Glasses & contact lenses, help?

[jackripper]

Hi guys,

So I've been wearing a pair of trial 30 day contact lenses for the first time in like 15 years, but I am confused by what was sold to me. I got both at the same optometrist.

My glasses prescription which was done like 3 weeks ago (full eye exam) clearly shows ICD10 code H52.2 (Astigmatism) the correction required for it...

But my contact lenses just show a power correction... (I did a full contact lens fitting where the dude checked correct placement ... etc, and a very basic vision test which I can pass without glasses on)

I know there is? differences between glasses and contact lenses, but is this right? I've not opened the box yet.

-Jack

 

[jman]

I also had glasses and then contacts. The prescription didn't really make sense to me - each eye was a different prescription on the glasses. But when I got contacts, both eyes were the same. Anyways, I can see just fine with the contacts, so it's best to just try and see if they work for you

 

[syntax]

The prescription wont be the same for contacts as for glasses, or will be very very unlikely to be the same.
It will also change depending on the lens type

 

[Claymore]

Contacts and glasses prescriptions are different to make allowance for the gap between eyeball and glasses. Contacts should have an astigmatism correction - at least mine do - but it might be built into that particular lens. Mine are not off the shelf, they have to be ordered in.

 

[MrGray]

Are those toric lenses? Usually that's what you would use for astigmatism. Clariti lenses come in either a straight power correction, toric or multifocal. If they're toric then they have a built in gradient with different power corrections so I think they only specify the default (centre) power correction. Just make sure they're toric lenses and you should be fine.