleko , which offers its collection of toric colored lenses Soleko Queen's Solitaire in a toric version .

Multifocal lenses for presbyopic people

With age, your eye has more and more difficulty accommodating and you have difficulty reading small lines or you need stronger lighting, you have to move your text further and further away to see it clearly: this is the presbyopia .

THE multifocal contact lenses respond to this visual defect. There are different accommodation systems (preference of one eye for reading and the other for distance vision, preference for concentric vision alternating distance vision and near vision, etc.), with ideal correction, these Multifocal lenses will allow you to have pleasant vision, both far and near.

A multifocal lens correction is presented with your distance correction and a near addition. For example: -2.00 Add 1.50.

With age, your eye has more and more difficulty accommodating and you have difficulty reading small lines or you need stronger lighting, you have to move your text further and further away to see it clearly: this is the presbyopia .

THE multifocal contact lenses respond to this visual defect. There are different accommodation systems (preference of one eye for reading and the other for distance vision, preference for concentric vision alternating distance vision and near vision, etc.), with ideal correction, these Multifocal lenses will allow you to have pleasant vision, both far and near.

A multifocal lens correction is presented with your distance correction and a near addition. For example: -2.00 Add 1.50.

There are also multifocal colored lenses for people with presbyopia. Here again, Soleko has created its own Queen's Solitaire multifocal colored lenses . We invite you to discover them on our website www.meslentillesdecouleur.com .

And do toric multifocal lenses exist?

Yes of course, know that it is also possible to be both astigmatic and presbyopic . Fortunately, there are toric multifocal lenses to correct these two visual defects.

We hope that the words "toric" and "multifocal" no longer hold any secrets for you and, above all, no longer frighten you.