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Contact Lens

While contact lenses can improve your vision as well as your appearance, they are medical devices and require expert fitting and careful instruction, as well as conscientious after care.

Before you are fitted for contact lenses, you have a complete eye examination to be sure your eyes are healthy and to rule out any conditions that may prevent you from getting contact lenses.

Once contact lenses have been prescribed, our clinic experts work with you to find the best contact lens for you from the variety of types, styles, materials, sizes, and colors available.

Our contact lens specialists teach you about the care and use of your new lenses. When you learn how to put your contact lenses in and take them out, you can begin wearing your lenses and we schedule your first follow-up appointment. One or more follow-up appointments are necessary to be sure your contact lenses fit well and your eyes remain healthy.

Also see: Quick Information about the UI Healthcare Contact Lens Clinic