Contact Lens Exams & Brands | Wainwright

Comfort & Clarity with Contact Lenses

Contact lenses are a more flexible alternative to glasses and a less permanent alternative to laser eye surgery. Contacts sit directly on the eyes, and since everyone’s eyes are different, there’s no one-size-fits-all option. If you’ve never worn contact lenses before, you’ll need an eye exam and fitting to ensure contacts will continue to keep your eyes clear and comfortable.

Our eye doctors in Wainwright, AB provide comprehensive contact lens exams and fittings to provide you with a personalized solution based on your unique lifestyle, vision needs, and eye shape. If you’re interested in contact lenses, or if you currently wear contact lenses, please give us a call and schedule a contact lens exam.

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The Importance of a Contact Lens Exam & Fitting

Poorly fitted contact lenses are more than just irritating. They can lead to vision disruptions, eye irritation, corneal infections, and other complications. To ensure your contacts are comfortable and custom-fitted to your eyes, we take several measurements of your uniquely-shaped eyes, evaluate your tear quality and quantity, and discuss your needs, lifestyle, and habits.

We’ll set you up with a trial pair of lenses so you can test your new contacts “in the wild” and we will show you how to insert, remove, and care for them.

The first choice isn’t always the best one, so you may need to try more than one contact lens to find something that works best for you. It’s essential you find a pair of contacts that you enjoy wearing and feel comfortable with.

Types of Contact Lenses

Contact lenses have changed a lot since their invention in 1887. Contacts provide advanced vision solutions, come in various material types, and are easier to wear than ever before. Our optometrists at Prairie Vision are specialists at fitting contact lenses and can fit most prescriptions.

We carry a wide selection of contact lens types and styles to ensure we can find an ideal fit for nearly anyone:

Daily, biweekly, and monthly disposable lenses
Myopia control lenses
Rigid gas permeable lenses
Specialty contacts for astigmatic patients and unique prescriptions
Bifocal, multifocal, and monovision contacts for presbyopia
Scleral contacts for corneal transplants, scarred corneas, and keratoconus
Contact lenses to relieve eye strain
Coloured contact lenses

How to Prepare for Your Contact Lens Eye Exam

Bring your Alberta Personal Health Card
Bring your current glasses and sunglasses
If you are already a contact lens wearer, please wear your contact lenses to your appointment & bring your current glasses
Bring a list of any medications you are currently taking
If you have third-party insurance, check your coverage and bring your plan information

Trust Prairie Vision with Your Eyes

When fitted by an eye care professional, contact lenses are safe and effective. If you’re interested in trying contact lenses or you already wear contacts and are interested in trying a new style or brand, let us know during your next eye exam or call us to schedule a contact lens fitting.

Our Brands

Alcon

Alcon has one mission: to provide innovative products that enhance quality of life by helping people see better. Alcon is uniquely poised to serve every contact lens wearer by addressing the full life cycle of their needs.

Bausch + Lomb

Bausch + Lomb is one of the best-known and most respected healthcare brands globally, offering the widest and finest range of eye health products including contact lenses and lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products.

CooperVision Misight

Eye Care Professionals Can Begin Fitting the World’s First One-Day Soft Contact Lens Shown to Substantially Slow the Progression of Myopia in Children. Millions of children across Canada are poised to benefit from a breakthrough therapy that addresses the fast-growing issue of myopia (nearsightedness), which is projected to negatively affect more than 50 percent of the world’s population by 2050. CooperVision MiSight® 1 day contact lenses are now available for fitting by Eye Care Professionals. An American brand, it is the world’s first one-day soft contact lens clinically proven to substantially slow the progression of myopia in children.

CooperVision Proclear

Proclear by CooperVision are a line of daily-disposable contact lenses with options available for nearly every corrective lens prescription need, including options for astigmatism. Designed in USA, they feature Phosphorylcholine, a material that attracts water and encourages healthy eye hydration.

Johnson & Johnson

As a primary resource to optometrists and eye care professionals, Johnson & Johnson aims to make the world a better place by providing health solutions for everyone. Explore well-known, trusted products with a brand responsible for improving daily lives.

Our Location

We serve clients of all ages from Wainwright, Viking, Vermilion, Provost, Lloydminster (Alberta), Macklin (Saskatchewan), and the surrounding areas.