| Astigmatism is condition where the patient | | | | checked and re-checked to make sure that your |
| experiences blurred vision due to the distortion of | | | | vision is effectively corrected by the lenses and |
| cornea. It causes the light rays to fall on the | | | | that they fit you properly. It is then that you can |
| retina from a number of different angles, which | | | | leave the specialist's clinic and go home with your |
| makes the eye lose focus. The condition can be | | | | lenses. |
| corrected by wearing Toric Lens. | | | | It is not necessary that only Toric lenses can |
| Well, toric lens is not much different from an | | | | correct astigmatism. If it happens to be of a |
| ordinary contact lens so far as the material it is | | | | lesser degree a normal lens can effectively mask |
| made of is concerned. It is different in that its | | | | it. However, a higher degree of astigmatism can |
| one or both sides of the optical surface work as | | | | only be corrected by a soft toric lens, rigid |
| a cylindrical lens often combining it with spherical | | | | contacts or spectacles. One may go for either a |
| lens effects. It may happen sometimes that only | | | | soft or rigid contacts. Soft lenses have an edge |
| one eye has astigmatism while the other is | | | | over the rigid ones in terms of comfort and |
| perfectly alright. In such cases the patients are | | | | adaptability while the rigid lenses score better than |
| advised to wear a Toric lens in one eye and a | | | | soft lenses in durability. Besides, rigid lenses are |
| normal vision correction lens in the other. | | | | also a little easier to take care of than the soft |
| Toric lenses, though made of the same material | | | | ones. Many users also feel that rigid lenses give a |
| as the ordinary contact lenses, are effective in | | | | crispier vision compared to the soft lenses. |
| correcting both the cylindrical as well as spherical | | | | Another option that is sometimes explored is the |
| aberrations. Being asymmetrical around the | | | | gas permeable lenses. They do not have any |
| center, they should not be rotated. They are | | | | ability to correct astigmatism but their inflexibility |
| designed to remain unaffected by the movement | | | | makes them reshape the eyes. This helps correct |
| of the eyes. | | | | the vision in cases of mild astigmatism. However, |
| Toric lenses need to be custom fitted to suit | | | | for higher degree of astigmatism Toric lenses |
| your eyes and so they take a little longer to be | | | | seem to be the best available option. |